giik
giík with stress marks
thresh rice grain with feet
Usage Note
Giik refers to the traditional method of threshing harvested rice by trampling the stalks underfoot to separate the grains. This labor-intensive practice was once central to Philippine rice farming. Though mechanical threshers have largely replaced it, giik remains embedded in rural folk memory and agricultural literature.
Examples
" Tapos na ang giik. "
Natural Translation
The threshing is done.
Literal Translation
Finished already the thresh-rice.
" Napanood ko ang giik ng mga magsasaka. "
Natural Translation
I watched the farmers threshing rice with their feet.
Literal Translation
Watched I the thresh-rice of (plural) farmer.
" Noong wala pang makina, ginagawa ng buong pamilya ang giik sa pamamagitan ng pagtapak sa mga uhay. "
Natural Translation
When there were no machines yet, the whole family did the threshing by trampling on the rice stalks.
Literal Translation
When none yet machine, being-done by-the whole family the thresh-rice through stepping on (plural) stalk.
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