maggiik
maggiík with stress marks
to thresh rice
From root: giik
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
naggiik
nag-gi-IK
threshed
Present (Incomplete)
naggigiik
nag-gi-gi-IK
is threshing
Future (Contemplated)
maggigiik
mag-gi-gi-IK
will thresh
Usage Note
Maggiik is the actor-focus form of giik, used when the thresher is the subject. It refers to the traditional method of separating rice grain from stalks by trampling underfoot, and belongs mostly to rural agricultural vocabulary heard during harvest season.
Examples
" Maggiik kami ngayon. "
Natural Translation
We will thresh rice today.
Literal Translation
Thresh we now.
" Mahirap maggiik ng palay sa ilalim ng araw. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to thresh rice under the sun.
Literal Translation
Hard to thresh rice of rice-grain under of sun.
" Tuwing tag-ani, maaga kaming bumabangon upang maggiik ng palay bago pa man sumikat nang husto ang araw. "
Natural Translation
During every harvest season, we wake up early to thresh rice even before the sun rises fully.
Literal Translation
Every harvest-season, early we wake-up to thresh of rice-grain before even rise fully the sun.
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