From root: halik
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ihinalik
i-hi-na-LIK
kissed for someone
Present (Incomplete)
ihinahalik
i-hi-na-ha-LIK
kissing for someone
Future (Contemplated)
ihahalik
i-ha-ha-LIK
will kiss for someone
Usage Note
Ihalik is used when performing a kiss on behalf of someone else, commonly heard in messages to loved ones where one person asks another to deliver a kiss to a third party.
Examples
" Ihalik mo ang bata sa lola. "
Natural Translation
Give the child a kiss for grandma.
Literal Translation
Kiss-for you the child to grandmother.
" Gusto niyang ihalik ang bata. "
Natural Translation
She wants to kiss the child for someone.
Literal Translation
Want she kiss-for the child.
" Bago siya umalis papuntang ibang bansa, hiniling niyang ihalik ng kapatid ang sanggol tuwing gabi para sa kanya. "
Natural Translation
Before she left for abroad, she asked her sister to kiss the baby for her every night.
Literal Translation
Before she left going-to other country, requested she kiss-for by the sibling the baby every night for her.
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