From root: hikaw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
hinikawan
hi-ni-KA-wan
put earrings on someone
Present (Incomplete)
hinihikawan
hi-ni-hi-KA-wan
putting earrings on someone
Future (Contemplated)
hihikawan
hi-hi-KA-wan
will put earrings on someone
Usage Note
Hikawan is used when someone assists another person in putting on their earrings, such as a parent helping a child or a friend assisting with a difficult clasp. This verb focuses on the person receiving the earrings as the object of the action.
Examples
" Hihikawan ko ang anak ko. "
Natural Translation
I will put earrings on my daughter.
Literal Translation
Will-put-earrings I the child my.
" Kailangan mong hikawan si Mia. "
Natural Translation
You need to put earrings on Mia.
Literal Translation
Need you put-earrings name-, Mia.
" Tinulungan ng lola ang bata at hinikawan ito ng makinang na hikaw bago ang piyesta. "
Natural Translation
The grandmother helped the child and put shiny earrings on her before the fiesta.
Literal Translation
Helped of grandmother the child and put-earrings it of shiny link earring before the fiesta.
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