humilik
humílik with stress marks
to snore
From root: hilik
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
humilik
hu-MI-lik
snored
Present (Incomplete)
humihilik
hu-mi-HI-lik
is snoring
Future (Contemplated)
hihilik
hi-HI-lik
will snore
Usage Note
Humilik is the actor-focus infinitive of hilik, the standard verb for snoring. Because snoring is intrinsically intransitive, there is no canonical object-focus counterpart, and the -um- form covers all contexts from a light rasp to a loud, sustained snore.
Examples
" Malakas humilik ang tatay ko. "
Natural Translation
My dad snores loudly.
Literal Translation
Loud to-snore the dad my.
" Mahirap matulog kapag malakas humilik ang kasama mo. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to sleep when your companion snores loudly.
Literal Translation
Hard to sleep when loudly to snore the companion your.
" Tuwing pagod na pagod siya sa trabaho, humihilik siya nang sobra kaya hindi makatulog ang asawa niya. "
Natural Translation
Whenever he is very tired from work, he snores so much that his wife cannot sleep.
Literal Translation
Every very-tired he from work, snoring he so much-too so not able-to-sleep the spouse his.
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