hitik
hitík with stress marks
laden with fruit; abundant
Usage Note
Hitik vividly describes branches bowed under the weight of ripe fruit, or anything abundantly full to the point of almost overflowing. It is a poetic and descriptive word common in nature writing and literary Tagalog. By extension it can describe any situation of rich abundance.
Examples
" Hitik sa bunga ang puno. "
Natural Translation
The tree is laden with fruit.
Literal Translation
Laden with fruit the tree.
" Hitik sa prutas ang puno ng mangga sa aming bakuran. "
Natural Translation
The mango tree in our yard is laden with fruit.
Literal Translation
Laden with fruit the tree of mango in-the our yard.
" Tuwing tag-ulan, hitik sa prutas ang mga puno sa bukid, kaya masagana ang ani ng mga magsasaka sa nayon. "
Natural Translation
During the rainy season, the trees in the field are laden with fruit, so the farmers in the village have a bountiful harvest.
Literal Translation
Every rainy-season, laden with fruit the plural tree in-the field, so bountiful the harvest of-the plural farmer in-the village.
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