humupa
humupà with stress marks
to subside
From root: hupa
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
humupa
hu-mu-PA
subsided
Present (Incomplete)
humuhupa
hu-mu-hu-PA
is subsiding
Future (Contemplated)
huhupa
hu-hu-PA
will subside
Usage Note
Humupa is an actor-focus intransitive verb for the gradual dying-down of storms, floods, pain, or intense emotion. It is standard in weather reporting and medical contexts and is also used figuratively when anger or grief subsides; the related noun hupa denotes the state of calm after subsidence.
Examples
" Humupa na ang ulan. "
Natural Translation
The rain has subsided.
Literal Translation
Subsided already the rain.
" Kailangan nating maghintay na humupa ang baha sa daan. "
Natural Translation
We need to wait for the flood on the road to subside.
Literal Translation
Need we to wait to subside the flood on road.
" Nang humupa ang galit niya, saka lamang siya nakapag-isip nang malinaw tungkol sa nangyari. "
Natural Translation
Only when his anger subsided was he finally able to think clearly about what happened.
Literal Translation
When subsided the anger his, then only he was-able-to-think clearly about the happened.
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