hapitin
hapítin with stress marks
to tighten [it]
From root: hápit
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
hinapit
hi-NA-pit
tightened
Present (Incomplete)
hinahapit
hi-na-HA-pit
is being tightened
Future (Contemplated)
hahapitin
ha-ha-PI-tin
will be tightened
Usage Note
Hapitin is the object-focus infinitive of hápit, used when the thing being tightened or cinched — a rope, a strap, a garment — is the grammatical focus. It also extends to figurative pressure: a situation or person that is hinahapit is being squeezed or pressed hard; the actor-focus partner is humapit.
Examples
" Hapitin mo ang lubid. "
Natural Translation
Tighten the rope.
Literal Translation
Tighten you the rope.
" Kailangan mo na hapitin ang tali ng sapatos mo. "
Natural Translation
You need to tighten your shoelaces.
Literal Translation
Need you to tighten the laces of shoe your.
" Bago tayo umakyat, kailangan nating hapitin ang mga tali ng tolda para hindi ito tangayin ng malakas na hangin sa bundok. "
Natural Translation
Before we climb, we need to tighten the tent's ropes so the strong mountain wind won't blow it away.
Literal Translation
Before we climb, need we to tighten the ropes of tent so not it carried-off by strong wind on mountain.
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