igib
ígib with stress marks
fetch water
Usage Note
Igib refers to the traditional practice of fetching water from a well, river, or communal source, historically done with clay pots or bamboo containers. Though less common in urban life, it remains in active use in rural communities and in idiomatic expressions about hard, daily labor.
Examples
" Iigib muna ako ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
I'll go fetch water first.
Literal Translation
Will-fetch first I of water.
" Nasaan ang balde para sa igib? "
Natural Translation
Where is the bucket for fetching water?
Literal Translation
Where the bucket for to-the fetch?
" Tuwing umaga, naglalakad pa kami patungo sa balon para umigib ng tubig na gagamitin sa pagluluto at paglilinis. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, we still walk to the well to fetch water to use for cooking and cleaning.
Literal Translation
Every morning, walk still we toward the well to fetch of water that will-be-used in cooking and cleaning.
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