umigib
umígib with stress marks
to fetch water
From root: igib
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
umigib
u-MI-gib
fetched water
Present (Incomplete)
umiigib
u-mi-I-gib
is fetching water
Future (Contemplated)
iigib
i-I-gib
will fetch water
Usage Note
Umigib is the actor-focus form of igib, foregrounding the person doing the fetching of water. It reflects the traditional rural practice of drawing water from a communal well or river and pairs with the object-focus form igibin when the water itself is the topic.
Examples
" Umigib ka muna sa balon. "
Natural Translation
Go fetch water from the well first.
Literal Translation
Fetch-water you first from well.
" Kailangan niya na umigib sa balon araw-araw. "
Natural Translation
They need to fetch water from the well every day.
Literal Translation
Need they to fetch water from well every day.
" Noong wala pang gripo sa amin, maaga akong gumigising para umigib sa ilog bago pumasok sa eskwela. "
Natural Translation
Back when we still had no faucet, I would wake up early to fetch water from the river before heading to school.
Literal Translation
When none-yet faucet at us, early I waking to-fetch-water at river before entering at school.
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