ipitin
ipitín with stress marks
to clamp [it]
From root: ipit
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inipit
i-NI-pit
clamped
Present (Incomplete)
iniipit
i-ni-i-PIT
is being clamped
Future (Contemplated)
iipitin
i-i-pi-TIN
will be clamped
Usage Note
Ipitin is the object-focus form of ipit, used when the thing being clipped, clamped, or pinched is the sentence topic. It covers paper clips, binder clips, and objects caught between surfaces, and also appears in figurative contexts for ideas or people caught between competing pressures.
Examples
" Ipitin mo ang papel. "
Natural Translation
Clip the paper.
Literal Translation
Clip you the paper.
" Kailangan mo na ipitin ang mga buhok mo para hindi magulo. "
Natural Translation
You need to clamp your hair so it won't be messy.
Literal Translation
Need you to clamp the hair your so-that not messy.
" Bago mo isumite ang mga dokumento, ipitin mo muna ang lahat ng pahina para hindi mawala ang alinman sa mga ito. "
Natural Translation
Before you submit the documents, clip all the pages together first so that none of them get lost.
Literal Translation
Before you submit the documents, clip you first the all of page so-that not lost the any of these.
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