From root: kalabasa
Usage Note
Makalabasa uses the maka- prefix on kalabasa to describe a dish that contains an abundance of squash. It is used in cooking and food description, typically to note that kalabasa is the dominant vegetable in a mixed dish such as ginisang gulay or tinola.
Examples
" Makalabasa ang ulam. "
Natural Translation
The dish is full of squash.
Literal Translation
Full-of-squash the dish.
" Ang ginisang gulay ay makalabasa. "
Natural Translation
The sautéed vegetables dish is full of squash.
Literal Translation
The sautéed vegetables is full-of-squash.
" Gusto ng lola na makalabasa ang tinola kaya naglalagay siya ng dobleng dami ng hiniwang kalabasa sa kaldero. "
Natural Translation
Grandma likes the tinola to be full of squash, so she puts a double amount of sliced squash in the pot.
Literal Translation
Wants of-the grandma that full-of-squash the tinola so puts she of double amount of sliced squash in pot.
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