kalikutin
kalikutín with stress marks
to poke [it]
From root: kalikot
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinalikot
ki-na-li-KOT
poked
Present (Incomplete)
kinakalikot
ki-na-ka-li-KOT
is being poked
Future (Contemplated)
kakalikutin
ka-ka-li-ku-TIN
will be poked
Usage Note
Kalikutin is the object-focus form of kalikot, used when the thing being poked, stirred, or rummaged through is the grammatical focus. Note the vowel shift o→u before the -in suffix, a regular pattern in this verb class.
Examples
" Huwag mong kalikutin ang sugat. "
Natural Translation
Do not poke the wound.
Literal Translation
Do not you poke the wound.
" Huwag mo na kalikutin ang sirang laruan. "
Natural Translation
Do not poke the broken toy.
Literal Translation
Do not you poke the broken toy.
" Habang naghihintay kami sa klinika, kinalikot ng bata ang lahat ng laruan sa mesa hanggang sa may nasira siya. "
Natural Translation
While we were waiting at the clinic, the child poked at all the toys on the table until he broke something.
Literal Translation
While waiting we at clinic, poked the child the all of toys on table until that there broke he.
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