From root: karne
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ikinarne
i-ki-nar-NE
used as meat
Present (Incomplete)
ikinakarne
i-ki-na-kar-NE
using as meat
Future (Contemplated)
ikakarne
i-ka-kar-NE
will use as meat
Usage Note
Ikarne is used when designating a specific ingredient or animal to be utilized as the meat component in a dish. It is a specialized term and is rarely heard in everyday conversation, where more common cooking verbs are preferred.
Examples
" Ikarne mo ang baboy. "
Natural Translation
Use the pork as the meat.
Literal Translation
Use-as-meat you the pork.
" Masarap ikarne ang manok sa sopas. "
Natural Translation
Chicken is good to use as meat for the soup.
Literal Translation
Delicious to-use-as-meat the chicken in soup.
" Mas masarap kung baka ang ikarne sa kaldereta kaysa sa karaniwang ginagamit na manok. "
Natural Translation
It is more delicious if beef is used as the meat for the kaldereta rather than the usual chicken.
Literal Translation
More delicious if beef the use-as-meat in kaldereta than in usual used chicken.
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