kudkurin
kudkurín with stress marks
to grate [it]
From root: kudkod
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinudkod
ki-nud-KOD
grated
Present (Incomplete)
kinukudkod
ki-nu-kud-KOD
is being grated
Future (Contemplated)
kukudkurin
ku-kud-ku-RIN
will be grated
Usage Note
Kudkurin is the object-focus -in form of kudkod, exhibiting the regular d-to-r shift before the suffix. The thing being grated — most often coconut, but also ginger, cheese, or hard vegetables — is the grammatical focus, and the morphological change mirrors the pattern seen in kayod becoming kayurin.
Examples
" Kudkurin natin ang niyog. "
Natural Translation
Let us grate the coconut.
Literal Translation
Grate we the coconut.
" Kailangan kudkurin ang yelo para sa halo-halo. "
Natural Translation
The ice needs to be grated for the halo-halo.
Literal Translation
Need to grate the ice for halo-halo.
" Habang nagluluto ako ng ulam, kudkurin mo na lang ang keso na ilalagay natin sa ibabaw ng pasta. "
Natural Translation
While I am cooking the dish, just go ahead and grate the cheese that we will put on top of the pasta.
Literal Translation
While cooking I of dish, grate you just the cheese that will-put we on top of pasta.
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