kulimbatin
kulimbatín with stress marks
to pilfer [it]
From root: kulimbat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinulimbat
ki-nu-lim-BAT
pilfered
Present (Incomplete)
kinukulimbat
ki-nu-ku-lim-BAT
is being pilfered
Future (Contemplated)
kukulimbatin
ku-ku-lim-ba-TIN
will be pilfered
Usage Note
Kulimbatin is the object-focus -in form of kulimbat, used when the pilfered item — money, jewelry, small valuables — is the point of the utterance. It shares the colloquial, slightly wry register of its actor-focus partner magkulimbat, treating the theft as brazen but not necessarily violent.
Examples
" Huwag mong kulimbatin ang pera. "
Natural Translation
Don't pilfer the money.
Literal Translation
Do-not you to-pilfer the money.
" Sinubukan niya na kulimbatin ang barya sa pitaka. "
Natural Translation
They tried to pilfer the coin from the wallet.
Literal Translation
Tried they to pilfer the coin in wallet.
" Sinubukan ng magnanakaw na kulimbatin ang alahas sa kuwarto, ngunit nahuli siya bago pa niya makuha ang anuman. "
Natural Translation
The thief tried to pilfer the jewelry in the room, but he was caught before he could take anything.
Literal Translation
Tried of thief to-pilfer the jewelry in room, but was-caught he before yet he get the anything.
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