From root: kumot
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ikinumot
i-ki-NU-mot
used as a blanket
Present (Incomplete)
ikinukumot
i-ki-nu-KU-mot
using as a blanket
Future (Contemplated)
ikukumot
i-ku-KU-mot
will use as a blanket
Usage Note
Ikumot is used when an object, such as a towel or clothing, is specifically utilized as a makeshift blanket to cover oneself or another person. This verb emphasizes the item being used for warmth, often in situations where a standard blanket is not available.
Examples
" Ikumot mo ang tuwalya. "
Natural Translation
Use the towel as a blanket.
Literal Translation
Use-as-blanket you the towel.
" Kailangan mong ikumot ang tuwalya. "
Natural Translation
You need to use the towel as a blanket.
Literal Translation
Need you use-as-blanket the towel.
" Dahil nawala ang kumot, ikinumot na lang namin ang malalaking tuwalya nang gabing iyon. "
Natural Translation
Because the blanket went missing, we just used the large towels as blankets that night.
Literal Translation
Because lost the blanket, used-as-blanket just we the large towels that night.
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