From root: kuwintas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinuwintasan
ki-nu-win-ta-SAN
put a necklace on
Present (Incomplete)
kinukuwintasan
ki-nu-ku-win-ta-SAN
putting a necklace on
Future (Contemplated)
kukuwintasan
ku-ku-win-ta-SAN
will put a necklace on
Usage Note
Kuwintasan is used when putting a necklace on someone else, often in the context of giving a gift or honoring a person during a ceremony. It specifically focuses on the person or object being adorned rather than the necklace itself.
Examples
" Kuwintasan mo ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Put a necklace on the child.
Literal Translation
Put-necklace you the child.
" Gusto niyang kuwintasan ang bata. "
Natural Translation
She wants to put a necklace on the child.
Literal Translation
Want she put-necklace the child.
" Bago umakyat sa entablado ang mga nagtapos, kinuwintasan namin sila ng sampaguita bilang tanda ng karangalan. "
Natural Translation
Before the graduates went up the stage, we adorned them with sampaguita necklaces as a sign of honor.
Literal Translation
Before go-up to stage the plural graduated, put-necklace we them of sampaguita as sign of honor.
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