lamutak
lamútak with stress marks
squeeze repeatedly with the hand
Usage Note
Lamutak describes a repeated, kneading squeeze of something soft — clay, dough, ripe fruit, or a stress ball. The repetitive aspect distinguishes it from a single squeeze. It appears in descriptions of kneading bread dough, manipulating clay, or expressing frustration through physical squeezing.
Examples
" Lamutakin mo ang masa. "
Natural Translation
Knead the dough.
Literal Translation
Knead-repeatedly you the dough.
" Bawal ang lamutak sa mga tinapay doon. "
Natural Translation
Repeatedly squeezing the bread over there is prohibited.
Literal Translation
Prohibited the squeeze-repeatedly to-the [plural] bread there.
" Habang nagagalit siya, palihim niyang nilalamutak ang isang basahan sa ilalim ng mesa. "
Natural Translation
While she was getting angry, she secretly kept squeezing a rag under the table.
Literal Translation
While getting-angry she, secretly she squeezing-repeatedly the one rag under of table.
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