oktopus
óktopus with stress marks
octopus
Usage Note
Oktopus is borrowed directly from English and is the standard modern term for the octopus in Filipino. The native Tagalog term 'pugita' is also widely used and more common in everyday coastal speech, while 'oktopus' tends to appear in formal, educational, or scientific settings.
Examples
" Malaki ang oktopus. "
Natural Translation
The octopus is big.
Literal Translation
Big the octopus.
" May nakita silang malaking oktopus sa ilalim ng dagat. "
Natural Translation
They saw a large octopus under the sea.
Literal Translation
Has saw they large octopus under of sea.
" Tuwing maliwanag ang buwan, lumalapit sa baybayin ang malalaking oktopus na hinuhuli ng mga mangingisda sa gabi. "
Natural Translation
Whenever the moon is bright, the large octopuses that the fishermen catch at night come close to the shore.
Literal Translation
Every bright the moon, come-close to-the shore the plural-big octopus that caught by plural fisherman at night.
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