From root: palda
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ipinalda
i-pi-nal-DA
used as a skirt
Present (Incomplete)
ipinapalda
i-pi-na-pal-DA
using as a skirt
Future (Contemplated)
ipapalda
i-pa-pal-DA
will use as a skirt
Usage Note
Ipalda is used when taking a piece of fabric, such as a towel or a wrap, and fastening it around the waist to function as a skirt. It typically implies using an improvised object for this purpose rather than wearing a standard garment.
Examples
" Ipalda mo ang tuwalya. "
Natural Translation
Use the towel as a skirt.
Literal Translation
Use-as-a-skirt you the towel.
" Gusto niyang ipalda ang kumot. "
Natural Translation
He wants to use the blanket as a skirt.
Literal Translation
Want he use-as-a-skirt the blanket.
" Dahil nabasa ang kaniyang damit, ipinalda na lamang niya ang malinis na kumot habang naghihintay na matuyo ito. "
Natural Translation
Because her clothes got wet, she just used the clean blanket as a skirt while waiting for them to dry.
Literal Translation
Because got-wet the her clothes, used-as-a-skirt just she the clean blanket while waiting to dry it.
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