From root: puti
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
namuti
na-mu-TI
turned white
Present (Incomplete)
namumuti
na-mu-mu-TI
is turning white
Future (Contemplated)
mamumuti
ma-mu-mu-TI
will turn white
Usage Note
Mamuti is commonly used to describe hair turning white with age or skin turning pale from fright. It is also famously used in the idiom "mamuti ang mata," which means waiting for a very long time in vain.
Examples
" Nagsimula nang mamuti ang buhok niya. "
Natural Translation
His hair has started to turn white.
Literal Translation
Started already to-turn-white the hair his.
" Baka mamuti ang labada sa araw. "
Natural Translation
The laundry might turn white (bleach) in the sun.
Literal Translation
Might turn-white the laundry in sun.
" Mamuti muna ang mata ko bago siya magbayad ng utang na matagal na niyang inutang. "
Natural Translation
I'll be waiting forever before he pays back the debt he borrowed long ago.
Literal Translation
Turn-white first the eye my before he pay of debt that long already he borrowed.
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