isaboy
isáboy with stress marks
to splash [it]
From root: saboy
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
isinaboy
i-si-NA-boy
splashed
Present (Incomplete)
isinasaboy
i-si-na-SA-boy
is being splashed
Future (Contemplated)
isasaboy
i-sa-SA-boy
will be splashed
Usage Note
Isaboy is the conveyance-focus i- form of saboy, foregrounding the liquid or loose material being flung rather than the person throwing it. Appears in cooking, firefighting, and ceremonial contexts — scattering flower petals or dousing a fire — as well as everyday water-tossing; actor-focus counterpart is magsaboy.
Examples
" Isaboy mo ang tubig sa apoy. "
Natural Translation
Splash the water on the fire.
Literal Translation
Splash you the water on fire.
" Kailangan mo na isaboy ang pataba sa mga halaman. "
Natural Translation
You need to scatter the fertilizer on the plants.
Literal Translation
Need you to splash the fertilizer on the plants.
" Sa kasal, inihanda nila ang mga talulot na isasaboy sa daanan ng ikakasal na pareha. "
Natural Translation
At the wedding, they prepared the petals to be scattered on the path of the couple getting married.
Literal Translation
At wedding, prepared they the petals that will-be-scattered on path of getting-married the couple.
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