sabunutan
sabunután with stress marks
to pull (someone's) hair
From root: sabunot
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinabunutan
si-na-bu-nu-TAN
pulled (her) hair
Present (Incomplete)
sinasabunutan
si-na-sa-bu-nu-TAN
is pulling (her) hair
Future (Contemplated)
sasabunutan
sa-sa-bu-nu-TAN
will pull (her) hair
Usage Note
Sabunutan is the object-focus -an form of sabunot, used when the person whose hair is being grabbed is the grammatical topic. The locative -an suffix signals that the action is directed at the target rather than performed by them; actor-focus counterpart is magsabunot.
Examples
" Huwag mong sabunutan ang kapatid mo. "
Natural Translation
Don't pull your sibling's hair.
Literal Translation
Don't you pull-hair the sibling your.
" Sinubukan ng biktima na sabunutan ang magnanakaw upang makawala. "
Natural Translation
The victim tried to pull the thief's hair to escape.
Literal Translation
Tried of victim to pull-hair the thief so-that to escape.
" Nang hindi na makapagpigil sa galit, sinabunutan ng dalawang babae ang isa't isa sa gitna ng palengke. "
Natural Translation
Unable to hold back their anger, the two women pulled each other's hair in the middle of the market.
Literal Translation
When not anymore could-restrain in anger, pulled-hair of two women the each-other in middle of market.
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