sumakal
sumakál with stress marks
to choke
From root: sakal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sumakal
su-ma-KAL
choked
Present (Incomplete)
sumasakal
su-ma-sa-KAL
is choking
Future (Contemplated)
sasakal
sa-sa-KAL
will choke
Usage Note
Sumakal is the actor-focus -um- form of sakal, used when the one doing the choking or strangling is the sentence topic. It applies both to physical assault and to figurative oppression, such as poverty or debt strangling a person or community.
Examples
" Huwag kang sumakal ng manok. "
Natural Translation
Don't choke the chicken.
Literal Translation
Don't you to-choke of chicken.
" Delikadong sumakal ng leeg ng kapwa dahil maaari itong makapatay. "
Natural Translation
It is dangerous to choke someone's neck because it can kill.
Literal Translation
Dangerous to-choke of neck of fellow because can this to-kill.
" Para sa maraming maliliit na negosyante, parang sumasakal na utang ang dumadagdag sa kanila tuwing tataas ang halaga ng bilihin. "
Natural Translation
For many small business owners, it feels like a strangling debt piling on them every time the price of goods rises.
Literal Translation
For many small businessmen, like choking debt the adding to them every will-rise the value of goods.
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