sibakin
sibakín with stress marks
to chop [it]
From root: sibak
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinibak
si-ni-BAK
chopped
Present (Incomplete)
sinisibak
si-ni-si-BAK
is being chopped
Future (Contemplated)
sisibakin
si-si-ba-KIN
will be chopped
Usage Note
Sibakin is the object-focus -in form of sibak, used when the wood being split or the thing being chopped is the grammatical focus. In modern colloquial usage, the root sibak and its derived forms serve as slang for being dismissed or fired from a job — the chopping metaphor applied to employment. Pairs with the actor-focus sumibak.
Examples
" Sibakin mo ang kahoy na iyan. "
Natural Translation
Chop that piece of wood.
Literal Translation
Chop you the wood linker that.
" Kailangan mong sibakin ang kahoy para may panggatong tayo mamaya. "
Natural Translation
You need to chop the wood so we have firewood later.
Literal Translation
Need you to-chop the wood so have firewood we later.
" Bago dumating ang bagyo, sibakin natin ang mga tuyong kahoy para may panggatong tayong magagamit. "
Natural Translation
Before the storm arrives, let's chop the dry wood so we have firewood to use.
Literal Translation
Before to-arrive the storm, chop we the plural dry wood so have firewood we usable.
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