suminghap
to gasp for breath
From root: singhap
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
suminghap
su-ming-HAP
gasped
Present (Incomplete)
suminisinghap
su-mi-ni-sing-HAP
is gasping
Future (Contemplated)
sisinghap
si-sing-HAP
will gasp
Usage Note
Suminghap is the actor-focus -um- form of singhap, describing the involuntary, audible intake of breath caused by shock, exertion, or suffocation. The root is intransitive — there is no clean object-focus form for the act of gasping itself — making suminghap the primary verb for this action.
Examples
" Suminghap siya sa gulat. "
Natural Translation
He/She gasped in shock.
Literal Translation
Gasped he/she in shock.
" Pagkatapos sumisid ng matagal, kailangan niyang suminghap sa ibabaw ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
After diving for a long time, he/she needed to gasp for breath at the water's surface.
Literal Translation
After to dive of long time, need he/she to gasp for breath at surface of water.
" Halos hindi na makahinga ang batang lumangoy nang malayo, kaya suminghap siya nang malakas nang lumitaw ang kanyang ulo sa ibabaw ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
The child who swam far could barely breathe, so he/she gasped loudly the moment his/her head broke the surface of the water.
Literal Translation
Almost not anymore can-breathe the child who-swam far, so gasped he/she loudly when emerged the his/her head at surface of water.
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