singkawan
singkawán with stress marks
to put a yoke on it
From root: singkaw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
siningkawan
si-ning-ka-WAN
yoked
Present (Incomplete)
sinisingkawan
si-ni-sing-ka-WAN
is being yoked
Future (Contemplated)
sisingkawan
si-sing-ka-WAN
will be yoked
Usage Note
Singkawan is the object-focus form of singkaw, used when the animal being yoked — traditionally a carabao — is the grammatical focus. Specific to agricultural contexts where draft animals are harnessed to a plow or cart, it reflects the central role of the carabao in traditional Filipino farming.
Examples
" Singkawan mo ang kalabaw. "
Natural Translation
Put a yoke on the carabao.
Literal Translation
Yoke you the carabao.
" Kailangan ng magsasaka na singkawan ang kalabaw bago mag-araro sa bukid. "
Natural Translation
The farmer needs to put a yoke on the carabao before plowing the field.
Literal Translation
Need of farmer to-put-yoke-on the carabao before to-plow in field.
" Bago pa man sumikat ang araw, siningkawan na ng matanda ang kanyang kalabaw upang maagang makapagsimula sa pag-aararo ng palayan. "
Natural Translation
Even before the sun rose, the old man had already yoked his carabao so he could start plowing the rice field early.
Literal Translation
Before even rise the sun, yoked already by old-man the his carabao so-that early can-start in plowing of rice-field.
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