singlagin
singlagín with stress marks
to render it into oil
From root: singlag
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sininglag
si-ning-LAG
rendered
Present (Incomplete)
sinisinglag
si-ni-sing-LAG
is being rendered
Future (Contemplated)
sisinglagin
si-sing-la-GIN
will be rendered
Usage Note
Singlagin is the object-focus form of singlag, used when the coconut milk being rendered is the grammatical focus. It names the slow process of cooking down gata until water evaporates and natural oil separates out — a technique essential to ginataan dishes and traditional coconut oil production.
Examples
" Singlagin mo ang gata. "
Natural Translation
Render the coconut milk into oil.
Literal Translation
Render you the coconut-milk.
" Kailangan mong singlagin ang gata para makakuha ng langis. "
Natural Translation
You need to render the coconut milk to obtain oil.
Literal Translation
Need you to-render the coconut-milk so to-get of oil.
" Bago ihalo ang mga sangkap, kailangan munang singlagin nang mabuti ang gata hanggang lumitaw ang malinaw na langis. "
Natural Translation
Before mixing in the ingredients, you must first render the coconut milk well until the clear oil emerges.
Literal Translation
Before mix the ingredients, need first to-render thoroughly the coconut-milk until appears the clear that oil.
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