sumisinok
sumísinók with stress marks
to hiccup
From root: sinok
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
suminok
su-MI-nok
hiccupped
Present (Incomplete)
sumisinok
su-mi-SI-nok
is hiccupping
Future (Contemplated)
sisinok
si-SI-nok
will hiccup
Usage Note
Sumisinok is the actor-focus form of sinok, the standard verb for hiccupping, with the person hiccupping as the grammatical subject. Sinok is intrinsically intransitive — there is no canonical object-focus form for the act itself.
Examples
" Sumisinok ang sanggol pagkatapos uminom. "
Natural Translation
The baby is hiccupping after drinking.
Literal Translation
Hiccupping the baby after to-drink.
" Mahirap magsalita nang maayos kapag patuloy na sumisinok ang isang tao. "
Natural Translation
It is difficult to speak properly when a person is continuously hiccuping.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-speak properly when continuously to-hiccup the a person.
" Tuwing kumakain siya nang mabilis, sumisinok siya hanggang sa hindi na halos makapagsalita nang maayos. "
Natural Translation
Whenever she eats too fast, she hiccups until she can hardly speak properly.
Literal Translation
Whenever eating she fast, hiccupping she until that not already barely can-speak properly.
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