Usage Note
Sipat refers to a deliberate and precise look or examination — often the careful alignment needed before cutting, building, or taking aim. The active form sumiipat means to peer or aim, and the word is most at home in craftsmanship, construction, and hunting contexts where exact alignment matters.
Examples
" Kailangan ng maingat na sipat. "
Natural Translation
A careful inspection is needed.
Literal Translation
Need of careful inspection.
" Kailangan ng maingat na sipat sa plano. "
Natural Translation
A careful inspection of the plan is needed.
Literal Translation
Need of careful inspection on plan.
" Bago putulin ng karpintero ang kahoy, gumawa muna siya ng maingat na sipat upang tama ang sukat at hugis. "
Natural Translation
Before the carpenter cut the wood, he first made a careful inspection so that the measurement and shape would be correct.
Literal Translation
Before cut of carpenter the wood, made first he of careful inspection so-that correct the measurement and shape.
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