subuin
subuín with stress marks
to feed [it] by mouth
From root: subo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinubo
si-NU-bo
fed
Present (Incomplete)
sinusubo
si-nu-SU-bo
is being fed
Future (Contemplated)
susubuin
su-su-bu-IN
will be fed
Usage Note
Subuin is the -in object-focus form of subo, used when the food or the person being fed is the grammatical focus. It frequently appears in childcare and infant-feeding contexts where the recipient — a baby or young child — is foregrounded rather than the feeder.
Examples
" Subuin mo na ang sanggol. "
Natural Translation
Go ahead and feed the baby now.
Literal Translation
Feed-by-mouth you now the baby.
" Madaling subuin ang maliit na piraso ng tinapay habang nagmamadali ka. "
Natural Translation
It's easy to pop a small piece of bread into your mouth while you're in a hurry.
Literal Translation
Easy to feed by mouth the small piece of bread while hurrying you.
" Kahit pagod na pagod, sinikap pa rin ng ina na subuin ang maysakit niyang anak bago ito matulog. "
Natural Translation
Even though she was very tired, the mother still made an effort to feed her sick child before he fell asleep.
Literal Translation
Even-though very tired, exerted still the mother to feed-by-mouth the sick her child before this fell-asleep.
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