sumpit
súmpit with stress marks
blowgun
Usage Note
Sumpit is a traditional blowpipe weapon used by indigenous peoples across the Philippines and Southeast Asia for hunting, with projectiles that are typically small darts sometimes tipped with poison. It is strongly associated with Borneo and Mindanao indigenous warrior culture and appears in Philippine history and ethnographic writing.
Examples
" May sumpit ang mangangaso. "
Natural Translation
The hunter has a blowgun.
Literal Translation
Has blowgun the hunter.
" Mahaba ang sumpit na ginamit niya. "
Natural Translation
The blowgun he/she used is long.
Literal Translation
Long the blowgun used he/she.
" Ipinamana ng lolo ang lumang sumpit na ginamit niya noon para manghuli ng ibon sa kagubatan. "
Natural Translation
Grandfather passed down the old blowgun he once used to hunt birds in the forest.
Literal Translation
Passed-down by-the grandfather the old blowgun that used he before to hunt of bird in-the forest.
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