sumungaw
sumungáw with stress marks
to look out a window
From root: sungaw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sumungaw
su-mu-NGAW
peered out
Present (Incomplete)
sumusungaw
su-mu-su-NGAW
is peering out
Future (Contemplated)
susungaw
su-su-NGAW
will peer out
Usage Note
Sumungaw is the actor-focus form of sungaw, using the -um- infix. It captures the neutral, literal sense of peering or leaning out through an opening, typically a window, with no figurative baggage attached.
Examples
" Sumungaw ka sa bintana. "
Natural Translation
Look out the window.
Literal Translation
Look-out you at window.
" Masarap sumungaw sa bintana tuwing malamig ang umaga. "
Natural Translation
It is delightful to look out the window whenever the morning is cold.
Literal Translation
Delightful to-look-out at window every-time cold the morning.
" Tuwing maririnig niya ang tinig ng nanay nilang dumarating, agad siyang sumusungaw sa bintana upang sumalubong. "
Natural Translation
Whenever he hears the voice of their arriving mother, he immediately looks out the window to greet her.
Literal Translation
Every-time hear he the voice of mother their arriving, immediately he looking-out at window so to-greet.
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