suyod
suyód with stress marks
fine-toothed comb; thoroughly searched
Usage Note
Suyod is both the fine-toothed comb traditionally used to remove lice (kuto) from hair and an adjective meaning something has been combed through exhaustively. Metaphorically, isuyod means to search an area or document very thoroughly, the way a comb passes through every strand of hair. It is used in both literal hair-care and figurative detective or investigative contexts.
Examples
" Bumili ako ng suyod. "
Natural Translation
I bought a fine-toothed comb.
Literal Translation
Bought I of fine-toothed-comb.
" Ginamit niya ang suyod sa buhok. "
Natural Translation
He/she used the fine-toothed comb on the hair.
Literal Translation
Used he/she the fine-toothed comb on hair.
" Isuyod nating mabuti ang buong dokumento bago natin ipasa, baka may mali pa tayong hindi napansin. "
Natural Translation
Let's comb through the entire document thoroughly before we submit it, in case there's still an error we haven't noticed.
Literal Translation
Comb-through let-us well the whole document before we submit, maybe has error still we not noticed.
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