tabunan
tabunán with stress marks
to fill or cover [it] up
From root: tabon
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinabunan
ti-na-bu-NAN
filled up
Present (Incomplete)
tinatabunan
ti-na-ta-bu-NAN
is being filled up
Future (Contemplated)
tatabunan
ta-ta-bu-NAN
will be filled up
Usage Note
Tabunan is the object-focus -an form of tabon, used when the pit, hole, or area being filled or buried is the focus of the sentence. It pairs with the actor-focus magtabon, which centers the person doing the filling.
Examples
" Tabunan mo ng lupa ang hukay. "
Natural Translation
Fill the hole with soil.
Literal Translation
Fill-up you with soil the hole.
" Kailangan nating tabunan ng lupa ang malalim na hukay sa bakuran. "
Natural Translation
We need to fill up the deep hole in the yard with soil.
Literal Translation
Need we to-fill-up with soil the deep hole in yard.
" Bago kami umalis sa kampo, tinabunan namin ng lupa ang hukay na pinagtapunan ng basura upang hindi mapanghi ang paligid. "
Natural Translation
Before we left the camp, we filled up with soil the pit where we had thrown the trash so the surroundings would not smell foul.
Literal Translation
Before we leave from camp, filled-up we with soil the pit that thrown of trash so-that not smell-foul the surroundings.
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