tumaga
tumagá with stress marks
to hack or chop
From root: taga
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumaga
tu-ma-GA
hacked
Present (Incomplete)
tumataga
tu-ma-ta-GA
is hacking
Future (Contemplated)
tataga
ta-ta-GA
will hack
Usage Note
Tumaga is the actor-focus -um- form of taga, describing a forceful chopping or hacking action with a bladed tool such as a bolo or axe. It centers the agent doing the hacking; the object-focus counterpart tagain centers the thing being cut.
Examples
" Marunong siyang tumaga ng kahoy. "
Natural Translation
He knows how to chop wood.
Literal Translation
Knows he to-chop of wood.
" Marunong ba siyang tumaga gamit ang malaking itak? "
Natural Translation
Does he/she know how to hack using a big machete?
Literal Translation
Know he/she to-hack using the big machete?
" Maaga pang gumising ang lolo upang tumaga ng panggatong bago pa sumikat ang araw sa kabundukan. "
Natural Translation
Grandfather woke up early to chop firewood even before the sun rose over the mountains.
Literal Translation
Early still woke the grandfather in-order to-chop of firewood before even rose the sun over mountains.
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