tumanaw
tumanáw with stress marks
to look out into the distance
From root: tanaw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumanaw
tu-ma-NAW
looked out
Present (Incomplete)
tumatanaw
tu-ma-ta-NAW
is looking out
Future (Contemplated)
tatanaw
ta-ta-NAW
will look out
Usage Note
Tumanaw is the actor-focus form of tanaw, built with the -um- infix, and implies gazing out over a wide or distant scene rather than looking at a specific nearby object — tumingin covers ordinary directed looking. Common in poetic and reflective contexts; the noun tanawin (scenery, vista) shares the same root.
Examples
" Tumanaw ako sa bundok. "
Natural Translation
I looked out at the mountain.
Literal Translation
Looked-out I at mountain.
" Gusto kong tumanaw sa dagat tuwing hapon. "
Natural Translation
I like to look out into the sea every afternoon.
Literal Translation
Want I to-look-out at sea every afternoon.
" Tuwing umaga, umaakyat ang lolo sa burol upang tumanaw sa malayong palayan na minana niya sa kanyang ama. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, Grandpa climbs the hill to gaze out at the distant rice fields he inherited from his father.
Literal Translation
Every morning, climbs the grandpa at hill so-that to-look-out at distant rice-field that inherited he from his father.
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