tangkabin
tangkabín with stress marks
to strike [someone] with an uppercut
From root: tangkab
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinangkab
ti-nang-KAB
struck
Present (Incomplete)
tinatangkab
ti-na-tang-KAB
is being struck
Future (Contemplated)
tatangkabin
ta-tang-ka-BIN
will be struck
Usage Note
Tangkabin is the object-focus infinitive of tangkab, used when the target of the upward chin strike is the grammatical focus. Like its actor-focus counterpart tumangkab, it appears mainly in martial-arts and cockfighting contexts where the precise trajectory — upward to the jaw — is the defining feature.
Examples
" Gusto niyang tangkabin ang kalaban. "
Natural Translation
He wants to hit the opponent with an uppercut.
Literal Translation
Want he to-strike-with-uppercut the opponent.
" Sinubukan niyang tangkabin ang kalaban sa boksing. "
Natural Translation
He/She tried to hit the opponent with an uppercut in boxing.
Literal Translation
Tried he/she to-strike-with-uppercut the opponent in boxing.
" Habang nakabantay ang depensa, naghintay ang boksingero ng tamang sandali para tangkabin ang baba ng kalaban. "
Natural Translation
While keeping his guard up, the boxer waited for the right moment to land an uppercut on the opponent's chin.
Literal Translation
While guarding the defense, waited the boxer of right moment to to-strike-with-uppercut the chin of opponent.
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