tibahin
tibahín with stress marks
to cut [it] down
From root: tiba
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinibâ
ti-ni-BA
cut down
Present (Incomplete)
tinitibâ
ti-ni-ti-BA
is being cut down
Future (Contemplated)
titibahin
ti-ti-ba-HIN
will be cut down
Usage Note
Tibahin is the object-focus infinitive of tiba, used when the specific banana plant being felled is the grammatical focus. It belongs to the same agricultural register as magtiba, where the choice of which plant to harvest or remove is the practical concern.
Examples
" Tibahin mo ang punong ito. "
Natural Translation
Cut down this tree.
Literal Translation
Cut-down you the tree this.
" Kailangan nating tibahin itong puno ng saging na may bunga. "
Natural Translation
We need to cut down this banana tree that has fruit.
Literal Translation
Need we to-cut-down the tree of banana , has fruit.
" Bago natin tibahin ang punong saging na natuyo na, siguraduhin muna nating walang taong nasa ilalim nito. "
Natural Translation
Before we cut down the banana plant that has already dried up, let us first make sure no one is underneath it.
Literal Translation
Before we cut-down the plant banana that dried already, make-sure first we no person at under this.
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