tikis
tikís with stress marks
deliberately not helping to cause suffering
Usage Note
Tikis describes a specific form of cruelty by omission — intentionally withholding help or assistance in order to make someone suffer or struggle more. It carries a morally negative connotation and implies awareness and deliberateness on the part of the one withholding help.
Examples
" Tikis siyang hindi sumagot. "
Natural Translation
He deliberately did not answer.
Literal Translation
Deliberately he not answered.
" Tikis siyang hindi tumulong sa akin. "
Natural Translation
He/She deliberately did not help me.
Literal Translation
Deliberately he/she not helped to me.
" Tikis nilang hindi binigyan ng tulong ang matanda upang mapahirapan ito sa paglalakad pauwi. "
Natural Translation
They deliberately withheld help from the old man in order to make his walk home harder.
Literal Translation
Deliberately by-them not gave of help the old-man so-that be-made-to-suffer it in walking home.
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