tumikwas
tumikwás with stress marks
to tilt up
From root: tikwas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumikwas
tu-mik-WAS
tilted up
Present (Incomplete)
tumitikwas
tu-mi-tik-WAS
is tilting up
Future (Contemplated)
titikwas
ti-tik-WAS
will tilt up
Usage Note
Tumikwas is the actor-focus infinitive of tikwas, describing the upward tilt or flip of something at one end — most characteristically hair sticking up at odd angles. The verb is intransitive in most usages, and it is common in informal descriptions of bed hair or objects that have shifted out of flat alignment.
Examples
" Tumikwas ang buhok niya. "
Natural Translation
His hair stuck up.
Literal Translation
Tilted-up the hair his.
" Kailangan nitong tumikwas. "
Natural Translation
This needs to tilt up.
Literal Translation
Need of-this to-tilt-up.
" Kahit ilang beses niyang suklayin, patuloy pa ring tumitikwas ang buhok niya tuwing umagang gising siya sa kama. "
Natural Translation
No matter how many times he combs it, his hair keeps sticking up every morning when he wakes up in bed.
Literal Translation
Even how-many times he comb, continues still tilting-up the hair his every morning awake he in bed.
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