tumila
tumilâ with stress marks
to let up
From root: tila
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumila
tu-mi-LA
let up
Present (Incomplete)
tumitila
tu-mi-ti-LA
is letting up
Future (Contemplated)
titila
ti-ti-LA
will let up
Usage Note
Tumila is the actor-focus infinitive of tila, used almost exclusively with weather — specifically rain — as the grammatical subject, describing the tapering off and stopping of rainfall rather than an abrupt halt. It is intrinsically intransitive with no clean object-focus form, because the stopping of rain is not something an agent performs on an object.
Examples
" Hintayin nating tumila ang ulan. "
Natural Translation
Let's wait for the rain to let up.
Literal Translation
Wait we-that to-let-up the rain.
" Kailangan nating maghintay na tumila ang ulan bago umalis. "
Natural Translation
We need to wait for the rain to let up before leaving.
Literal Translation
Need we to-wait , to-let-up the rain before to-leave.
" Hindi kami makaalis sa bahay sapagkat ayaw pa ring tumila ng malakas na ulan kahit gabi na. "
Natural Translation
We could not leave the house because the heavy rain still would not let up even though it was already night.
Literal Translation
Not we can-leave from house because not-want still to-let-up of heavy that rain even night already.
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