tumilaok
tumiláok with stress marks
to crow
From root: tilaok
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumilaok
tu-mi-LA-ok
crowed
Present (Incomplete)
tumitilaok
tu-mi-ti-LA-ok
is crowing
Future (Contemplated)
titilaok
ti-ti-LA-ok
will crow
Usage Note
Tumilaok is the actor-focus infinitive of tilaok, the onomatopoeic term for a rooster's crow, with the rooster as its invariable grammatical subject. Deeply embedded in Filipino rural life and idiom, the crowing of the rooster marking dawn is a recurring image in literature and folk song.
Examples
" Tumilaok ang manok kaninang umaga. "
Natural Translation
The rooster crowed this morning.
Literal Translation
Crowed the rooster earlier morning.
" Nagsimulang tumilaok ang manok bago sumikat ang araw. "
Natural Translation
The rooster started to crow before the sun rose.
Literal Translation
Started to-crow the rooster before to-rise the sun.
" Tuwing tumitilaok ang tandang sa madaling-araw, alam ng mga magsasaka na panahon nang magtungo sa bukid. "
Natural Translation
Every time the rooster crows at dawn, the farmers know it is time to head to the fields.
Literal Translation
Every crows the rooster at dawn, know the farmers that time already to-go to field.
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