From root: tubig
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinubig
ti-NU-big
was filled with water
Present (Incomplete)
tinutubig
ti-nu-TU-big
being filled with water
Future (Contemplated)
tutubigin
tu-tu-bi-GIN
will be filled with water
Usage Note
Tubigin is primarily used to describe crops or fields becoming waterlogged, or in medical contexts to refer to the accumulation of excess fluid in body parts. It often implies a negative or excessive state rather than a simple act of filling something with water.
Examples
" Tubigin mo ang mga halaman. "
Natural Translation
Flood the plants with water.
Literal Translation
Fill-with-water you the (plural) plants.
" Sana ay tubigin ang mga gulay. "
Natural Translation
I hope the vegetables to be filled with water.
Literal Translation
Hope is be-filled-with-water the (plural) vegetables.
" Huwag mong tubigin nang sobra ang palayan dahil maaaring mabulok ang mga ugat ng pananim. "
Natural Translation
Don't flood the rice field too much because the roots of the crops might rot.
Literal Translation
Don't you fill-with-water too-much the rice-field because might rot the (plural) roots of crops.
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