tugmain
tugmaín with stress marks
to match [it]
From root: tugma
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinugma
ti-NUG-ma
matched
Present (Incomplete)
tinutugma
ti-nu-TUG-ma
is being matched
Future (Contemplated)
tutugmain
tu-tug-ma-IN
will be matched
Usage Note
Tugmain is the object-focus form of tugma, used when the thing being matched or coordinated is the grammatical focus. It applies to colors, fabrics, or words in a poem, and carries a positive sense of harmony — the same root gives Tagalog its word for rhyme.
Examples
" Tugmain mo ang mga medyas. "
Natural Translation
Match the socks.
Literal Translation
Match you the socks.
" Mahirap tugmain ang mga kulay kung magkaiba ang disenyo. "
Natural Translation
It is difficult to match the colors if the designs are different.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-match the colors if different the design.
" Hiniling ng makata na tugmain ko ang huling salita ng bawat taludtod upang umindak ang tula. "
Natural Translation
The poet asked me to make the last word of every line rhyme so that the poem would flow.
Literal Translation
Requested by poet that to-match I the last word of every line so-that to-dance the poem.
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