tuksuhin
tuksuhín with stress marks
to tease [them]
From root: tukso
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinukso
ti-NUK-so
teased
Present (Incomplete)
tinutukso
ti-nu-TUK-so
is being teased
Future (Contemplated)
tutuksuhin
tu-tuk-su-HIN
will be teased
Usage Note
Tuksuhin is the object-focus form of tukso, covering both playful teasing — ribbing a friend about a crush — and moral temptation in a spiritual sense. Context determines which meaning applies; the lighthearted teasing sense dominates in everyday speech, while the moral sense surfaces in religious or literary contexts.
Examples
" Huwag mong tuksuhin ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Don't tease the child.
Literal Translation
Don't you tease the child.
" Masamang tuksuhin ang iyong kalaro kapag siya ay natalo. "
Natural Translation
It is bad to tease your playmate when they lose.
Literal Translation
Bad to-tease the your playmate when he/she , lost.
" Lagi nilang tinutukso ang kapatid ko tungkol sa kanyang crush kaya napapahiya siya tuwing magkakasama kami. "
Natural Translation
They always tease my sibling about their crush, so they get embarrassed whenever we are all together.
Literal Translation
Always they teasing the sibling my about the crush so gets-embarrassed he/she every-time together we.
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