tunghayan
tungháyan with stress marks
to gaze upon [it]
From root: tunghay
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinunghayan
ti-NU-ng-ha-yan
gazed upon
Present (Incomplete)
tinutunghayan
ti-nu-tu-NG-ha-yan
is being gazed upon
Future (Contemplated)
tutunghayan
tu-tu-NG-HA-yan
will be gazed upon
Usage Note
Tunghayan is the object-focus locative form of tunghay, where the sight or scene being contemplated is the grammatical focus. It belongs to a formal or poetic register and commonly appears in literary prose, speeches, and reflective writing where a sustained, reverent gaze is implied.
Examples
" Masarap tunghayan ang dagat. "
Natural Translation
It is lovely to gaze upon the sea.
Literal Translation
Delightful to-gaze-upon the sea.
" Masarap tunghayan ang ganda ng kalikasan mula sa tuktok ng bundok. "
Natural Translation
It is delightful to gaze upon the beauty of nature from the mountain peak.
Literal Translation
Delightful to-gaze-upon the beauty of nature from at peak of mountain.
" Tuwing madaling-araw, hinahangad ng makata na tunghayan ang pagsikat ng araw mula sa kanyang tahimik na bintana. "
Natural Translation
Every dawn, the poet longs to gaze upon the rising of the sun from his quiet window.
Literal Translation
Every dawn, longs by poet to-gaze-upon the rising of sun from his quiet window.
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