tuntungan
tuntúngan with stress marks
to step on [it]
From root: tuntong
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinuntungan
ti-nu-TU-ngan
stepped on
Present (Incomplete)
tinutuntungan
ti-nu-tu-TU-ngan
is being stepped on
Future (Contemplated)
tutuntungan
tu-tun-TU-ngan
will be stepped on
Usage Note
Tuntungan is the object-focus locative form of tuntong, where the surface being stepped on is the grammatical focus. The -an suffix highlights the surface itself as the point of contact, making it the natural form when specifying what someone climbs, traverses, or positions their feet on.
Examples
" Tuntungan mo ang bato. "
Natural Translation
Step on the rock.
Literal Translation
To-step-on you the rock.
" Gumamit siya ng upuan para tuntungan upang maabot ang mataas na estante. "
Natural Translation
She used a chair to step on to reach the high shelf.
Literal Translation
Used he/she of chair for to-step-on so to-reach the high shelf.
" Maghanap ka ng matibay na upuan na matutuntungan upang maabot mo ang mga librong nasa pinakamataas na bahagi ng estante. "
Natural Translation
Look for a sturdy chair to step on so you can reach the books on the highest part of the shelf.
Literal Translation
Search you of sturdy chair that to-step-on so to-reach you the books that-on highest part of shelf.
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