matupok
matupók with stress marks
to be consumed by fire
From root: tupok
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
natupok
na-tu-POK
was consumed by fire
Present (Incomplete)
natutupok
na-tu-TU-pok
is being consumed by fire
Future (Contemplated)
matutupok
ma-tu-TU-pok
will be consumed by fire
Usage Note
Matupok is the stative actor-focus form of tupok, describing something completely destroyed by fire. Because this sense is inherently intransitive — the thing burns up rather than burns something else — there is no canonical object-focus counterpart for the stative outcome itself.
Examples
" Natupok ang lumang bahay sa sunog. "
Natural Translation
The old house was consumed by the fire.
Literal Translation
Was-consumed-by-fire the old house in fire.
" Takot ang taong matupok ang kanyang mga ari-arian. "
Natural Translation
The person is afraid for his/her properties to be consumed by fire.
Literal Translation
Afraid the person to-be-consumed-by-fire the his/her properties.
" Halos lahat ng mga tindahan sa palengke ay natupok sa malaking sunog na sumiklab kaninang madaling-araw. "
Natural Translation
Almost all of the stores in the market were consumed by the big fire that broke out earlier at dawn.
Literal Translation
Almost all of the stores in market were-consumed-by-fire in big fire that broke-out earlier at dawn.
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