tumuya
tumuyâ with stress marks
to mock; to ridicule
From root: tuya
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumuya
tu-MU-ya
mocked
Present (Incomplete)
tumutuya
tu-mu-TU-ya
is mocking
Future (Contemplated)
tutuya
tu-TU-ya
will mock
Usage Note
Tumuya is the actor-focus form of tuya, foregrounding the person doing the mocking or ridiculing. It is considered socially unacceptable behavior in Filipino culture, where open embarrassment of others cuts against the value of hiya, and the word carries a genuinely negative register.
Examples
" Huwag kang tumuya sa iba. "
Natural Translation
Don't mock others.
Literal Translation
Don't you to-mock at others.
" Masamang tumuya sa kapwa anuman ang kanilang kalagayan. "
Natural Translation
It is bad to mock others, whatever their situation may be.
Literal Translation
Bad to-mock to fellow whatever the their situation.
" Sa halip na tumuya sa mga nagkakamali, mas mabuting tulungan natin sila upang matuto sila sa tamang paraan. "
Natural Translation
Instead of mocking those who make mistakes, it is better that we help them so they can learn the right way.
Literal Translation
In place than to-mock at those-making-mistakes, more good to-help we them so to-learn they in right way.
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