ukilkilin
ukilkilín with stress marks
to pester [him/her]; to badger [him/her]
From root: ukilkil
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inukilkil
i-nu-kil-KIL
pestered
Present (Incomplete)
inuukilkil
i-nu-u-kil-KIL
is being pestered
Future (Contemplated)
uukilkilin
u-u-kil-ki-LIN
will be pestered
Usage Note
Ukilkilin is the object-focus form of ukilkil, placing the person being pestered or badgered at the center of the clause. It implies persistent, repeated pressure — wearing someone down through relentless asking — and is common in descriptions of a child nagging a parent or a suitor pressing insistently.
Examples
" Huwag mo akong ukilkilin. "
Natural Translation
Don't pester me.
Literal Translation
Don't you me to-pester.
" Ugali ng bata na ukilkilin ang ina hangga't hindi nakukuha ang gusto. "
Natural Translation
It is the child's habit to pester the mother until getting what he wants.
Literal Translation
Habit of child to-pester the mother until not getting the want.
" Patuloy na inukilkil ng bata ang kanyang ina hanggang sa pumayag itong bilhan siya ng bagong laruan. "
Natural Translation
The child kept pestering his mother until she agreed to buy him a new toy.
Literal Translation
Continuously pestered by child the his mother until to agreed this to-buy-for him of new toy.
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