ukitin
ukitín with stress marks
to carve [it]; to engrave [it]
From root: ukit
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inukit
i-NU-kit
carved
Present (Incomplete)
inuukit
i-nu-U-kit
is being carved
Future (Contemplated)
uukitin
u-u-ki-TIN
will be carved
Usage Note
Ukitin is the object-focus form of ukit, placing the material or surface being carved as the grammatical focus. It is the appropriate form when the thing being worked — a piece of wood, a stone tablet, a coconut shell — is what the sentence is about, rather than the carver.
Examples
" Ukitin mo ang pangalan ko. "
Natural Translation
Carve my name.
Literal Translation
Carve you the name my.
" Mahirap ukitin ang matigas na bato gamit ang simpleng pait. "
Natural Translation
It is difficult to carve hard stone using a simple chisel.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-carve the hard stone using the simple chisel.
" Bago tuluyang matuyo ang putik, dapat na ukitin ng manlililok ang magaganda nitong disenyo habang malambot pa ito. "
Natural Translation
Before the clay fully dries, the carver should carve its beautiful designs while it is still soft.
Literal Translation
Before fully dry the clay, should that carve by carver the beautiful its designs while soft still this.
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