umusli
umuslî with stress marks
to protrude
From root: usli
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
umusli
u-mus-LI
protruded
Present (Incomplete)
umuusli
u-mu-us-LI
is protruding
Future (Contemplated)
uusli
u-us-LI
will protrude
Usage Note
Umusli is the actor-focus infinitive of usli, describing something that juts out, bulges, or protrudes beyond a surface. Applied equally to physical objects — nails, bumps, shelves — and to abstract things that stand out conspicuously from their surroundings, it is less common in everyday speech than in descriptive and technical writing.
Examples
" Umusli ang pako sa pader. "
Natural Translation
The nail protruded from the wall.
Literal Translation
Protruded the nail from wall.
" Delikadong umusli ang bakal mula sa ginagawang pader. "
Natural Translation
It is dangerous for the iron bar to protrude from the wall being built.
Literal Translation
Dangerous to-protrude the iron from progressive-make wall.
" Mag-ingat ka sa daan dahil may bahaging umusli ang bubong na bakal na maaaring makasakit sa mga dumaraan. "
Natural Translation
Be careful on the path because a part of the metal roof sticks out and could hurt those passing by.
Literal Translation
Be-careful you on path because has part protruded the roof linker metal linker could to-hurt to plural passing-by.
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