subukan
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Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: su‧bu‧kan
Verb
[edit]subukan (complete sinubukan, progressive sinusubukan, contemplative susubukan, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓᜃᜈ᜔)
- to try; to attempt; to try out
- to taste; to sample the taste of
- Synonym: tikman
- to spy on; to observe or watch secretly
Conjugation
[edit]Verb conjugation for subukan (Class I) - um/an object verb
Root word | subok | |||||
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Trigger | Affix | Aspect | ||||
Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
Actor | -um- | sumubok | sumubok | sumusubok nasubok2 |
susubok masubok2 |
kasusubok1 kakasubok |
Object | -an | subukan | sinubukan | sinusubukan inasubukan2 |
susubukan asubukan2 |
— |
Locative | pag- -an | pagsubukan | pinagsubukan | pinapagsubukan pinagsusubukan |
papagsubukan pagsusubukan |
— |
Benefactive | i- | isubok | isinubok | isinusubok | isusubok | — |
Instrument | ipang- | ipansubok | ipinansubok | ipinapansubok | ipapansubok | — |
Causative | ika- | ikasubok | ikinasubok | ikinasusubok1 ikinakasubok |
ikasusubok1 ikakasubok |
— |
i-3 | isubok | isinubok | isinusubok | isusubok | — | |
Measurement | i- | isubok | isinubok | isinusubok | isusubok | — |
1Used in formal contexts. 2Dialectal use only. 3Generally avoided unless the cause is emphasized. |
Indirect (pa-) verb forms
Trigger | Affix | Aspect | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
Actor | magpa- | magpasubok | nagpasubok | nagpapasubok | magpapasubok | kapasusubok1 kapapasubok kapagpapasubok kakapasubok |
Actor-secondary | pa- -in | pasubukin | pinasubok | pinasusubok pinapasubok |
pasusubukin papasubukin |
— |
Object | pa- -an | pasubukan | pinasubukan | pinapasubukan pinasusubukan |
papasubukan pasusubukan |
— |
Benefactive | ipagpa- | ipagpasubok | ipinagpasubok | ipinagpapasubok1 ipinapagpasubok |
ipagpapasubok1 ipapagpasubok |
— |
Causative | ikapagpa- | ikapagpasubok | ikinapagpasubok | ikinapagpapasubok1 ikinakapagpasubok |
ikapagpapasubok1 ikakapagpasubok |
— |
Locative | pagpa- -an | pagpasubukan | pinagpasubukan | pinagpapasusubukan1 pinapagpasubukan |
pagpapasusubukan1 papagpasubukan |
— |
papag- -an | papagsubukan | pinapagsubukan | pinapapagsubukan | papapagsubukan | — | |
1Used in formal contexts. |
Ability/involuntary (maka-/ma-) verb forms
Social (maki-) verb forms
Form | Affix | Aspect | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | ||
Direct | maki- | makisubok | nakisubok | nakikisubok | makikisubok |
Indirect | makipagpa- | makipagpasubok | nakipagpasubok | nakikipagpasubok | makikipagpasubok |
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]subukán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓᜃᜈ᜔)
- act of pitting each other's strength, skill, ability, etc.
- Synonym: pagsusubukan
- place for audition
- testing ground
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Tagalog terms suffixed with -an
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ukan
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ukan/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog verbs
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog nouns