mabali
Tagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈbaliʔ/ [mɐˈbaː.lɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -aliʔ
- Syllabification: ma‧ba‧li
Verb
editmabalì (complete nabali, progressive nababali, contemplative mababali, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜎᜒ)
- (intransitive) to be fractured (of a bone)
- Synonym: mapilay
- (intransitive) to be broken (of something elongated, such as pencils, sticks, etc.)
- Synonym: mabakli
- to be able to fracture (of a bone)
- Synonym: mapilay
- to be able to break (of something elongated, such as pencils, sticks, etc.)
- Synonym: mabakli
- (colloquial) to be able to stop (of one's bad habit, wishes, etc.)
- Synonym: masugpo
Conjugation
editVerb conjugation for mabali (Class I) - um/in object verb
Root word | bali | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trigger | Affix | Aspect | ||||
Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
Actor | -um- | bumali | bumali | bumabali nabali2 |
babali mabali2 |
kababali1 kakabali |
Object | -in | baliin | binali | binabali inabali2 |
babaliin abaliin2 |
— |
Locative | pag- -an | pagbalian | pinagbalian | pinapagbalian pinagbabalian |
papagbalian pagbabalian |
— |
Benefactive | i- | ibali | ibinali | ibinabali | ibabali | — |
Instrument | ipang- | ipambali | ipinambali | ipinapambali | ipapambali | — |
Causative | ika- | ikabali | ikinabali | ikinababali1 ikinakabali |
ikababali1 ikakabali |
— |
i-3 | ibali | ibinali | ibinabali | ibabali | — | |
Measurement | i- | ibali | ibinali | ibinabali | ibabali | — |
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- | magpabali | nagpabali | nagpapabali | magpapabali | kapababali1 kapapabali kapagpapabali kakapabali |
Actor-secondary | pa- -in | pabaliin | pinabali | pinababali pinapabali |
pababaliin papabaliin |
— |
Object | ipa- | ipabali | ipinabali | ipinababali ipinapabali |
ipababali ipapabali |
— |
Benefactive | ipagpa- | ipagpabali | ipinagpabali | ipinagpapabali1 ipinapagpabali |
ipagpapabali1 ipapagpabali |
— |
Causative | ikapagpa- | ikapagpabali | ikinapagpabali | ikinapagpapabali1 ikinakapagpabali |
ikapagpapabali1 ikakapagpabali |
— |
Locative | pagpa- -an | pagpabalian | pinagpabalian | pinagpapababalian1 pinapagpabalian |
pagpapababalian1 papagpabalian |
— |
papag- -an | papagbalian | pinapagbalian | pinapapagbalian | papapagbalian | — | |
1Used in formal contexts. |
Ability/involuntary (maka-/ma-) verb forms
Social (maki-) verb forms
Form | Affix | Aspect | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | ||
Direct | maki- | makibali | nakibali | nakikibali | makikibali |
Indirect | makipagpa- | makipagpabali | nakipagpabali | nakikipagpabali | makikipagpabali |