Meaning of -um- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. actor trigger: to do something
   morpheme
2. no trigger: expresses natural phenomena
   morpheme
3. actor trigger: to become or get
   morpheme
4. actor trigger: (with root word reduplication) to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there
   morpheme

Examples

“Kumain ako.”

I ate. (I is focused.)

“Lumindol kanina.”

An earthquake occurred a while ago. (Nothing is focused.)

“Parang pumayat si Gloria.”

It looks like Gloria got thinner. (Gloria is focused.)

“Kumakain-kain ako pag wala akong magagawa.”

I eat a little bit when I have nothing to do. (I is focused.)

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