Lumatay (en. Drifting)

loo-ma-tai

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

adjective

Refers to the state of a substance sinking or melting into a liquid or any other substance.

The leaves of the tree drifted on the water's surface.

Ang mga dahon ng puno ay lumatay sa ibabaw ng tubig.

Emphasizes the process of shaping or transforming something.

The clouds drifted into the shapes of animals.

Ang mga ulap ay lumatay sa anyo ng mga hayop.

From the root word 'umatay' which means 'to stick' or 'to join'.

drift in the wind

The action of things drifting or following the flow of the wind.

lumatay sa hangin

sink

The process of an object descending beneath the water.

lumubog

drifting

The act of moving on the surface of water or anywhere.

lumutang-lutang

Rotten or defective

My old and broken cellphone doesn’t work anymore.

Yung luma at lumatay na cellphone ko, hindi na nagwo-work.

No longer useful or useless

For me, my ideas are broken; they won’t be trendy anymore.

Para sa akin, lumatay na yung mga idea ko, hindi na mauuso.

Realize that something is no longer good or appropriate

Sometimes, we need to admit that the old songs have become outdated.

Minsan, dapat tayong umamin na lumatay na ang dating mga kanta.