imbestigar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish investigar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: im‧bes‧ti‧gar
  • IPA(key): /ʔimbestiˈɡaɾ/ [ʔim.bes.tiˈɡaɾ]

Verb

imbestigár

  1. to investigate
    Synonyms: siyasat, susog

Derived terms

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • imbestiga

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish investigar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: im‧bes‧ti‧gar
  • IPA(key): /ʔimbesˈtiɡaɾ/ [ʔɪm.bes̪ˈt̪i.ɡɐɾ̪]

Verb

imbestigar

  1. to investigate
    Synonym: susi

Conjugation

Conjugation for imbestigar (mo- )
affix mo-
root word
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive moimbestigar
past/present inchoative miimbestigar
niimbestigar
future/habitual inchoative moimbestigar
imperative pag-imbestigar
Conjugation for imbestigar (mag- )
affix mag-
root word imbestigar
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive mag-imbestigar
past/present inchoative nag-imbestigar
future/habitual inchoative mag-imbestigar
imperative pag-imbestigar
Conjugation for imbestigar (maka- )
affix maka-
root word imbestigar
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive makaimbestigar
past/present inchoative nakaimbestigar
future/habitual inchoative makaimbestigar
Conjugation for imbestigar (-on )
affix -on
root word imbestigar
trigger object
aspect
infinitive iimbestigaron
past/present inchoative giimbestigar
future/habitual inchoative iimbestigaron
imperative iimbestigara
Conjugation for imbestigar (-on )
affix -on
root word imbestiga
trigger object
aspect
infinitive imbestigahon
past/present inchoative giimbestiga
future/habitual inchoative imbestigahon
imperative imbestigaha

References

  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 376