makakalimutin
Tagalog
Etymology
From kakalimot (“recently forgot”) + ma- -in. The base has undergone initial syllable reduplication and is itself from ka- + limot (“forgetting”), likely produced via analogy from makalimot, such as in its informal contemplative inflection makakalimot. It may also be reinterpreted as makakalimot + -in.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˌkakalimuˈtin/ [mɐˌxaː.xɐ.lɪ.mʊˈt̪ɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: ma‧ka‧ka‧li‧mu‧tin
Adjective
makákalimutín (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃᜃᜎᜒᜋᜓᜆᜒᜈ᜔) (informal)
- forgetful
- Synonym: malilimutin
- 1972, Liwayway:
- Kaya't ipinagbigay-alam sa pulisya at NBI na siya'y nawawala. Pinaghanap siya ng mga ito. Talagang lahat ng henyo'y totoong makakalimutin. Kaya naniniwala akong akmang ikapit sa kanya ang taguring ito.
- So the police and the NBI are notified that he is missing. They asked him to search. It's true all geniuses are really forgetful. So I believe it's right to stick this nickname to him.
- 2015, Kirsten Nimwey, The Explorers Series Box Set (Tagalog Edition), Kirsten Nimwey (→ISBN)
- “Heh, makakalimutin ka pala eh. Ako si Augustus Sawyer ng Pioneer! Nalimutan mo na ba? O hindi mo lang ako namukhaan?"
- "Heh, you're really forgetful. I'm Augustus Sawyer of Pioneer! Don't you forget? Or you just haven't recognized me?"
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See also
Further reading
- “makakalimutin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018