mamihasa

Tagalog

Etymology

From mam- +‎ bihasa.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mamiˈhasa/ [mɐ.mɪˈhaː.sɐ], (nonstandard) /mamiˈhasaʔ/ [mɐ.mɪˈhaː.sɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -asa, (nonstandard) -asaʔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧mi‧ha‧sa

Verb

mamihasa or mamihasà (complete namihasa, progressive namimihasa, contemplative mamimihasa, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒᜑᜐ)

  1. to get accustomed to; to be used to;
  2. (by extension, colloquial) to be brazenly habituated to bad habits with no regard for what other people think

Usage notes

  • This verb sense carries a negative, sometimes rough or violent connotation.

Inflection

Verb conjugation for mamihasa
affix mang- / ᜋᜅ᜔
root word bihasa / ᜊᜒᜑᜐ
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive mamihasa / ᜋᜋᜒᜑᜐ
complete namihasa / ᜈᜋᜒᜑᜐ
progressive namimihasa / ᜈᜋᜒᜋᜒᜑᜐ
contemplative mamimihasa / ᜋᜋᜒᜋᜒᜑᜐ
recently
complete
formal kapamimihasa / ᜃᜉ ᜋᜒᜋᜒᜑᜐ
informal kakapamihasa / ᜃᜃᜉᜋᜒᜑᜐ
kapapamihasa / ᜃᜉᜉᜋᜒᜑᜐ
imperative pamihasa1 / ᜉ ᜋᜒᜑᜐ

1 Dialectal use only. Not used in Standard Tagalog.