HIKBI

hikbi
sob

mga hikbing narinig ko
sobs that I heard


Narinig ko ang babaeng humihikbi.
I heard the woman sobbing.


humikbi
sobbed


Wala akong nagawa kundi ang humikbi nang humikbi.
I couldn't do anything but keep sobbing.


The Tagalog word for 'cry' is iyak.