tumaas
Tumaas is a Tagalog verb meaning to rise or to increase, used to indicate a completed or past action. It is formed from the root taas, which conveys the idea of rising or becoming higher, and the prefix that marks the perfective aspect in this verb form.
The form tumaas is commonly used with a descriptive noun phrase following ang to show that something
In Filipino grammar, verbs are inflected for aspect rather than tense. Tumaas signals that an upward change
See also: taas, the noun form meaning height or rise; pagtaas, the process or act of rising,