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 has risen or increased. For example, tumaas ang presyo means the price rose, and tumaas ang tubig means the water rose. This verb can describe physical movement upward as well as figurative increases, such as in prices, temperatures, or levels of something.

In Filipino grammar, verbs are inflected for aspect rather than tense. Tumaas signals that an upward change has already occurred, with the exact timing inferred from context or accompanying time words. The same verb can appear in other aspectual forms to express ongoing or future rise, but tumaas specifically conveys a completed action.

See also: taas, the noun form meaning height or rise; pagtaas, the process or act of rising, often used to refer to increases in price or volume.