"Abat-Abat" is a word in HILIGAYNON
abát-ábat - Dim. and Freq. of ábat. Also:
to follow up, follow from place to place.
Ginabátábat sang mga polís ang makáwat
túbtub nga íla madakúp (nadakúp). The
police followed the thief from place to place
till they caught him. Abát-abáton nínyo
ang duhá ka pamatán-on nga nagtabanáy
túbtub nga ínyo makítà kag ibálik nínyo
dirí silá nga duhá. Follow the two young
people that have eloped till you find them
and bring the two of them back here. (cf.
sunúdsúnud).
abát-abát - To follow closely without
going beyond, be barely sufficient; just
enough without anything to spare, living
from hand to mouth. Ginaabátabát gid
lang ang ámon pagkáon. We just manage
to live from hand to mouth. The food we
can procure is hardly enough to keep us
alive. Ang ámon kinitáan abátabát gid
lang sa ámon pangabúhì. Our earnings are
barely enough for our living.
I took his razor from the shower floor, bits of his black hair still caked between the blades. I took his toothbrush from the sink counter and sucked on the bristles, trying to find the taste of him, but there was only the flavor of watery mint toothpaste....I pulled the sheets off the bed with the idea that I could gather up the imprint of him and save it. I thought, I can unfurl the sheets on our old bed at home. I can lie in the creases formed by his body. I can sleep with him again.
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