"Baka-Baka" is a word in HILIGAYNON
baká-báka - A game played by children.
One goes down on all fours and another
rides on his back. Also used as a verb.
Baká-bakáha siá. Make him walk on hands
and knees and ride on his back.
baká-báka - To treat or punish someone,
as if he were an ox. Kon magbúhat ka sinâ,
bakábakáhon ka ni tátay. If you do that
you will be soundly thrashed by Father. (cf.
tarítári, búnal, etc.).
baká-báka - A footstool.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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bakábáka - Dim. of báka. Anything resembling a cow; also: a kind of vermin.
Read the complete definitionbákbak - Also: to beat, drub, give one a hiding, punish severely. (cf. tarítári, torótóro, bakábáka, búnak, labá, pákas).
Read the complete definitionkaratíl - To punish severely, chastise. Ginkaratíl níya ang íya bátà, kay nagsinutíl. She punished her child severely, because it …
Read the complete definitiontoró-tóro - Dim. of tóro. Also: the hump (hunch) on the neck of a bull or other animal. Also: to …
Read the complete definitiontúryal, turyál - (Perhaps from the Sp. trillar or torear) To beat, thrash, punish severely, drub, chastise thoroughly. (cf. tarítári, …
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