"Balatik" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
balátik - The constellation Orion.
balátik - A covered pit set with sharp
spikes; a kind of trap with a spring attached
to a sharp-pointed spike which pierces the
victim that steps on the trap. Naglikáw sa
súyak kag sa balátik kaámbak. He avoided
the sharp pegs and jumped down into the
spiked pit, i.e. he fell out of the frying pan
into the fire. Gindakúp níla ang talunón sa
balátik. They caught the wild pig in the
spring-trap.
balátik n trap consisting of a trip rope which releases a spear.
v {1} [A; ab2] catch with, set a balátik.
Hingbalatikan ang irù, The dog got speared in the trap.
{2} [A; b6] set a balátik.
Balatíkan nákù ag maisan, I will put a trap in the cornfield.
{3} [a12] make a balátik.
balátik n name of a constellation having three stars in a row.
balátung n k.
o.
string bean, reaching more than a foot and less than an inch around.
The most commonly grown string bean: Vigna sesquipedialis.
sintas n a variety longer than ordinary balátung.
batungbatung n k.
o.
wild vine with a bean similar to the balátung, but inedible.
-in-() n k.
o.
banana the fruit of which is light yellowish green, long and thin, eaten raw when ripe.
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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