"Balit-Ad" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
balít-ad - (B) Stubborn, disobedient,
unheeding, refractory, unruly, wilful,
perverse, self-willed; to be or become
stubborn, etc. Balít-ad nga táo, bátà, etc. A
stubborn person, child, etc. Indì ka
magbalít-ad. Don’t be stubborn. Indì mo
akó pagbalit-arán. Don’t be stubborn with
me. Iníng bátà maáyo sádto, ápang karón
nagbalít-ad. This child used to be good
before, but now it has become refractory or
wilful. Indì ko siá pagbatónon, kay
nabalit-arán akó sa íya. I will not receive
him, for he is too unruly for me. (cf.
batinggílan, dî manínggol, kabalán).
balít-ad - (H) To fall on one’s back,
tumble down, tilt—, go—, turn—, topple—,
over. (cf. tikháyà, tingkáyà, kayâ).
balit-ad a inside out, belly-side up, front-side back.
Balit-ad pagkasul-ub ang ímung kamisin, You have your undershirt on backwards (or inside out).
v [ABN; a] be, make wrong-side up, out.
Ang hiwing pulitiku mubalit-ad sa tinúud, The crooked politician twists the truth.
Mibalit-ad (nabalit-ad, namalit-ad) ang atup sa kusug nga hángin, The wind turned the roof upside down.
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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