"Bantayan" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
bantáyan = batáyan.
bantáyan - Guard-house, observation
post, look-out, station. Anó man ang pulús
sang isá ka bantáyan kon walâ sing
bántay? What is the use of an observation
post without look-out. (bántay).
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
garíta - (Sp. garita) Sentry-box, guardhouse, observation-post. (cf. bantáyan).
Read the complete definitionlalantáwan - (H) Observation-post, watch-station, lookout, observatory. (cf. lántaw, bantáyan).
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