"Batbat" is a word in ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
v. /MANG-:-EN/ to beat: said of cotton and other fibers; to scutch. Batbatam dayta kapas. Beat that kapok.
bátbat - To foliate, beat into a leaf or thin
foil. Binátbat nga buláwan. Gold leaf. (cf.
ságyad, panágyad).
bátbat - To explain, show, expose,
interpret, translate. (cf. památbat, pátpat;
sáyod, waní, huád, sáysay).
batbat v {2} [A; a] follow, traverse along the edges or outskirts.
Mibatbat sila sa lapad nga humayan, They walked around edges of the wide rice field.
Batbáta ning dalána ug muabut ka sa tubud, Follow this footpath, and you will reach the spring.
batbat v [A; c1] relate or describe an event in detail.
Batbáta (ibatbat) sa hukmánan ang ímung nasaksihan, Explain to the court what you saw.
I can hear someone whispering, like a mother quieting her small child: shhh…shhh…shhh…a pregnant pause taking shape and growing between each whisper, bringing life to the next series of sounds. They last no more than a few seconds, these brief acts of creation.
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