"Bato" is a word in WARAY, TAGALOG, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON
n. in a game of coins or any similar game, the coin or a similar object that is used to hit the other coins or similar objects used in the game.
Bato - stone
n. stone, pebble, gravel. v. /MANG-:-EN/ to throw stones at, lapidate. /MANGI-: I-/ t. throw hurl, toss. Ibatom kanyak dayta sardinas. Throw to me that can of sardines.
bato
Active Verb: bumato
Passive Verb: batuhin
Definition: (noun) stone, kidney
bátò - To resist, oppose, go against,
disobey, be refractory, answer back,
contradict, rise against. Batói siá. Resist
him. Oppose him. Ginbatóan (binatóan)
níya akó. He made a stand against me. He
answered me back. (cf. bátok, súmpung,
kóntra).
báto - A complete thing, a whole, a piece of
anything round or cubical in shape, as an
egg, ball, coconut, brick, etc. (cf. bílog, bóo,
boók).
bató - Stone, rock; to stone. Batohá ang
idô. Throw a stone at the dog. Ginbató
(binató) níya silá, ang baláy, etc. He
stoned—them,—the house, etc. Kon índì ka
maálam magísip batoán (batohán) mo
lang. If you don’t know how to count, use
stones for the purpose. Kuhái ang dálan
sináng mga bató. Take those stones off the
road. Iníng dútà madámù sing bató. This
is stony soil—or—there are many stones on
this land. Bató nga maídlak
(batóngmaídlak). A precious stone,
diamond. (cf. dakál-dákal—gravel; balás—
sand).
Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.
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