"Baton" is a word in HILIGAYNON, ENGLISH
An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark
of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister;
-- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the
baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical
performances.
báton - To receive, accept, take.
Nakabáton ka sang ákon sulát? Did you
receive my letter? Hóo, nabáton ko. Yes, I
received it. Batóna iníng regálo. Accept
this present or gift. Ibáton mo akó sinâ.
Kindly accept (and guard) that for me.
Nabáton ko ang pílak nga ímo ginpadalá
sa ákon sa koríyo. I have received the
money you sent me by mail. Ihátag ko
kuntánì sa íya iníng tulún-an, ápang índì
siá magbáton. I should like to give him this
book, but he will not take it. Ginabáton
sang Diós sing malolóy-on ang mga
pangamúyò sang mga mahinulsúlon. God
mercifully receives the prayers of the
contrite. Pangasáw-on kuntánì ni Fuláno
si Fulána, ápang ang íya sinâ nga
ginikánan índì magbáton sa íya. N.N.
would like to marry Miss N.N., but her
parents will not accept him (as their sonin-law). (cf. balatonán—reception-room:
dawô, dáwat).
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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