"Bawog" is a word in HILIGAYNON
báwog - A bunch of coconuts growing on
one stalk. Iníng isá ka báwog may napúlò
ka lubí. There are ten coconuts in this
bunch. (cf. dáwog).
bawóg - Shadoof, shaduf, picotah,
counterpoised sweep, a long beam
swinging up and down on an axle used to
draw water from a cistern or well. At one
end of the beam the tímbà (pail or bucket
for drawing water) is attached and at the
other end the pamató (counterpoise,
counterbalance). The pin or axle on which
the beam turns is called the paláy. Ang
bawód nagasákà-panáug. The shadoof is
moving up and 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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