"Bissayot" is a word in ILOKANO
v. /AG-/ to hang downwards, droop. Sep-akem dayta sanga ti kayo tapno agbissayot ditoy daga. Break that branch of the tree so that it will hang downwards to the ground. /MANG-:-EN/ to keep aloft holding by the neck, hand or feet; to suspend in the air. Saan mo nga bissayoten dayta pusa. Don’t suspend the cat in the air. BISTI [f. Sp.], v. /AG-/ to dress oneself. Agbisti ka ta mapan tayon. Dress yourself for we are going. /AG-: PAG-/ to dress oneself with. Agbisti ka ti napintas. Dress yourself with something beautiful. Saan nga dayta ti pagbistim. Don’t dress yourself with that. /MANG-:-AN/ to dress (someone). Bistiam dayta ubing ta adda papanan mi. Dress that child for we are going somewhere. /MANGI-: I-/ to dress with. Daytoy ti ibistim kanyana. Dress him with this. --syn. BADO.
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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