"Bokol" is a word in HILIGAYNON

bokol HILIGAYNON
Definition:

bokól - Knob, hard protuberance, stud,
boss, bump, hard swelling. (cf. bokóbóko).

bókon, To fill a narrow space, be enclosed
or shut up within narrow limits, hang or
hover about. Nagabókon ang asó sa sulúd
sang kosína. The smoke fills the whole
kitchen. Nagbókon ang kaugút níya sa
sulúd sang íya dúghan. Anger filled his
breast—or—his rage was smothered in his
breast (without exploding). Indì mo
pagpabokónan sing asó ang kwárto. Don’t
allow the room to be filled with smoke.
Pinabokónan sang kaláyo ang baláy sing
asó. The fire filled the house with smoke.

bokol HILIGAYNON
Definition:

bókol - The bud of a flower; a young, small
coconut.

Few words of positivity

... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.

Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

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Laugh your heart out.

One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"

alaplaag HILIGAYNON

alapláag - (H) To disperse, spread, separate, (said of crowds, clouds, smoke, etc.). Ang asó nagaalapláag. The smoke is dispersing. …

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aso HILIGAYNON

asó - Smoke, fume, reek; to smoke, emit smoke, to fume, reek; to fumigate, smoke out. Pasálpa ang pabílo, kay …

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haklo HILIGAYNON

háklò - Inhalation; to inhale, breathe in, draw in. Hakloá lang ang asó, kon malúyag ka, ápang akó sing ákon …

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lampuas HILIGAYNON

lampúas - (H) To vanish, disappear, dissolve, disperse; to pass, go beyond, reach and move on. Nagalampúas na ang asó. …

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lipok HILIGAYNON

lípok - To toss or move to and fro, flicker, swirl, whirl, eddy, hover about (of smoke, candle-flames, etc.). Ang …

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paaso HILIGAYNON

paasó - To fumigate, fume, cause smoke, smoke, out, treat with smoke, raise a smoke. Paasohá (Paáswa) ang kaláyo. Let …

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pananglit HILIGAYNON

panánglit - An example, instance, illustration; to give an example, to illustrate, cite a case or explain by means of …

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puas HILIGAYNON

púas - To dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, undo, scatter, blow off (away), to cause to be seen no longer. Ang …

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pulway HILIGAYNON

púlway - To belch forth, spirt out, spit out, emit jets of. Ang amó nga bolkán kon kaisá nagapúlway sing …

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puut HILIGAYNON

puút - Stopped, discontinued, ceased, finished; to stop, discontinue, desist, stay, give over, end, break—, leave—, off, finish, make an …

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tib-ok HILIGAYNON

tíb-ok - To ascend, rise, said of smoke, dust, etc. Nagatíb-ok ang asó sang íya tabákò. The smoke of his …

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