"Butok" is a word in WARAY, HILIGAYNON
Butok - bind
butók - A bundle or bunch tied together, as
of vegetables, tobacco-leaves, etc. (cf.
búgkos, búngkos).
butók - To make—, force—, (an animal,
etc.) to lie down on its side. Ibutók ang
karabáw, kay markahán ta. Force the
buffalo down on the ground, for we are
going to mark or brand it. Butokí iníng
lugár sang karabáw. Force the buffalo
down in this place.
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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A college student in a philosophy class was taking his first examination. On the paper there was a single line which simply said: "Is this a question?" - Discuss. After a short time he wrote: "If that is a question, then this is an answer." The student received an "A" on the exam. A Boston brokerage house advertised for a "young Harvard graduate or the equivalent." Among the inquiries received was one from a Yale grad. He said, "Do you mean two Princeton men, or a Yale man part time?"
butók-bútok - Dim. of butók. Also: to be constantly at it, do much, be diligent, assiduous. Indì ka magbutókbútok sang …
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