"Butong" is a word in WARAY, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON

butong ILOKANO

Definition:

v. /MANG-:-EN/ to crowd around, press around. Binutong da nga kasla ngilaw daydiay aglako ti ikan. They crowded like flies around the one selling fish.

butong WARAY

Definition:

Butong (1) - to pull

butong WARAY

Definition:

Butong (2) - to buy a piece of land

butong HILIGAYNON

Definition:

bútong - To draw, pull, tug. Butónga ang
kalát. Pull the rope. Ginbútong níla ang
káble. They pulled the cable. Ibútong akó
ánay siníng písì. Kindly pull this string for
me. (cf. gúyud—to drag; tulúd—to push;
dusô—to shove).

butong HILIGAYNON

Definition:

bútong - Also: Foreclosure; to foreclose (a
mortgage), to seize, confiscate, sequestrate,
lay—hold of,—claim to, bring under the
hammer. (cf. pamútong).

butong HILIGAYNON

Definition:

butóng - Coconut milk, the liquid contents
of a fresh coconut; in some places the
butóng includes also the meat. Magainúm
kitá sing butóng. We are going to drink
coconut milk. Magakáon kitá sing butóng.
We are going to eat coconut meat.
Makaúyon akó gid maginúm sang butóng
sang lubí nga limbáhon. I like very much
to drink the milk of the limbáhon-coconut.

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