"Kuat" is a word in ILOKANO

kuat ILOKANO
Definition:

see PAMKUATAN.

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?"

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Relating to, or securing, proportion.

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fence ENGLISH

An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or …

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towards ENGLISH

Near; at hand; in state of preparation.

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puot HILIGAYNON

puót - To stop, etc. See puút.

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kapkap ILOKANO

v. /AG-/ to grope or feel something or someone with the hand. /MANG-:-EN/ to grope or feel for (something) with …

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pislit CEBUANO

pislit v {1} [A; a2b2] press s.t. hard with the fingers. Kinsay mipislit sa timbri? Who pushed the buzzer? Ayaw …

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kumbis CEBUANO

kumbis n flooring in a small boat. May kumbis ang sakayan ibabaw sa luwang, The boat has a flooring above …

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pusa CEBUANO

pusà v {1} [A; a] crush or squash s.t. soft. Sabaw nga gipus-ag síli, Soup into which crushed chili was …

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ghastly ENGLISH

Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.

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succulence ENGLISH

Alt. of Succulency

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cartilaginous ENGLISH

Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.

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pinna ENGLISH

A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

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busalianon HILIGAYNON

busaliánon - Bewitching, charming, fascinating, captivating, enchanting; brave, intrepid, heroic.

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teelseed ENGLISH

The seed of sesame.

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cocking ENGLISH
genius ENGLISH

A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.

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cynic ENGLISH
baye-baye HILIGAYNON

bayé-báye - A dish of ground rice mixed with sugar and coconut-meat. (cf. baíbái id.).

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