"Pakal" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
pákal - To stab, stick, pierce, to aim at or
hit an object with some sharp or edged tool,
especially applied to a sport or pastime,
often indulged in by rice-harvesters. It
consists in trying to hit the handle of one
rice-cutter (kayóg) with the edge of
another. Nagapakaláy silá. They are trying
to hit each other’s rice-cutters. Ginpákal
níya ang ákon kayóg. He hit (struck at) my
rice-cutter with the edge of his. (cf. bunô).
pákal v [A; c] {1} put a large piece into the mouth.
Ayaw ipákal ug hurut ang kan-un sa ímung bàbà, Dont put all the food into your mouth.
{2} stu?
a hole.
Pakálig batu ang lungag sa ilagà, Put rocks into the rat hole.
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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