"Pokot" is a word in HILIGAYNON
pókot - To move about as fish in a net, to
be crowded; to wriggle, struggle.
Nagapókot gid lang ang mga táo sa sulúd
sang simbáhan. The people in the church
are moving about like fish in a net, i.e. they
are crowded or closely packed. Nagdúmug
kag nagpokotáy silá nga duhá sing
maláwig túbtub nga ang isá sa íla
nabúntol. The two of them wrestled and
struggled for a long time till one of them
was thrown (and gave in).
pókot - A fishing net. (cf. tsintsóro,
sápyaw, láya).
The values we rightly associate with the modern age - the "liberty, equality, and fraternity" of the French revolution - are all endangered today not by the dead hand of tradition but by modernity itself, and they can be salvaged only by moving beyond it.
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bíntay - A fishing net of moderate size, larger than a "láya” and smaller than a "tsintsóro”. Pagpamíntay—to catch fish …
Read the complete definitionkayágkag - A kind of fishing net. (cf. pókot, sálap, láya, sápyaw).
Read the complete definitionsahíd - A large fishing net (with floats and sinkers). (cf. tsintsóro, pókot, sápyaw).
Read the complete definitionsápyaw - A seine, large fishing net. (cf. tsintsóro, pókot).
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