"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).
We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit down in here again. In a depressing shuffle we pushed to the door, now it was good to get up and out, while it was still a black hole, warm, and smokey, full of possibilities...
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Read the complete definitionsápyaw - A seine, large fishing net. (cf. tsintsóro, pókot).
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