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(H) A small fish-bone; to stick in the throat, obstruct the throat. Nabokóg akó sang síkag sang ísdà. A fish-bone stuck in my throat. (see síkag).
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(H) Vertebra, spine, backbone, especially in a fish; anything that stiffens or strengthens. (see balískog).
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(B) Width, breadth of cloth, etc. Iníng hénero makitíd sing bokóg. This cloth is narrow in width.
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To stick in the gullet, obstruct the passage in the throat; an obstruction or something sticking in the oesophagus. May dohól siá or ginadólhan siá. He has something sticking in his throat. Nadólhan siá sang (sing) bokóg. A large fish-bone stuck in his gullet. Ginadohól ang íya ginháwa. His breathing is impeded or obstructed. He breathes with great difficulty. (see dolón, dulún).
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Caus. of sáut-to dance. The phrase "mapasáut siá sa bokóg" (Literally: He can be made to dance on a "bokóg" (fish-bone, rib, or the like) means: He has no will or reason of his own, he is ready to believe or to execute whatever he is told to.
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Anything that stiffens or strengthens, as an upright, crossbeam, brace, or the like. (see talimáskog, balískog, bokóg).
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Having many small bones, full of small bones (of fish). Iníng ísdà sikágon kaáyo. This fish has many small bones. (see bokogón).