Search result(s) - kalawit

(H) Anything used as a hook, as a stick or pole with a hook attached to it and the like. (kawít; see síngit, singít).

(B) To gather fruit with pole and hook, to hook and shake down fruit. The kalawít is mostly used for the purpose, which, in plucking mangoes, etc. that might be injured in falling, has a little sack or bag (dawín) attached, into which the fruit drops. Dagása ang mga páhò. Pluck the mangoes with pole and hook. Dinágas níya ang dúldul. He collected the pods from the cotton-tree with pole and hook. (see dúgus id.).

(B) Hook. (see kalawít).