Meaning of bató

Stone, rock; to stone. Batohá ang idô. Throw a stone at the dog. Ginbató (binató) níya silá, ang baláy, etc. He stoned-them,-the house, etc. Kon índì ka maálam magísip batoán (batohán) mo lang. If you don't know how to count, use stones for the purpose. Kuhái ang dálan sináng mga bató. Take those stones off the road. Iníng dútà madámù sing bató. This is stony soil-or-there are many stones on this land. Bató nga maídlak (batóngmaídlak). A precious stone, diamond. (see dakál-dákal-gravel; balás-sand).

A complete thing, a whole, a piece of anything round or cubical in shape, as an egg, ball, coconut, brick, etc. (see bílog, bóo, boók).

To resist, oppose, go against, disobey, be refractory, answer back, contradict, rise against. Batói siá. Resist him. Oppose him. Ginbatóan (binatóan) níya akó. He made a stand against me. He answered me back. (see bátok, súmpung, kóntra).