Meaning of butóng

butóng

Hiligaynon

Coconut milk, the liquid contents of a fresh coconut; in some places the butóng includes also the meat. Magainúm kitá sing butóng. We are going to drink coconut milk. Magakáon kitá sing butóng. We are going to eat coconut meat. Makaúyon akó gid maginúm sang butóng sang lubí nga limbáhon. I like very much to drink the milk of the limbáhon-coconut.


bútong

Hiligaynon

To draw, pull, tug. Butónga ang kalát. Pull the rope. Ginbútong níla ang káble. They pulled the cable. Ibútong akó ánay siníng písì. Kindly pull this string for me. (see gúyud-to drag; tulúd-to push; dusô-to shove).


bútong

Hiligaynon

Also: Foreclosure; to foreclose (a mortgage), to seize, confiscate, sequestrate, lay-hold of,-claim to, bring under the hammer. (see pamútong).