Meaning of pitó-pitó

To count up to seven and begin again at one. Pitópitohá ang pagísip sang maís. Count out the maize-cobs in sevens. Also: A seven months old fetus.

Irascible, choleric; irritable, testy, techy, touchy, hot-, sharp-, quick-, short-, tempered. (see sanggurút, pikón, kutóskutós).

To pick for "Blind man" in a game. Each partaker puts one finger into the open hand of the leader; he whose finger is caught in the suddenly closed hand has to be "Blind man", or the like. "Pitópíto, dákpa si Beníto, kay nangáwat (nanákaw) sing (kang) tubó". "Pitópíto, catch Benito, for he has stolen sugar cane" (one of the doggerels sung by children).