Meaning of "buto"

buto •

n.
• • seed, bone

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seed

n.
• • thing from which anything grows: binhi, buto, simiya

stone

n.
• • 1. a hard mineral matter which is not a metal, rock, piece of rock: bato
  • 2. a gem, jewel: mahalagang bato, hiyas na bato, brilyante
  • 3. a hard seed: buto
  • 4. something hard and rounded like a stone which sometimes forms in the kidneys or gall bladder: bato

v.
• • to throw stones at: bumato, batuhin, humagis (maghagis, hagisan) ng bato, pumukol (pukulin) ng bato

luwa

adj.
• • bulging, sticking or protruding out

v.
• • lumuwa' (-um-) to bulge, to stick out, to protrude. Lumuwa ang mata ni Toni sa inggit. Toni's eyes bulged out with envy. magluwa', iluwa' (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to belch out, to spit out. Iluwa mo ang buto ng kinakain mo. Spit out the seeds of what you're eating.

lulon

v.
• • lumulon, lulunin (-um-:in) to swallow. Lumulon siya ng buto ng santol. He swallowed the seed of the santol.

v.
• • malulon (ma-) to swallow (accidentally). Nalulon ng bata ang imperdible. The child swallowed a safety pin. maglulon, lulunin, ilulon (mag-:in, i-)

v.
• • to roll up as paper money, mat or the like. Ilulon mo ang banig. Roll up the mat.

banat

n.
• • a strike, sock, bow or stroke to hit something, a pull to stretch banat

adj.
• • taut, stretched

v.
• • magbanat, banatin (mag-:-in) to pull, to stretch. Banatin mo ang iyong buto sa trabaho. Stretch your bones with some work.