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bato

Pronunciation: /baˈto/

“bato” is a Cebuano word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stone; pebble, rock, or boulder
  2. gem
  3. kidney stone
  4. gallstone
  5. piece in chess, checkers, sungka or similar games
  6. token
  7. flint of a lighter
  8. kidney

verb

  1. to harden into stone
  2. to stand motionless
  3. to put stones into jewelry
  4. to use something as a sinker
  5. to strike the flint of a lighter
  6. to stone
  7. to line with stones
  8. to hurl an object at someone or something
  9. to throw out a question
  10. to embroil; to cause to be involved

adjective

  1. stone
  2. concrete (made of concrete)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux. Compare Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu and Māori whatu. The sense of "kidney" is a semantic loan from Tagalog bato.

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