BATANG
BATANG is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
batang, bátang v [A; c] lie prostrate.
Nagbatang na ang masakitun ug pila ka búlan sa banig, The patient has been bed-ridden for several months.
Ibatang ang ímung láwas sa bay-báyun, Lie down on the beach.
v {1} [A; c1] keep still without moving.
Ipabatang (pabatanga) ímung tuu, suntuk sa wala, Keep your right arm in place and hit with your left.
{2} stay in a place permanently.
Pabatangun ku nímu dinhi hangtud sa hangtud?
Will you make me stay in this place forever?
{3} stick around s.w.
without doing anything.
Nagpabatang ka dihà nga daghan man tag trabáhu?
Why are you sitting around there do-ing nothing when there is so much to do?
pa-() n k.
o.
longline fishing, usually for sharks.
Nagbatang na ang masakitun ug pila ka búlan sa banig, The patient has been bed-ridden for several months.
Ibatang ang ímung láwas sa bay-báyun, Lie down on the beach.
v {1} [A; c1] keep still without moving.
Ipabatang (pabatanga) ímung tuu, suntuk sa wala, Keep your right arm in place and hit with your left.
{2} stay in a place permanently.
Pabatangun ku nímu dinhi hangtud sa hangtud?
Will you make me stay in this place forever?
{3} stick around s.w.
without doing anything.
Nagpabatang ka dihà nga daghan man tag trabáhu?
Why are you sitting around there do-ing nothing when there is so much to do?
pa-() n k.
o.
longline fishing, usually for sharks.