Usage Note
Bunót is the fibrous outer husk of a coconut, which in traditional Filipino households is used as a natural floor polisher. A halved husk is placed under the foot and slid back and forth across wooden floors to shine them — a practice so common it became a cultural touchstone and is still practised in many homes and referenced in literature.
Examples
" Kunin mo ang bunot. "
Natural Translation
Get the coconut husk.
Literal Translation
Get you the coconut-husk.
" Gamitin mo ang bunót sa sahig. "
Natural Translation
Use the coconut husk on the floor.
Literal Translation
Use you the coconut-husk in floor.
" Tuwing umaga, ginagamit ng lola ang bunot upang pakintabin ang sahig na kahoy na ipinamana pa ng kanyang mga magulang. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, grandmother uses the coconut husk to polish the wooden floor that was passed down by her parents.
Literal Translation
Every morning, uses the grandmother the coconut-husk to shine the wooden floor that passed-down still by her parents.
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