bato lata
See also: bato-lata
Cebuano
Etymology
bato (“stone, rock”) (“to stone, to throw stones at”) + lata (“can”)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧to‧la‧ta
Noun
bato lata
- A game similar to the medieval children's game Duck on a Rock. The aim of the game is to knock down the can with a stone or slipper from a throwing line, then retrieve the same stone or slipper and return it to the line without being tagged by the it.