asod

Semantic note

Asod specifically encodes:

• multiple actors;
• one shared mortar or target;
• repeated blows;
• coordinated, rapidly alternating movement.

The blows are not best described as literally simultaneous. They form an interlocking succession, with each participant striking in the interval left by another.

Semantic radiation

The figurative sense develops transparently from the traditional pounding image:

several people striking one shared contents
→ several attackers repeatedly striking one person
→ to gang up on and maul someone.

The extension belongs to asod, not to the general verb bayo, because it is the plurality and coordination of the actors that motivates the figurative meaning.

Final contrastive note

Bayo profiles the repeated pounding action and often serves dehusking or separation.
Galpong profiles the transformation of the material into a crushed or finely ground product.
Asod profiles several actors performing pounding in coordinated succession and extends figuratively to collective assault.

A useful result contrast is:

• rice after bayo → dehusked grains;
• rice after galpong → ginalpong, such as rice flour;
• rice processed through asod → collectively pounded, with the exact physical result determined by whether the participants are dehusking or grinding.