bikrat

English: Translation
to be positioned with the legs excessively spread apart; to overstretch the legs; to assume an unusually wide-legged posture.
Example Sentence
Nakaexa’ iyang mari’genkabikrat.
English: Example Sentence
He/She sat with legs spread excessively wide apart.
Notes

see also: biska

bikrat

to be positioned with the legs excessively spread apart; to overstretch the legs; to assume an unusually wide-legged posture.

English: spread one’s legs too widely; overextend the legs.

Example:
Nakaexa’ iyang mari’genkabikrat.
“He/She sat with legs spread excessively wide apart.”

Di’ mo pakabikraten a mga pa-a mo ta komeleg a-an.
“Do not spread your legs too far apart or you might hurt your legs.”

Note: An intensified form of biska, denoting a wider, more exaggerated, often strained separation of the legs.

Clarificatory Note

biska refers to an ordinary spread-legged posture. bikrat refers to an extreme or overstretched version of the same posture. The distinction is primarily one of degree:

  • biska — legs spread apart
  • bikrat — legs spread excessively far apart