Sunday, December 21, 2008

Why Bisaklat?

I ask that question myself because I basically just stumbled upon this rather odd word. I googled it after I picked this word as my title for this blog and it turned out that it is a mahjong word. I have heard of this word before but I wasnt really sure what it means. I asked my roommate who is a mahjong player and he told me that it means somebody won without doing a single chow or pong. Somebody yelled todas with all his tiles up and not a single one is down where anybody can see what it is. Bisaklat is that rare occurrence because almost all of the time somebody would have done at least a single chow or a pong. I picked bisaklat because of the Bi connotation and the word aklat which means book. A combination of a "paminta" or bi with the word aklat. the book of life of a bi pinoy. Go figure.

3 comments:

  1. bisaklat in mahjjong is the 'mano' player with seventeen tiles on hand..i know ...mahjjong player myself...i remember mahjjong days with kakang menes, ninang itang and taboy with a mahjjong tile in my left hand and a coffee mug in my right...hahahaha!

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  2. outside of mahjong, bisaklat means: nakabukaka or "wide open", usually referring to legs. to use: Ang dalagang pilipina ay hindi umuupo ng naka bisaklat!

    whe referring to a nose: bisaklat is one that is "pango". to use - Paano mo nagustuhan yan eh bisaklat naman ang ilong!

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