mapatol
Resilient; long-lived; something that takes a long time to die or is
hard to kill.
This refers to certain kinds of plants that can live without much
water or rain, animals like cats, and even people.
Ang bitat-bitat ay mapatol tenged maski limang kaldaw, indi malanet.
Bitat-bitat seaweed is resilient because it won't dry out even
after five days.
Ang kosi mapatol tenged maski i-lek ong talsi,
maboay ang mapatay.
Cats have long
lives because even if you throw them into the
ocean, they take a long time to die.