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mohot-mohot
1.
pag-, -an
to aim for; to set a goal; to try hard to achieve a goal.
Ya pagmohot-mohotan-na minjari mastal.
What he aims [for] is to become a teacher.
2.
eh, ni-, -an
to be aimed for.
Ley ru taabut-na anu nipagmohot-mohotan eh na.
He surely was able to achieve the thing for which he aimed.
How 'bout that fellow! [This is an American English idiomatic way of expressing admiration for achievement, as when the Dallas Cowboys, a football team, won the championship, people said, "How 'bout them Cowboys!" Also very slang. In standard English, "...those Cowboys" would be correct.]
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