The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Parameter a game of toss and catch such as jackstones; pulling at or out with a jerk; the jerky, shaking motion in separating milled rice from the unmilled on a flat basket or sieve; a kind of fishing pole and line used especially by Visayan fishermen; pulsation of the heart [f70bd5aa4503c1e679c86bdf7c66e222]