poking and stirring or scraping into a hole (with the finger or some instrument) / slender bamboo or metal tube with a poking rod for crushing and mixing betel leaves, areca nuts, and lime, to make chewing buyo / masturbation

said in place of knocking: knock knock!; anybody there?

dull-headed / obstinate

portable

used before or after a proverb, adage or cliché: as the saying goes

cognate

to found, to establish

birthday / anniversary / day or date an event will take place

parenthesis

to remember; to keep in mind