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convention
/kon-ven-chən/
 
n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: dakel ne kalibulungan te grupu
MS: kalibulungan
a large meeting of a group, who meet for a particular reason (e.g., a youth convention).
I went to a Manobo youth convention last month.
Miggendiya a te dakel ne kalibulungan te me Menubù ne me kanakan wey mengebay te miglihad ne bulan.
 
n-ct, n-uc.
 
2.
Def.: nabatasan
MS: nabatasan
a custom or the usual, accepted way of doing something.
It is a convention for the man to wear a tangkulu at a tribal wedding.
Nabatasan e ne ka lukes egsaluub te tangkulu te timpu te pegpasaweey ne minenubù.
 
n-ct.
 
3.
Def.: kasabutan te nasud wey ke grupu
MS: kasabutan
a formal agreement between countries or groups.
Sem.Dom.: AWL3
 
 
conventional
/kon-ven-chən-əl/
 
adj.
Def.: ka eg-ikul te nalayaman ne pamaahi te peggimu ne warè nakasuwey te duma
Someone or something conventional follows the usual ways of doing things, and is not different from others.
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Last updated: 17/Jan/2012