Matigsalug Manobo Student Dictionary

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liberal
/lib-ə-rəl/
 
adj, n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: egdawat te masalig ne puhawang wey pamaahi
If someone's thinking is liberal, they think that many different ideas and ways are okay. Some people think this is a positive quality, and other people think it is negative. A liberal is a person who thinks in this way.
He has very liberal ideas about training children.
Due puhawang din ne iling kayi eyew te pegpanulù te me batè.
 
adj, n-ct.

 
2.
Def.: kenè amana egpalintutuuwan te mapahetpet ka igpasabut
If someone's understanding of something is liberal, they don't follow the meaning strictly. A liberal is a person who thinks in this way.
His explanation of the story was very liberal, because he said that it wasn't really true, but was just a picture.
Ka pegpasabut din te guhuren su amana ne iling kayi ne puhawang, su migkahi sikandin te seini warè amana kamalehetan, piru seeyè alung man degma.
 
adj.

 
3.
Def.: dakel ne karakelan
MS: dakel ne karakelan
A liberal amount of something is a large, generous amount.
He put a liberal amount of sugar in my coffee, so that it was very sweet.
Migtahù sikandin te dakel ne sukal te kepi ku, sika ka amana ne meemis.
Sem.Dom.: AWL5
Status: ready


Last updated: 27/Sep/2012