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read
/reed/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: egbasa
MS: egbasa
If you read words, you look at them and understand them.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: egbasa ne marahing
MS: egbasa
If you read words, you look at them and say them aloud.
Could you please read that sentence to the class.
Palihug basaa [basa͡a] nu pa ubag te marahing ka pangasak.
 
vt.
 
3.
Def.: egpitawen wey egnengnengen ka igpasabut
If you read something that does not have words (e.g. an X-ray or a thermometer), you look at it and understand the information on it.
I could read from his face that he was upset
I can't read this map. It's too small.
 
vi.
 
4.
Def.: egpakita te numiru
MS: egpakita te numiru
If a piece of measuring equipment reads a certain number, it shows that number.
It's so hot! The thermometer reads 37.
Irreg.  read, read.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0251-0275
 
 
reading
 
n-ct.
 
n-ct.
Def.: seked te kanengnenganan
MS: seked te kanengnenganan
the measurement that you can read on a piece of equipment.
The reading on the thermometer is 37.
Status: ready

Last updated: 24/Sep/2012