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balang
/balaŋ/
v_rt.
“ruin”
 
1.
vt.
for someone (egbalang-balang, migbalang-balang/imbalang-balang, agent, eg><ø-rdpRT-) to ruin something (egbalbalangan, imbalbalangan/migbalbalangan/pigbalbalangan, location, eg><an-rdpCVC-)
Migbalbalangan din ka lawa rin su migpewulid te lukes.
She ruined herself because she slept with a man.
Eng. ruin; damage; devalue; destroy
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
vi.
for someone (egkabalbalangan, nabalbalangan, actor, egkA><ø-rdpCVC-) to become ruined
Egkabalbalangan e ka mengebay ne miggulid te lukes.
The girl who has been sleeping with a man will be ruined.
Eng. ruin; damage; defective; incomplete; distort; destroy
DDP: Birth defect (2.5.4.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
2.
vi.
for someone (egkabalbalangan, nabalbalangan, actor, egkA><ø-rdpCVC-) to have been handicapped since birth
Eng. since birth; birth defect; handicapped since birth
DDP: Birth defect (2.5.4.5), Birth (2.6.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 16/Jul/2013