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bales₁
/balɔs/
v_rt.

v.
for someone (egbales, migbales/imbales, agent, eg><ø-) to revenge at someone else (egbalesan, imbalesan/migbalesan/pigbalesan, location, eg><an-)
Ka egbales iyan ka egsulì te minsan nekey ne neyimu diyè kandin minsan mareet wey ke meupiya. Senge kakuwa ne kenè egpekeg-iling ka sulì din te innimu diyè te kandin, egkaayun ne egsulian din te meupiya ka mareet wey ke mareet naa ka igsulì din te meupiya. Kaayun degma ne egpeg-elinen, ke nekey ka innimu diyè te kandin sikan ded degma ka eggimuwen din diyè te miggimu kandin te iling dutu. Ne emun ke mareet, ne mareet ded wey emun ke meupiya, ne meupiya red degma.
Mania te egbales ka te innimu keykew te me kunterè nu te migsulì naan dè iya degma sikandan keykew?
Why are you taking revenge for what your enemies did to you, in fact they just revenged to you?
Kenè ki egmanleleug kuntee su egbales kun egbunù ka kalapihan te nabunù gabii.
We will not wander today because the relatives of murdered yesterday will take revenge.
Syn. sulì
Eng. revenge; repay; avenge; fight back
Tag. gumanti; lumaban
Ceb. manimalos
Online dict status: -
Usage level: L

v.
for someone (egbales, migbales/imbales, agent, eg><ø-) to answer the letter or email to someone else (egbalesan, imbalesan/migbalesan/pigbalesan, location, eg><an-)
Eng. answer, to; response, to
Online dict status: -
Usage level: L

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Last updated: 01/Mar/2017

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