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pitas
/pitas/
v_rt.
“separate”
 
v.
for someone (egpitas, agent, eg><ø-) to pull something (egpitasen, patient, eg><en-) apart (e.g husband and wife, pieces of an onion, a spear in a pig)
Wrd.Gloss: separate
Pitasa nu si Benjamin ke egduma.
Send Benjamin home if he tries to come with us. (Lit. Separate Benjamin if he accompanies.)
Eng. separate; pull apart
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
v.
for something (e.g. a spear in a pig) (egkapitas, actor, egkA><ø-) to become separated apart
Kenè egkapitas ne batè si Unduwaw te iney rin su amana sikandin ne ingelen.
Unduwaw never be separated to his mother for he is cying when his mother left him.
Eng. separate; come apart
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: RJH,TME,QDL
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009