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adopt
/a-dopt/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: egtanggu te lein ne anak te etew; eg-adap
MS: egtanggu te lein ne anak te etew; eg-adap
If you adopt a child who is not your own child, you become the legal parent of that child.
My parents adopted an orphan, so now I have new brother.
Ka ginikanan ku mig-adap te ilu ne batè, su kuntee duen e iyam ne suled ku.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: eggamit wey ke egdawat (panunggilingan te pamaahi wey duma pad)
MS: eggamit; egdawat
If you adopt something such as an idea or habit, you start to have that idea or do that thing.
Many people have adopted the new methods of farming.
Masalig ne me etew ne migdawat te iyam ne pamaahi te pegbasuk.
Sem.Dom.: GSL1151-1175
 
 
adoption
/a-dop-shən/
 
n-ct, n-uc.
Def.: 1 pegpananggu te anak te lein ne etew; 2 pegdawat wey ke peggamit
MS: pegpananggu te anak te lein ne etew; pegdawat wey ke pegdawat
the action of adopting someone or something.
Note: sense 1,2
Status: not yet fully checked

Last updated: 17/Jan/2012