Matigsalug Student Dictionary – backward

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backward
/bæk-werd/
Var. backwards

adv.

1.
Def.: peisues
MS: peisues
If someone moves backward, they move in the opposite direction from the way they are facing.
She fell over backward and landed on her back.
Napeled sikandin peisues wey nakaragsang ka peka rin.
Sem.Dom.: adverbs

adj.

2.
Def.: palibed; palilingey
MS: palibed; palilingey
If the direction of something is towards the back, it is backward.
a backward look.
palilingey ne tengteng.

adj.

3.
Def.: nabalbalangan
MS: nabalbalangan
A backward person or place has ideas, technology or abilities that are less than other people or places have. (This is a negative word).
That child is quite backward: he is already three years old and he can't walk yet.
Ka sika ne batè bayew nabalbalangan: tatelu e ne tuig sikandin ne kenè pad egpekeyipanew.
Sem.Dom.: GSL1826-1850
Status: ready

Last updated: 17/Jan/2012