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branch
 
n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: sugpang
MS: sugpang
a long, thin part of a bush or tree is which grows out of the main part in the middle.
 
vi.
 
2.
Def.: egsusugpang
MS: egsusugpang
If a tree branches, it divides into two or more smaller parts.
 
vi.
 
3.
Def.: egbebalakan; egsusuwayan
MS: egbebalakan; egsusuwayan
If a road branches, it divides into two roads.
The road branched in two, and I took the left path.
Ka kelesadda migbebalakan, wey diya a migbayè te igkahibang.
 
vi.
 
4.
Def.: egsesabang
MS: egsesabang
If a river branches, it divides into two smaller rivers.
 
n-ct.
 
5.
Def.: baad te kinarakelan te minsan nekey
MS: baad te kinarakelan te minsan nekey
one of the parts of something larger.
Botany is a branch of science.
Ka peg-iskuyla te me baad te pinamula baad te sayans.
 
n-ct.
 
6.
Def.: sugpang ne upisina wey ke grupu ne baad te kinarakelan ne upisina wey ke grupu
an office or groups that is part of a larger organization.
We went to the Davao branch of the national transport authority.
Sem.Dom.: GSL1201-1225
Status: ready

Last updated: 17/Jan/2012