Matigsalug Student Dictionary – compensate

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compensate
/kom-pən-sate/

vi.

1.
Def.: egsaliyu te minsan nekey ne iling ded ka bali
MS: egsaliyu
If something is not there, and a second thing compensates for it, the value of the second thing is enough to replace the first thing.
All the money in the world can never compensate for good friends.
Ka langun ne seleppì kayi te inged kenè egpakasaliyu te memeupiya ne alukuy.

vi.

2.
Def.: eggimu eyew te peggeram pegsaliyu te duma ne butang
If you compensate for something, you do something to try to replace it with another thing.
People who can't see often compensate for it by having excellent hearing.
Ka etew ne kenè egpakakita layun eggimu te pegsaliyu pinaahi te mateling te pegpammineg.

vt.

3.
Def.: egbehey te seleppì diyè te senge etew puun te nawara an sikandan wey ke nakabayè te mareet ne neulaula
If you compensate someone for something, you give them money or another thing because they have lost something, or have experienced something bad.
If a company uses land, they should compensate the land-owners for it.
Ke ka kumpanya eggamit te tanè, keilangan sikandan ne egbehey te seleppì diyè te kamuney.
Sem.Dom.: AWL3

compensation
/kom-pən-say-shən/

n-uc.
Def.: butang ne egpakasaliyu te duma ne butang
If you are not happy, money is no compensation.
something which compensates for another thing.

n-uc.
Def.: tabang ne seleppì wey ke bayad
MS: tabang ne seleppì
the money which is paid to someone because they have lost something, or have experienced something bad.
The criminal had to pay a lot of money to his victims as compensation for the suffering he caused them.
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Last updated: 21/Jan/2013