Matigsalug Student Dictionary – cover

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cover
/kav-er/

vt.

1.
Def.: egpekeempet
MS: egpekeempet
If something covers another thing, it is spread all over that other thing (e.g., vines over a field, mud over feet).
The sweet potato vine covers the whole field.
Water from the flood covered the floor.
Mud covered our feet.

n-ct.

2.
Def.: bunbun; supè; hagpi; keub
MS: bunbun; supè; hagpi; keub
something such as a lid or a cloth, which you put on another thing.

vt.

3.
Def.: egsupè; egtel-eb; egbun-bun
MS: egsupè; egtel-eb; egbun-bun
If you cover something with another thing, you put the other thing on it.
They covered the rice pot and took it off the fire.
The air was very dusty, so they covered the computers with a cloth.
It was cold, so she covered the baby with a blanket.

n-ct.

4.
Def.: ka hun-a ne makepal ne bunbun te libru
the outside part of a book or magazine.
The cover of the book was damaged when he carried it in his schoolbag.

vt.

5.
Def.: eglabeten ne eglalahen
MS: eglabeten ne eglalahen; eg-apilen ne eglalahen
eg-apilen ne eglalahen
If you cover particular topics when talking or studying, they are the topics which you talk about or study.
The lesson covered the last 50 years of Philippine history.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0426-0450
Status: ready

Last updated: 03/Oct/2012