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distant
/diss-tənt/
 
adj.
 
1.
Def.: mariyù
MS: mariyù
If something is distant from you, it is far away from you.
 
adj.
 
2.
Def.: kariyuan te dengan ne timpu wey ke kariyuan pegkeimpus kuntee ne timpu (kariyuan te dengan; kariyuan te egginguma)
You use distant to talk about a time long before or long after now (the distant past, the distant future).
 
adj.
 
3.
Def.: duen e kariyuan te rilasyun te karumaan [karuma͡an]
If two relatives are distant, the relationship is not very direct, and there are many relatives in between them.
He is my grandmother's second cousin: quite a distant relative.
 
adj.
 
4.
Def.: kenè amana ne maalukey
If someone is distant when they speak to you, they are not very friendly.
Sem.Dom.: GSL1576-1600
Note: include because related to 'distance'
Status: ready

Last updated: 17/Jan/2012