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exact
/ig-zækt/
 
adj.
 
1.
Def.: eleg
MS: eleg
If something is exact, it is very correct.
The exact time is 7:27, and twenty seconds.
Ka eleg ne uras su alas siti beyinti siti, wey beyinti ne sigundu.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: eggamit ka te geem [ge͡em] eyew egpakabehey ka lein ne etew
If you exact something from someone, you use your power to make them give it to you.
The bank exacted payment from him.
Miggamit ka bangku te geem [ge͡em] eyew egpakabayad sikandin.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0751-0775
 
 
exactly
 
adv.
/ig-zækt-lee/
Def.: eleg-eleg dè iya
MS: eleg-eleg dè iya
You use exactly to talk about something that is very correct.
The rice weighs exactly 2 kilograms.
Eleg-eleg dè iya ne daruwa ne kilu ka behas.
 
 
inexact
 
adj.
not exact.
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Last updated: 04/Apr/2013