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far
 
adv, adj.
 
1.
Def.: mariyù
MS: mariyù
If you are far from something, there is a big distance between you and that thing. If you move far, you move a big distance.
We live far from the school, so we need to walk for more than an hour.
Mig-ugpè key mariyù te iskuylaan [iskuyla͡an], sikak keilangan key ne eggipanew te me subla te uras.
He can throw a ball really far.
 
adv.
 
2.
Def.: diriyui
MS: diriyui
a time that is far in the past or future is a long time before or after now.
It's only March, so Christmas is still far away.
Marsu pad seini, sikak diriyui pad ka Pasku.
 
adv.
 
3.
Def.: mariyu-diyù
MS: mariyu-diyù
When you compare things, you use far to say that something is much more than another thing.
He is far older than his sister, maybe 20 years older.
Mariyu-diyù ne buyag sikandin te atebey rin, me daruwam pulù ne tuig buwa ka kabuyahan.
This one is better than the others by far.
Irreg.  farther/fb:further, farthest /fb:furthest.