Matigsalug Student Dictionary – feed

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feed

vt.

1.
Def.: egpakeen
MS: egpakeen
If you feed a person or animal, you provide food for them.
My mother feeds our family three times a day.
Ka iney ku egpakeen te pamilya ney te katatelu te tagsè aldew.

vt.

2.
Def.: egsungit
MS: egsungit
If you feed someone such as a baby, you put food in their mouth.
She fed the baby with a spoon.
Migsungit din ka batè te keenen te silut.

vi.

3.
Def.: egpanabtab
MS: egpanabtab
If animals feed on something, they eat it.
The carabao is feeding on the grass.
Ka kalabew egpanabtab te hilamunen.

n-uc.

4.
Def.: pegkeen para te in-uyag ne me ayam
MS: pegkeen para te in-uyag ne me ayam
food for farm animals.
They bought feed for their pigs.
Migbebeli sikandan te pegkeen te babuy.

vt.

5.
Def.: egpapabulus
MS: egpapabulus
If something feeds another thing, it keeps giving the other thing what it needs to continue.
The spring feeds the river.
Ka bukal egpapabulus te pahamayan ne weyig.
The wood feeds the fire.
Ka kayu egpapabulus te hapuy.
Irreg. fed, fed.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0526-0550
Status: ready

Last updated: 26/Sep/2012