Matigsalug Manobo Student Dictionary

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free
 
adj.
 
1.
Def.: due kaligwangan te peg-ugpè; gawasnen
Note: just checking spelling - 'gawasnen' OK?
MS: due kaligwangan; gawasnen
If a person or animal is free, they are not locked in a place.
He was finally free after ten years in prison.
Nakalihawang sikandin te prisuwan impus te sapulù ne tuig.
I don't like putting birds in cages, because it's better for them to be free.
 
vt.

 
2.
Def.: eglekaan
MS: eglekaan
If you free a person or animal, you take them out of the place where they are locked.
He freed the bird from the cage.
Miglekaan din ka bayaku puun te kulukug.
 
adj.

 
3.
Def.: due kaligwangan (meyitenged te eggimu te minsan nekey)
MS: due kaligwangan
If you are free, you can do what you want to do, because nobody controls you.
Feel free to come over anytime you want to.
Due kaligwangan nu te eggendini minsan ken-u ke egkeupian ka.
 
adj.

 
4.
Def.: warè
MS: warè
If someone or something is free from a thing, they don't have that thing.
This food is sugar-free.
Seini ne pegkeen warè sukal.
Her illness is totally gone, and she is free from pain.
 
adj.

 
5.
Def.: warè bayad; libri
MS: warè bayad; libri
If something is free, you don't need to pay for it.
 
adj.

 
6.
Def.: warè migpinnuu wey ke miggamit
MS: warè migpinnuu; warè miggamit
If something such as a seat is free, nobody is in it, so you can use it.
Excuse me, is this seat free?
Tebbiyè pad, warè migpinnuu kayi ne pinnuuwan?
 
adj.

 
7.
Def.: nakatawan-tawan; maluwan (meyitenged te warè banggew)
MS: nakatawan-tawan; maluwan
If something is free, it can move around easily because there is nothing holding it.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0351-0375

 
 
freedom
 
n-ct.
Def.: kaligwangan
MS: kaligwangan
the state of being free.
Status: ready


Last updated: 28/Sep/2012