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house
/howss (n); howz (v)/
 
n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: baley
MS: baley
a building for people to live in
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: egbehayan te egpeugpaan
MS: egbehayan te egpeugpaan
If you house someone, you give them a place to live.
 
vt.
 
3.
Def.: egkatahuan
MS: egkatahuan
If a building or container houses people or things, the people or things stay in that place.
That workroom houses all our computers.
 
n-ct.
 
4.
Def.: dakel ne baley eyew te peg-elit-elit
MS: dakel ne baley eyew te peg-elit-elit
a large building for entertainment (e.g., a theater).
They showed the movie to a full house.
 
n-ct.
 
5.
Def.: kumpanya ne due nateil ne nigusyu, wey ke lugar ne diyè egkekeen wey eg-iinum te etew.
a company which has a particular business, or a place where people can eat or drink (e.g. a publishing house, a coffee house).
 
n-ct.
 
6.
Def.: grupu te talagpangimu te me balaud
MS: grupu te talagpangimu te me balaud
In government, a House is one of the groups which make laws (e.g., House of Representatives).
Sem.Dom.: GSL0101-0125
Status: ready

Last updated: 20/Sep/2012