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interpret
/in-ter-prət/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: egsabut
MS: egsabut
If you interpret something, you decide what the meaning is.
They interpreted the results of the survey, and published their discoveries in a book.
She interpreted his silence as agreement, even though he really didn't agree.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: egpasabut te igpasabut te ulahingen wey sayew
If you interpret something such as a song or dance, you show the meaning by the way that you perform it.
She interpreted the song very nicely, so that we felt like we understood it.
Impasabut din ka ulahingen ay-ayari, su eyew egkaheram ta ne iling te nakasabut ki.
 
vi.
 
3.
Def.: egluwas
MS: egluwas
If you interpret, you take things from one language and say what they mean in another language.
I know Korean language, so I interpreted for our Korean visitors.
Sem.Dom.: AWL1
 
 
interpretation
/in-ter-prə-tay-shən/
 
n-uc.
Def.: 1 pegsabut; pegsaysay; 2 pegpasabut
the action of interpreting
Note: sense 1 & 2
The interpretation of animal noises is not easy, because we can't really know what they are thinking.
 
n-ct.
Def.: pegsabut; pegsaysay
what you understand about something after you have interpreted it.
The three people all had different interpretations of the meaning of the story.
 
 
interpreter
/in-ter-prə-ter/
 
n-ct.
Def.: talagluwas; tigluwas
MS: talagluwas; tigluwas
person who interprets.
 
 
interpreting
 
n-uc.
Def.: 3 pegpanluwas
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Last updated: 25/Sep/2012