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investigate
/in-vess-ti-gate/
 
vt, vi.
Def.: egtengtengan eg-ay-ayari wey ke eg-inse-insè (eyew te pegnengneng te me katahaan [kataha͡an])
MS: egtengtengan eg-ay-ayari; eg-inse-insè
If you investigate something, you look at it carefully or ask questions, so that you can know exactly what happened, or what it is like.
Police are investigating the robbery now.
Ka pulis eg-inse-insè te pegpanakew kuntee.
The researcher is investigating the causes of the disease.
Sem.Dom.: AWL4
 
 
investigation
/in-vess-ti-gay-shən/
 
n-uc, n-ct.
Def.: peg-inse-insè
MS: peg-inse-insè
the action of investigating.
Status: ready

Last updated: 18/Jan/2012