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just₂
/djast/
 
adj.
 
1.
Def.: eleg wey meupiya su nakabehey te katagbewan te tagsè sabeka
Something just is right and good because it gives everyone what they should get.
The murderer only went to prison for two years. That is not just.
Ka mangimatey naprisu rè te daruwa ne leg-un. Kenè sika ne eleg.
 
adj.
 
2.
Def.: matulanged; matalengteng
MS: matulanged; matalengteng
A just person does what is right and good for other people by giving them what they should get.
That judge is just because he doesn't accept bribes.
Matalengteng mulè sika ne ebugadu su kenè egdawat te seleppì ne bayad eyew egpeyimuwen sikandin te mareet.
He is a just man, who always pays his workers what he should.
Matulanged sikandin ne lukes, su egpamayaran din iya ka me etew ke nekey ka eleg.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0076-0100
 
 
unjust
 
adj.
Def.: kenè ne eleg wey meupiya su warè nakabehey te katagbewan te tagsè sabeka; kenè ne matulanged wey ke matalengteng.
not just (sense 1, 2).
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Last updated: 18/Jan/2012