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neutral
/noo-trəl/

adj.

1.
Def.: egpataliwarè
MS: egpataliwarè
If a person or country is neutral, they do not support one side or the other in an argument, fight or war.
I try not to take sides if my friends argue; I just stay neutral.
Eggimuwen ku ne kenè egdapig te tagsè sabeka te alukuy ku ke egpeehetey; egpataliwarè e rè.

adj.

2.
Def.: kenè egpakita ke nekey ka egkasuman-suman wey egkaheram.
If something such as your face or voice is neutral, it does not show how you think or feel.
His face was neutral, so I did not know if he was angry.
Ka ula-ula rin kenè egpakita ke nekey ka egkaheram, sikak kenè ku egkeila ke nalangetan naa sikandin.

adj.

3.
Def.: bayew maangkag
MS: maangkag, bayew
A neutral color is not strong (e.g., white, cream).

n-uc.

4.
MS: niyutral
niyutral
On a vehicle such as a motorbike, neutral is a position of the gearbox, where the gears are not connected to the engine.
He stopped the motorbike and put it in neutral.
Impasanggel din ka mutur wey intahù din te niyutral.
Sem.Dom.: AWL6

neutrality
/noo-træl-ə-tee/

n-uc.
Def.: pegpataliwarè
MS: pegpataliwarè
the state of being neutral
Note: (sense 1).
Status: ready

Last updated: 26/Sep/2012