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pattern
/pæt-ern/
 
n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: pamaahi te peggimu te minsan nekey ne layun egpekeg-iling.
a way of doing something that is always the same.
They always follow the same pattern when they get home: shower, cooking, dinner and then resting.
 
n-ct.
 
2.
Def.: pegkasinsinundul te me kasangkapan te nateil ne pamaahi.
an arrangement of things in a particular order, repeated again and again.
There was an interesting pattern of stars on the tablecloth.
Due egpakabagget ne pegkasinsinundul te me bituen te hapin te lamisa.
 
n-ct.
 
3.
Def.: kasangkapan eggamiten eyew te peggimu te minsan nekey eyew te pegpakita te ula-ula wey te lein-lein ne baad.
something such as a diagram which you use when you make something, to show you the shape of the different parts (e.g., a skirt pattern).
She is very clever, because she can make a skirt without using a pattern.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0651-0675
Status: ready

Last updated: 18/Jan/2012