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picture
/pik-cher/
 
n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: litratu
MS: litratu
marks on something such as paper which show what something looks like (includes photos, paintings, drawings).
 
v-passive.
 
2.
Def.: nakatahù ne litratu
MS: nakatahù ne litratu
If someone or something is pictured somewhere, a picture of them is there.
His house was pictured in the newspaper yesterday.
Ka baley rin gabii nakatahù te balita ne diyè te pepil gabii.
 
n-ct.
 
3.
Def.: langun ne alung ne diyè te tibi
MS: alung
the thing which you can see on a TV screen
The picture is not very clear on our television, because it is old.
Ka alung diyè te tibi kenè egkamelmelehan, su tapey e nahud ka tibi.
 
n-ct.
 
4.
Def.: puhawang diyè te suman-suman ke mamenu ka minsan nekey
an idea about what something is or looks like.
He explained the situation to us, to give us a picture of the problem.
He described his friend so that all of us had a picture of him in our minds.
 
vt.
 
5.
Def.: egpamuhawangen; egsumsumanen
MS: egpamuhawangen; egsumsumanen
If you picture something, you imagine it in your mind.
I tried to picture my mother with grey hair, but I couldn't imagine it.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0476-0500
Status: ready

Last updated: 26/Sep/2012