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purpose
/per-pəss/
 
n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: keyimuwan; tuyù
MS: keyimuwan; tuyù
The purpose of an object is the thing that it was made to do.
The purpose of a pot is to cook things in.
 
n-ct.
 
2.
Def.: igkeupii ne egkuen (pinaahi te peggimu te weil)
MS: igkeupii ne egkuen
The purpose of an action is the thing that you want to achieve by doing that action.
The purpose of going to Quezon was to buy fruit.
The purpose of the concert was to promote his new CD.
 
n-uc.
 
3.
Def.: due igkeupii wey egpuhawangen ne eg-angayen
a feeling of wanting and planning to achieve something (a sense of purpose).
Sem.Dom.: GSL0451-0475
 
 
on purpose
Def.: due katuyuan
MS: due katuyuan
If you do something on purpose, you intend to do it, and it was not an accident.
Mum, she stood on my foot on purpose!
Inè, migsasindeg sikandin te paa ku ne due katuyuan.
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Last updated: 27/Sep/2012