Matigsalug Student Dictionary – respond

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respond
/ri-spond/

vi.

1.
Def.: egtabak
MS: egtabak
If you respond, you write or say something because someone wrote or said something to you first.
I spoke to her, but she didn't respond.
Miglalag a kandin, piru warè migtabak sikandin.

vi.

2.
Def.: egbales
MS: egbales
If you respond to an action or situation, you do something because of that action or situation.
If you smile at a baby, it may respond by smiling at you.
Ke eggimgimunan nu ka batè, egbales degma sikandin eggimun-gimun.
Many people responded to the request for donations after the flood.

vi.

3.
Def.: egkabawian
MS: egkabawian
If a sick person or an illness responds to treatment, the person starts to get better because of the treatment.
He is responding well to the medicine.
Sem.Dom.: AWL1
Status: ready

Last updated: 18/Jan/2012