Matigsalug Student Dictionary – rule

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rule
/rool/

n-ct.

1.
Def.: kukuman; balaud
MS: kukuman; balaud
words which say what people are allowed or not allowed to do
There is a rule in the library that we are not allowed to speak loudly.

vt.

2.
Def.: eg-uyan wey egbeye-beyè te nasud
MS: eg-uyan; egbeye-beyè
If a leader or group rules a country, they control that country.
The country has been ruled by a dictator for the past 20 years.

n-ct.

3.
Def.: peg-uyan wey pegbeye-beyè te nasud
MS: peg-uyan wey pegbeye-beyè
The rule of a leader or group is their action of controlling the country, or the time that they control it.
It happened during the rule of Julius Ceasar.

vt..

4.
Def.: egbehey te maheteng ne puhawang wey ke disisyun
If someone such as a judge rules something, they decide it formally.
The judge ruled that the criminal should spend 10 years in prison.
Ka talaggukum migbehey te patamanan ne puhawang ne ka nakapatey egkaprisu te sapulù ne tuig.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0476-0500

the rule, as a rule
Def.: ka layun egkeyitabù
MS: ka layun egkeyitabù; layun egkeyitabù
If something is the rule, or if it happens as a rule, it's the way that things usually happen.
As a rule, I take my lunch to school.
Ka layun egkeyitabù, eg-uyan a te bewu ku diyè te iskuylaan [iskuyla͡an].
I bought my lunch today, but that's the exception rather than the rule.
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Last updated: 26/Sep/2012