Matigsalug Student Dictionary – shape

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shape

n-ct.

1.
Def.: pegkeyimu
MS: pegkeyimu
The shape of something is the line that you could draw around it.
Her face is a pretty shape.
Meupiya ne pegkeyimu ka ula-ula rin.

n-ct.

2.
Def.: klasiyan te me ula-ula te minsan nekey
MS: klasiyan te me ula-ula; ula-ula, klasiyan te me
an area with a line around it (e.g., triangle, circle, square).
The child is drawing different shapes on the paper.

vt.

3.
Def.: eggimuwen te nateil ne ula-ula
MS: eggimuwen te nateil ne ula-ula
If you shape something, you cause it to be a particular shape.
He shaped the wood with a bolo.
Inggimu rin ka kayu ne iling te ugpit.

vt.

4.
Def.: egpakabehey te kabalbalawan
MS: egpakabehey te kabalbalawan
If someone or something shapes a person or thing, they affect what that person or thing becomes.
Parents shape their children's lives.
Ka ginikanan egpakabehey te kabalbalawan te umul te me anak dan.
His experiences abroad shaped his ideas.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0726-0750

shaped
/shaypt/

v-passive.
Def.: neyimu ne ula-ula
MS: ula-ula
If something is shaped like something, that is its shape.
Her face is shaped like a heart.
Hendue te pusung ka ula-ula rin.
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Last updated: 31/Mar/2012