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something
/sam-thing/
 
pron.
Def.: minsan nekey (meyitenged te kasangkapan ne kenè egngaranan)
MS: minsan nekey
You use something about a thing if you don't say exactly what it is.
I need to take something to eat for lunch.
Keilangan a ne egkuwa te minsan nekey eyew due egkeenen ku te paniudtu.
Sem.Dom.: pronouns; GSL0226-0250
 
 
something like
Def.: hendue te; iling te
MS: hendue te; iling te
You use something like to say that you are not giving an exact description or number
I look something like my mother, but I am much bigger than her.
Egtengtengan a ne henduen a te iney ku, piru dakel-dakel a kandin.
She has something like twelve cats.
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Last updated: 06/Apr/2012