Matigsalug Student Dictionary – sort

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sort

n-ct.

1.
Def.: sabeka ne karumaan [karuma͡an] te punduk ne due pegpekeg-iling; klasiyan
MS: klasiyan
one of the members of a group of similar people or things.
There were many different sorts of birds in the forest.
Wheat is a sort of grain.

vt.

2.
Def.: egteilen; egtapiren
MS: egteilen; egtapiren
If you sort things into groups, or into a particular order, you organize them like that.
Please sort the clothes into piles, one for each person.
He sorted the words into alphabetical order.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0601-0625

sort of
Def.: bayew
MS: bayew
You use sort of to say that something is not exactly the case.
She has sort of finished, but there are still a few things to do.
Bayew e nekeimpus sikandin, piru duen pad deisek naan dè ne eggimuwen din.
I can sort of play the piano, but only a few easy songs.
I can't easily describe the colour, but it's sort of pink.
Status: ready

Last updated: 18/Jan/2012