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transform
/trænz-form/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: egbalbalawan e iya
MS: egbalbalawan
If you transform something, you change it a lot so that it is very different from before.
They transformed their yard into a beautiful garden.
Migbalbalawan dan en iya ka lama ran: miggimu ran ne meupiyan gulayan.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: egpakabalew-balew
MS: egpakabalew-balew
If something transforms a person or thing, it changes them so that they are very different.
His experiences transformed him.
Nakabalew-balew kandin ka kandin ne me nabaybayaan.
The rain transformed the dry field into a beautiful, green field.
Sem.Dom.: AWL6
 
 
transformation
/trænz-for-may-shən/
 
n-uc, n-ct.
Def.: 1 pegbalew-balew; 2 pegpakabalew-balew
MS: pegbaluy; pegbalew-balew; pegpakabalew-balew
the action of transforming.
We watched the caterpillar's transformation into a butterfly.
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Last updated: 18/Jan/2012