Matigsalug Manobo Student Dictionary

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wind2
/wayind/
 
vi.
 
1.
Def.: egtiku-tikù
MS: egtiku-tikù
If something such as a river or road winds, it has curves and bends in it.
I feel sick when I catch the bus down the mountain, because the road winds a lot.
Migderalu a te mig-untud a te terak peendiyad [pe͡endiyad] e te bubungan, su ka kelesadda egtiku-tikù.
 
vt.

 
2.
Def.: egbelebed
MS: egbelebed
If you wind something long around another thing, you put it around that thing many times.
She wound the string around the pencil.
Migbelebed din ka kuwirdas diyè te lapis.
 
vt.

 
3.
Def.: egtilengen
MS: egtilengen
If you wind a machine such as a watch, you turn a part of it around and around, so that it will work.
My alarm clock doesn't have a battery, you need to wind it.
Ka urasan ku warè batiri, keilangan ne egtilengen seini.
Irreg.  wound, wound.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0901-0925

 
 
windy
/wayin-dee/
 
adj.
Def.: tikuen
MS: tikuen
If something such as a road is windy, it has a lot of bends and curves in it.
Status: ready


Last updated: 21/Sep/2012