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lindi
1.
mag-, -han
to compete; ‘attitude’ to keep up appearances; to compare and compete; "to keep up with the Joneses".
This term of "compete" means to compete with someone one knows, out of the pride of human nature. It is trying to be "up one notch on the pecking scale".
Maglindi-lindihan aa magbihing lumah naan.
Those neighbors compete.
2.
eh, ni-, -han
to be competed with; to be compared to.
Ya nilindihan eh na aa dayahan, hangkan na mbal talindihan-na.
Those who are to be competed with by him are the wealthy people, [that] is the reason now he is not able to compete.
He tries to keep up with the wealthy people, that is the reason he can't compete.
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