ᦵᦑᧄtem⁴20001prepositionbesideᦣᦸᧂᧉ ᦀᧁ ᦙᧃ ᦙᦱ ᦵᦑᧄ ᦃᦱᧂᧉ.They called him to come beside them.8.5.1.2Beside2verb (transitive)to compare; illustrateᦍᦹᧃᧈ ᦙᦹ ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦵᦑᧄ ᦂᧃ ᦡᦴ, ᦺᦕ ᦷᦖᧆ ᦵᦜᦲ ᦵᦗᦲᧃᧈ. Stretch out your hands to compare, whose are the cleanest.ᦶᦉᧆ ᦃᦸᧂ ᦋᦴᧈ ᦵᦋᦲᧉ, ᦵᦑᧄ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦙᦱᧉ、 ᦷᦣ ᦩᦻ、 ᦵᦔᧆ、 ᦺᦂᧈ、 ᦖᦴ、 ᦖᦱ.Domestic animals of all kinds, such as horses, cattle, ducks, chickens, pigs, dogs.3.5.2.3Figurative8.3.5.2Compareᦃᦸᧉᦵᦑᧄᦋᦴᧉᦣᧅᦋᦴᧉᦵᦑᧄᦵᦑᧄᦺᦈᦵᦑᧄᦵᦖᦲᧃᦡᧂᧈᦵᦑᧄᦙᦱᦶᦑᧅᦵᦑᧄᦶᦑᧆᦵᦑᧄᦵᦕᧅᧈᦵᦑᧄ
ᦶᦑᧅᦵᦑᧄtæk⁵tem⁴verb (transitive)to compare; measure (can be separated)ᦈᦱ ᦡᦽᧉ ᦓᦲᧉ ᦑᦱᧃ ᦗᦻ ᦜᧂ ᧞ ᦢᧆ ᦵᦡᧁᧈ ᦶᦑᧅ ᦵᦑᧄ ᦂᧃ.We will speak about stories of the past and compare them with the present.ᦷᦎ ᦑᦱᧃᧈ ᦀᧁ ᦗᦸᧇ ᦁᧃ ᦚᦻᧈ ᦗᦻ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦙᦱ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦶᦑᧅ ᦙᦱ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦵᦑᧄ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦓᦾᧉ.He brought me many books about this subject to compare.3.5.2.3Figurative8.3.5.2Compareᦶᦑᧅᦵᦑᧄ
ᦶᦑᧆᦵᦑᧄtæt⁵tem⁴2000verb (transitive)to compareᦶᦑᧆ ᦵᦑᧄ ᦡᦴ, ᦺᦕ ᦠᦱᧇ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦜᦻ ᦵᦜᦲ ᦵᦗᦲᧃᧈ?Compare and see, who is carrying the most rice?ᦃᦾᧉ ᦀᧁ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦵᦍᧉ ᦗᦲᧃ ᦙᦱ ᦶᦑᧆ ᦵᦑᧄ ᦵᦡᦲᧃ, ᦅᦸᧉ ᦠᦱᧅ ᦙᦳᧃ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦂᧃ.I held up a mooncake to compare to the moon, and they were the same in roundness.3.5.2.3Figurative8.3.5.2Compareᦶᦑᧆᦵᦑᧄ