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mupavah 'to take the trouble' (from pavah
'difficult')
meuseunang 'to have a good time, to enjoy oneself
(from seunang 'happy')
69. Alah, bek neu-jak mupavah that hare keu Ion.
Oh don't 2r-go take-trouble very EMP for I
'Oh, please don't take all the troubles for me.'
b). meu- means 'to make or to perform something in a
way described by the stem adjective.' The stems are
adjectives indicating sizes or duration of time.
meuravek 'to do in a larger scale' (from rayek
'big')
meutrep 'to take longer time in doing something'
(from trep 'long time').
70. Bak geu-niet geu-meuravek kali u keue nyoe.
At 3r-intend 3r-make-big time in front this
' He intends to hold a big ritual gathering this
time.'
c). In some verbs, the meaning of meu- is 'to adopt an
attitude as stated by the stem toward someone.' The stems
are adjectives used to describe how good or how bad the
relation between two persons.
meugot 'to be in good terms again (with someone), to
make up' (from got 'good, nice')