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In forming new verbs from other verbs, meu- has the
following meanings.
a), meu- means 'done unintentionally.' Both transitive
and intransitive verbs can become the stems. Verbs of this
group are used with optional pronominal enclitics.
mupok 'to hit something with one's head by accident'
(from pok 'to hit with one's head')
meutulak 'to push by accident' (from tulak. 'to
push')
meukoh 'to cut by accident' (from koh 'to cut')
73. Moto nyan ka meuiak keudroejih.
Car that IN move by-itself
'That car moved by Itself.'
74. Ku-neuk tanyong suai buet, ka meutanvong suai laen.
1-want ask about job IN unint.-ask about other
' I had intended to ask about a job, but I
mlstakably asked about something else.'
In some dialects around Bireuen, meu- can be used with
such words as tanvong 'to ask' and pike 'to think' (see
Durie (1985: 92)) without producing the meaning of
unintentionality as it does in other dialects. But meu- in
those words seems to correspond to the infix -eum-. It might
be the case that this meu- is a variant of infix -eum- (see
2.2.1.5.5) with the function of detransitivization, although