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Thus, peu- becomes PU- when used with words beginning with a
bilabial consonant.
teupat 'straight;' peuteupat 'to straighten'
ubat 'medicine;' peuubat 'to administer medicine'
patah 'broken;' pupatah 'to break'
mat 'to hold;' pumat 'to cause to hold'
peu- has a 'causative' meaning when used with verbs or
adjectives, but when used with nouns it has several
meanings. This is described below.
2.2.1.2.1 Noun Stems
The prefix peu- has several meanings when used with
nouns. They are the following.
a). When used with mass nouns for material that is
usually put on or into something else, such as sugar, salt,
water, egg, oil, etc., peu- means 'to put the material
indicated by the stem into or on something.'
peusira means 'to salt' (from ai£a 'salt')
puboh manok mean 'to put egg' (from boh manok 'egg')
peu?ie 'to put water' (from ia 'water')
80. Tape nyoe hana got ii-peuraghoe.
Fermented-rice this NEG good 3-put-yeast
' This fermented rice was not well-sprayed with
yeast.'