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a). With some nouns, especially mass nouns, meu- means
'having.' In most cases, the derived adjectives are
equivalent to the English adjectives formed from nouns with
the ending -y_, such as 'watery,' rocky,' etc.
meufie 'watery' (from is. 'water')
mubulee 'hairy, having feather' (from bulee 'body
hair, feather')
meuasap 'smoky, having smoke' (from asap 'smoke')
115. Got-that meuangen hinoe.
Very windy here
'It is very windy here.'
b). When used with words for nations, celebrities,
dignitaries, or animals, with which a person may be likened,
meu- means 'like.'
meuputroe 'like a queen' (from putroe 'queen')
mubanqqali 'like a Sikh (referring to the head
dress)' (from banqgali 'Sikh')
Bjubjii 'like a swine' (from bui 'boar, swine').
116. Gopnyan got-that meuteungku.
2.3.1.1.2 With Verbs
Her very like-cleric
'He has all the look of a cleric'
meu- has the following meanings when used with verbs.