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2.3.1.2 aau- -aun-
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These two affixes are used together as a discontinuous
morpheme with the meaning 'rather, almost, a little bit.'
They are used with adjectives and some verbs.
siiuek 'cool;' meuseunHuek 'rather cool'
kqwien 'to bend;' meukunuwien 'rather bent'
saket 'painful;' meuseunaket 'rather painful'
Note that -eun- is replaced by neu- when the stems have
the phonetic shapes as discussed in 2.1.5.1.5, subsections
[ii] and [iii] .
hijo 'green;' meuneuhiio 'rather green'
itam 'black;' meuneuitam 'rather black'
-eun- is also replaced by neu- when the stem begins
with [g] or [m].
galafc 'to like;' meuneuqalak 'having a feeling to like
(something)'
gabuek 'busy;' meuneugabuek 'rather busy, to look busy'
malee 'shy;' meuneumalee 'rather shy'
mameh 'sweet;' meuneumameh 'rather sweet'
The following is an exception. Both -eun- or neu- is
acceptable.
mlrah 'red;' mumeunirah or meuneumirah 'rather red'