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Some adverbs are used to indicate that an activity
continues for a period of time, or happens regularly once in
one such period, for example, throughout the year or once a
year, thoughout the month or once a month, etc. These
adverbs are formed by combining meu- with certain time
units, such as month, year, week, etc.
meuthon 'throughout the year, once a year'
meuleuem 'throughout the hour, once in every hour'
meuieumeu'at 'throughout the week, once a week'
129. Meuthon lon-preh, nyoe baro trok ka-woe.
All-year 1-wait this just arrive 2y-come-home
' I have been waiting for years, now at last you
have come home.'
2.4.7 Adverbs of Manner
Most adverbs of manner are derived from adjectives,
some are in their original forms. As an example, meulek
'slow' is an adjective in qeulitan meulek 'slow train,' but
an adverb in meulek -ii-iak 'walk/run slowly.' Other examples
of adverbs derived from adjectives are:
rava (ii-meusu) 'big 3y-speak (he spoke loudly)'
teulat (trok) 'late arrive (arrived late)'
gbt Hi-peugot) 'good 3-make (it was made' well)'
manvang Mi-ek) 'high 3-climb (it rises high)'