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130. a)*Bu nyang geu-taguen di ma ka ju.
Rice which 3r-cook SFC mother IN boiling
b) Bu nyang geu-taguen le ma ka ju.
Rice which 3r-cook by mother IN boiling
'The rice which is being cook by mother is
boiling.'
(a) is unacceptable because the combination of bu
'rice' and _a 'boiling' indicates that the rice that the
speaker is referring to is still being cooked. The rice
which is not put on stove yet is not called b_i in Acehnese;
it is called breueh 'rice (as in the market).' If we say
(a), it implies that there is another pot on the stove
containing rice, and it must also be referred to as bu.
meaning it is being cooked. Both the rice in the first pot
(mentioned in (a) above) and the rice in the second pot
(implied by (a)) can only undergo the activity taguen. or
else, it will not be called b__. Since there is nothing to
compare, (a) is unacceptable.
For the same reason, (131a) is unacceptable. Since
tukanq ceumeucop 'tailor' is not specified in this sentence,
the phrase refers to tailors in general. If 'tailors' is the
agent in a sentence and 'shirts' is the direct object, there
is only one type of activity the the object ordinarily
undergo, that is, 'be made' or 'sewn' (cop 'to sew'). So,
there is not any other activity undergone by similar object
to compare. That is the reason that (a) is unacceptable.