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2.2 Verbs
sioeue 'one thing'
siKrek 'one CL'
aidEaa 'one CL'
aithaa 'one year'
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siribee 'one thousand'
sideupa 'one pathom'
Verbs are words such as iak 'go,' daak. 'to sit,' reubah
'to fall,' lumpoe 'to dream,' sanoka 'to think,' and many
other words describing all kinds of activities. Some verbs
are non-derived, such as kalon 'to see,' paioh 'to eat,'
etc., and some others are derived from nouns, adjectives,
and other words. The following section will give a brief
discussion on verb derivation. •*
2.2.1 Verb Derivation
There are four important prefixes and one infix used to
form verbs from nouns, adjectives, and other words. They are
meu-. peu-. teu-. tu-. and -eum-. In addition to these, some
verbs are also derived with the prefixes gi~, keu-. and
pronominal prefixes.
Almost all derived verbs belong to verbs of Class 1, as
-^Discussions on these are also found in Asyik (1972:
88-150) and Durie (1985: 71-100).