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57. Hana lon-jak le u rumoh saket; ka lon-meudukon.
NEG 1-go anymore to house ill IN 1-use-healer
'I do not go to the hospital anymore; now I go to
a healer.'
e). Some verbs are formed from words for addictive
material (such as opium, coffee, tobacco, etc.). meu- here
has the meaning 'to become addicted to, or to drink, eat,
smoke, etc. (by a person who has become addicted to it).'
meukupi 'he has become addicted to coffee' (from kupi
'coffee')
meurukok 'to smoke cigarettes' (from rukok
'cigarette')
meucandu 'to become addicted to opium' (from candu
'opium').
58. Peue, di kah ka ka-meurukok?
What SFC youy IN 2y-smoke-cigarette
'Have you started smoking cigarettes?'
f). Verbs are also formed from words for places to live
in, such as words for house, barrack, office, tent, nest,
etc. The meaning of meu- here is 'to occupy the place or to
build one (if there is none) and occupy it.'
meuasrama 'to occupy a place as a barrack, or build
one and occupy it' (from asrama 'barrack,
boardinghouse')
meu?eumpung 'to built a nest' (from eumpung 'nest')