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meukeude 'to run a shop' (from keude 'shop')
mumoto 'to manage a bus or truck group, to work on a
bus or truck' (from moto 'car, bus, truck')
meugle 'to clear a spot in the hill and make it into
a dry farm' (from gle 'hill') .
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61. Lawet nyoe ka lon-meuoeuraho.
Time this IN 1-work-in-boat
'Nowadays I work in/run a boat.'
j). meu- has the meaning 'to raise, to grow' in verbs
formed from the stems consisting of words for livestocks or
plants that are grown for food or money.
meulumo 'to raise cows' (from lumo 'cow')
meukacano 'to grow peanuts' (from kacang 'peanut')
mubawang 'to grow onion' (from bawang 'onion')
62. Thon nyoe lon-neuk mubawang bacut.
Year this 1-want grow-onion a-little
'This year I want to grow some onions.'
k). There are some verbs in which meu- means 'to sell
from place to place.' The stems are words for objects that
are traditionally sold from place to place.
meusira 'to sell salt from place to place' (from sira
'salt')
meukanot 'to sell cooking pots from place to place'
(from kanbt 'cooking pot')