Translation 1: Morphology

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TRANSLATION 1: MORPHOLOGY

Language type: Agglutinating language

Example:

Topi-ne banjur di-enggo si landak mlaku-mlaku

hat-DET then PASS-put.on the porcupine walk-REDUP

The porcupine then put on the hat and walked around

Morphological processes:

Process
Meaning
Example

ge- something negative, cynical ge-guyu 'laugh at'

-um- easy to / tempting one to ...related the root of the verb jambak 'pull someone's hair'
j-um-ambak 'tempting or easy to pull someone's hair'
colong 'steal'
c-um-olong 'tempting or easy for some one to steal'

reduplication spend time doing X mlaku 'walk'
mlaku-mlaku 'walk around / spend time hanging out'
mangan 'eat'
mangan-mangan 'spend time eating with friends'

- ne
something definite
topi 'hat'
topi-ne 'that / the hat'

di-
passive
tuku 'buy'
di-tuku 'be bought'

Process	Meaning	Example
ge-	something negative, cynical	ge-guyu 'laugh at'
-um-	easy to / tempting one to ...related the root of the verb	jambak 'pull someone's hair' j-um-ambak 'tempting or easy to pull someone's hair' colong 'steal' c-um-olong 'tempting or easy for some one to steal'
reduplication	spend time doing X	mlaku 'walk' mlaku-mlaku 'walk around / spend time hanging out' mangan 'eat' mangan-mangan 'spend time eating with friends'
- ne	something definite	topi 'hat' topi-ne 'that / the hat'
di-	passive	tuku 'buy' di-tuku 'be bought'