last paragraph, and affixing an. As, pmbunohan, murder; pngajaran, teaching, doctrine; pmandangan, sight; pncharian, getting a living, livelihood; etc.
(c) Prefix “per” and suffix “an.”
123. Nouns formed with the prefix per are usually of the nature of verbal nouns. The distinction between the prefixes per and p seems to be that per is used with roots which take the prefix ber (that is, for the most part, intransitive verbs) whereas p is used with roots which take the prefix m (that is, transitive verbs). Thus we have:
Bertmu, meet; pertmuan, a meeting.
Bermain, play; permainan, a game.
Berkata, speak; perkataan, a saying, word.
Berprang, fight; pprangan, fighting, battle.
Berlayer, sail; playeran, voyage.
For the elision of the r in ber and per before l, or before another closed syllable ending in r, and for the change from r to before a vowel, see para. 98.
124. In a few cases the derivatives (b) and (c) may both be formed from the same root, in which case there is a difference in the meaning, as,
prgajaran, teaching, doctrine; plajaran, lesson. pmbunohan, murder; perbunohan, place of killing.
From beradu, sleep, we have peraduan, sleeping place, and from mngadu, complain, we have pngaduan, complaint: which is in accordance with the distinction explained in paragraph 123.
VOCABULARY.
VERBS. |
VERBS. |
| ampu, carry on the hands, uphold, sustain. | rompak, commit piracy. |
| tawar, reduce, assuage, cheapen. | |
| beradu, sleep (of a raja). | |
| berniaga, bniaga rade. | temu, meet, encounter. |
| gali, dig. | tuju, aim. |
| jamu, entertain. | tunggu, wait. |
| kata, speak, say. | |
| kayoh, paddle. | NOUNS. |
| kumpol, gather. | hulu, head, upper portion. |
| mngadu, complaint. | janji, promise. |
| obatkan, cure. | mula, beginning. |
| pandang, look at. | prang, war. |
