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Examples: pa- + lupo’forget’
palupo ‘forgetful person’ pa-
+ nasihat ‘advise’ panasihat ‘adviser’
pa- + maniah ‘sweet’
pamaniah ‘sweetener’ pa-
+ ota ‘brag’ paota ‘braggart’
pa- + ratok ‘weep’ paratok ‘weepy person’
pa- + wawancara ‘interview’
pawawancara ‘interviewer’
b. Distribution
Prefix pa- may be attached to the base form as follows:
Noun Examples: pa-
+ catua N ‘chess’ pancatua ‘the person who plays chess’
pa- + sapu N ‘broom’
panyapu ‘sweeper’
Verb
Examples: pa- + danga V ‘listen’
pandanga ‘listener’ pa-
+ baco V ‘read’ pambaco ‘reader’
Adjective
Examples: pa- + takuik Adj ‘afraid’
panakuik ‘coward’ pa-
+ maniah Adj ‘sweet’ pamaniah ‘sweetener’
c. Function
The function of prefix pa- can be described as follows:
To form Noun from Verb Examples: pa-
+ bunoh V ‘kill’ pambunoh N ‘killer’
pa- + kukua V ‘grate’
pangkukua N ‘grater’
Venny Veronita : A Contrastive Analysis Of Prefixes And Suffixes Between English And Minangkabaunese Language, 2009.
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To form Noun from Adjective
Examples: pa- + maniah Adj ‘sweet’
pamaniah N ‘sweetener’ pa-
+ lambuik Adj ‘soft’ palambuik N ‘softener’
Prefix pa- does not have any change the word class if it is attached to the base form of
noun. Examples: pa-
+ sanduak N ‘spoon’ panyanduak N ‘tool that used for spoon
s.t.’ pa-
+ sapu N ‘broom’ panyapu N ‘sweeper’
d. Meaning
The meaning of prefix pa- can be described as follows:
To indicate the meaning of ‘tools or something’ Examples: pa- +
indiak ‘pound’ pangindiak ‘pounder’
pa- + sasah ‘wash’
panyasah ‘tool that use for wash s.t.’
To indicate the meaning of ‘person’ Examples: pa- + nyanyi ‘sing’
panyanyi ‘singer’ pa- + samun ‘rob’
panyamun ‘robber’
To indicate the meaning of ‘like’ Examples: pa- + gulo ‘sugar’
panggulo ‘a lover of sugar’ pa- + kopi ‘coffe’
pangopi ‘a lover of coffe’
To indicate the meaning of ‘character someone’ Examples: pa- + lupo ‘forget’
palupo ‘forgetful person’ pa-
+ sasah ‘wash’
panyasah ‘tool that use for wash s.t.’
4.2.1.5 Prefix ta-
Venny Veronita : A Contrastive Analysis Of Prefixes And Suffixes Between English And Minangkabaunese Language, 2009.
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a. Form
Prefix ta- does not have any change. If it attach to base form which beginning with
vowel and consonant phonemes. Examples: ta-
+ hebat ‘great’
tahebat ‘greatest’ ta-
+ ato ‘arrange’
taato ‘regulated’
b. Distribution