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Mëu-ëuskën, to call for, to send for to come, to invite to attend. 



Mëuli, to buy, to purchase. (Mal. Beli.) 



Mëumpeung, in full career, in full foi'ce or activity, possessed of facilities; whilst, 



during. Ta hun mëumpeung , a good or advantageous year , when crops have been good. 



Mëumpeung sia hirup urusan , whilst you live , put the matter in order. 

 Meun, apparently the last syllable of Lamun, if — pronounced in a short flippant way. 



Meun sia peupeuli mohal to meunang , if you had told me, as if you would not have 



got it. 

 Mëunang, to get, to obtain. 

 Meunangkën, to help to get, to put in the way of obtaining, to cause to triumph. To 



get a wife. Meunangkën ka anak batur , to obtain (in marriage) the daughter of a neighbour. 

 Meundëut, shut up, closed. Lawang na geus meitndeut the door is shut. 

 Meun tas, to cross a river or water; to ferry across. Chai cha-ah to bisa meuntas, the 



river was in a flood , and I could not cross. Pameuntasan , a ferry , a place to cross 



a river at. 

 Mëupëus, to arrive at a crisis, to come to a result ; the end or termination of a dispute , of 



a question at law, or the like. Meupeus na sia kudu mayar, the end of it is, that you 



must pay. 

 Meur ah, name ofafish in the rivers, somewhat resembling Kancliara and is scarce. 

 Mëurëun, assureclly, no doubt, that is evident; as the thing looks. Meureun pa-ih la- 



mun cli hakan, no doubt we should die, if we eat it. Meureun, gebleg sia, there is 



no wonder, what a fooi you are! 

 Meurit, an insect from the eggs of which come the worms which get possession of rotting 



meat, or ulcerous sores. The eggs deposited by bottle flies. Meuritan to have got such 



eggs in a sore. 



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Mëuting, to pass the night- to stay all night anywhere. 



Mëuwëung, to chew, to eat, to champ in the mouth. To chew the cud of reflection. 



M i c h a r é k , to mention , to allude to in conversation ; to speak of. 



Midang, to fly out, abroad, and about as birds. To stroll out, as a man or an animal. 



To go about for pleasure. 

 Midua, to divide, to become two. (From Dua, two). 

 Mihané, to work with cotton thread in preparing for weaving; to wind the thread on the 



Pihanéan, which see. 

 Mihapé, to entrust, to give into the care of some one else. See Pihapé. Hulukamimi- 



hapê, take care of my head. I entrust my head to your care. An expression said when 



working together in any difficult place. 

 M i - i s , leaky , water or any liquid coming through. Said also of a secret which leaks out. 

 Mija, to play as fish in water, as if gamboling, when they desposit their spawn. 

 Mikat, to catch birds by having a decoy bircl to call towards a cage, near which other 



birds of same kind come, and perching on slips of stick covered with bird lirae, are 



so caught, To entice and entangle; to decoy; to ensnare. 



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