The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Value -um-
- Language:
- Toba Batak
- Parameter:
- verbal infix which "when it occurs intransitively, is both active and passive in meaning. When it is active it represents, often in contrast to the verb ... (with ), an action that does not result from the will of the thing carrying it out." The passive meaning occurs in constructions relating to: 1. the performing or satisfying of a natural need (eating, drinking, sleeping, urinating), 2. a movement that makes a marked impression on any of the sense organs, 3. a higher degree of some quality ( 'be richer', 'be larger', etc.). Transitive verbs with the infix "are simply variants of those with the prefix , and they are used more in the elaborate language, in stories, laws, and aphorisms in verse form, than in daily life.". [74fa90e49b92940f99cfbcd561f5c3b9]
- References
- Warneck 1977