Sama, Central

1.

N-, -an

‘ridicule’ to hold up to ridicule; to mock someone to other people.

Usually the stem is reduplicated.

Iyan pangudjuh-ngudjuan-na aku?

What did he mock [about] me?

Daa kow ngudjuh-ngudjuh aa.

Don't you ridicule others.

2.

pa-, caus.

to directly mock someone; to jeer.

Daa kow maudjuh-udjuh aa.

Don't you mock people [to their face].

3.

eh, ni-

to be indirectly mocked; to be ridiculed indirectly.

The example below explains an idiom.

"Eh na ngudjuh-ngudjuh danakan-na", hati-na, mbal takale eh aa nipaudjuh-udjuh.

"His brother was mocked by him", its meaning, [the ridicule] is not able to be heard by the person being ridiculed.

4.

eh, ni-; pa-, caus.

to be taunted directly; to be jeered; to be derided.

Si Abdul eh maudjuh-udjuh eh si Amina.

Abdul was taunted by Amina.