pe- 1
verb prefix
English. Verbal prefix which indicates the addition of a secondary agent: causative. When affixed to adjectives, pe- indicates that what the adjective describes is attributed to or even caused by the noun phrase marked genetive, but there
is no secondary agent.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sa' mesu'at, kini bulung pebegayu dini'a, pektukid mu di nga getaw diag benwa ta, pu' melaun gupiai kelangan ku.
English. If it's convenient, I'll have you give out this medicine; just pass it out to the people in our place. I have a lot of other
things to do.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su gabukadu ditu', pengapu' niu melaun gupia bunganen peluuban ta dayun.
English. (See) that avocado tree over there? Pick a bunch of its fruit for us then to ripen.