Nengone

Introduction

Nengone is a language of New Caledonia. It is spoken in Loyalty Islands, Mare and Tiga.

Dialects

Iwateno (Iwatenu) is a register of respect; Egesho is a joking or insulting register.

The Nengone Verb

Verblist

• ae|gec, ise -- to climb
• ajoni, cani -- to cook
• al, se -- to swim
• beie, beye -- to pound, beat
• can -- to plant
• capa -- to chew
• carajewe, thuni, ule -- to know, be knowledgeable
• cedon -- to throw
• ceges -- to split
• cere -- to dig
• ciecie -- to cut, hack
• cinumera, ietican -- to count
• cithail -- to flow
• ciule -- to see
• coc -- to swell
• colo -- to turn
• ded, naejo, ruel -- to fly
• ded[e] -- to fall
• denan[on] -- to burn
• dredreŋ, taedrengi -- to hear
• eno -- to steal
• guni -- to lie down
• hmalo, puze[on] -- to grow
• hnan, uti -- to blow
• hoamo -- to yawn
• huè -- to walk
• huebut, huete, pina -- to come
• ie -- to say
• iwa, kaka, kodraru, kān -- to eat
• kadeu[on] -- to spit
• keric -- to scratch
• kua -- to drink
• kua|mimi, kumon -- to suck
• kukuc -- to bite
• lae, tize -- to buy
• mane -- to cry
• megigi -- to fear
• memeŋ, meneng -- to sit
• nidreti, thaetì -- to sleep
• nija -- to vomit
• nono -- to breathe
• numa -- to laugh
• oeo -- to hide
• pehna|ni -- to shoot
• penet -- to kill
• punise -- to hold
• riridi -- to hit
• roi -- to live, be alive
• ruac -- to work
• ser[e] -- to stand
• siŋod -- to sniff, smell
• tango ia -- to hunt
• taŋo -- to die, be dead
• thiŋi -- to stab, pierce
• thurul -- to tie up, fasten
• toebot, tohe -- to open, uncover
• tutuo -- to dream
• tutuo[n] -- to think
• ure, ureye -- to choose
• wisereiè -- to squeeze
• yethi, yeyethi -- to sew