Khehek

Introduction

Khehek is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Manus Province, Soparibeu district, Ndrehet (the center), Levei, and Bucho villages.

Dialects

Bucho, Drehet (Chechek, Chehek, Khehek), Levei (Lebei, Lebej). In Levei a dialect closely related to Bucho south dialect is spoken.

The Khehek Verb

Verblist

• [h]isih -- to buy
• [h]ittuŋ -- to hide
• cumʷop -- to count
• e|teŋ -- to cry
• haʔak, waʔak -- to bite
• hetek -- to walk
• hoʔopʷiʔip, kumʷek -- to kill
• huleŋ -- to hear
• i cumʷek, sopu -- to live, be alive
• i i|ri -- to stand
• id̃oŋ -- to fall
• ija -- to swim
• ijoh -- to cook
• ikkeh -- to squeeze
• ikkih -- to shoot
• illah -- to swell
• illih -- to fly
• im|mih -- to dream
• imiŋ -- to sit
• immeh -- to see
• ipʷana -- to steal
• ipʷek -- to cut, hack
• ireh, ireŋ -- to split
• isikih -- to sew
• isolop -- to laugh
• isoŋ -- to chew
• isuŋ -- to burn
• isuruh -- to spit
• ittoh -- to grow
• kajek, o|me -- to come
• lohote -- to throw
• mesiŋ -- to lie down
• mesiŋ -- to sleep
• molohɔp -- to yawn
• munuhuŋ -- to sniff, smell
• onɔk -- to climb
• onnoh -- to fear
• rasih -- to stab, pierce
• sammuk -- to hit
• sawep -- to tie up, fasten
• sehe nɔhɔŋ -- to breathe
• sopʷe -- to blow
• tanneh -- to say
• tannuŋ -- to hunt
• taʔuŋ -- to turn
• tolip -- to hold
• tomʷene -- to think
• tonok -- to know, be knowledgeable
• u|mʷek -- to die, be dead
• uheŋ -- to plant
• u-muh -- to vomit
• waʔ|aŋ -- to eat
• waʔih -- to dig
• waʔih, yaʔih -- to scratch
• wok -- to work
• wuʔ|uŋ -- to drink
• wuʔuŋ -- to suck