Madak
Facts
- Language: Madak
- Alternate names: Lelet, Mandak
- Language code: mmx
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Meso Melanesian linkage, New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic linkage, Madak linkage
- Number of speakers: 3000
- Script:
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Introduction
Madak is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in New Ireland Province, Central New Ireland district.
Dialects
Danu, Katingan, Lelet, Malom, Mesi.
The Madak Verb
Verblist
- i dang -- to swell
- i dokop -- to suck
- i e mas -- to breathe
- i e nongon -- to laugh
- i e sumak -- to sniff, smell
- i gugu -- to work
- i ke kankan -- to dig
- i kui, kalabi -- to scratch
- i lu lu -- to throw
- i mao -- to yawn
- i met -- to die, be dead
- i pas ode -- to come
- i robo -- to dream
- i sep (lobo) -- to kill
- i sep amet -- to stab, pierce
- i seput - i koko lokon noos, l seput lo kon nos -- to tie up, fasten
- i sisiliu -- to hunt
- i so so -- to shoot
- i su -- to grow
- i suang -- to open, uncover
- i susu -- to swim
- i tu -- to stand
- i wagam -- to split
- i wit -- to cut, hack
- i yonon, lt pas -- to walk
- im nem -- to steal
- im-to -- to vomit
- in tin la rei, lagau l gaga gau -- to burn
- in tin, io ve, lok la -- to cook
- ip sep -- to hit
- it kis tepukus -- to turn
- it kis -- to sit
- it lo -- to plant
- l anan -- to eat
- l arei -- to know, be knowledgeable
- l ninin -- to drink
- l pase -- to say
- l reven -- to see
- l somap -- to sew
- l teng -- to cry
- l unga, l yonga, lemoren ii unga -- to sleep
- l yatat -- to bite
- lamdak i ekes -- to count
- liviga ip lavÄ -- to fly
- lm tebang -- to hold
- lng tonga -- to hear
- lobo roro -- to live, be alive
- lp lok la lamas -- to squeeze
- lt gas -- to chew
- marat -- to fear
- mi di kapo -- to lie down