Mengen

Introduction

Mengen is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in East New Britain Province, Pomio district, Jacquinot bay and inland. 20 villages.

Dialects

Bush Mengen (Inland Mengen, Longueinga), North Coast Mengen (Maeng, Maenge, Orford), South Coast Mengen (Poeng). Some linguists separate Poeng (South Coast Mengen and Bush Mengen) and Maeng (North Coast Mengen) into 2 languages.

The Mengen Verb

Verblist

• 'atu -- to come
• 'balia -- to hit
• bibia -- to squeeze
• 'goeŋa, ui -- to swim
• golo -- to steal
• 'inu -- to drink
• iso -- to blow
• 'kalatote -- to bite
• 'kalkalia -- to scratch
• 'kani -- to eat
• 'kanruǥe -- to hold
• 'kelatɔ -- to hunt
• kele -- to see
• keno -- to lie down
• kenrau -- to sleep
• kili|a -- to dig
• koḇue -- to cut, hack
• kolia -- to buy
• 'kolu -- to hide
• kuma -- to work
• 'lele -- to flow
• lele -- to grow
• lo'kʌn:ʌn:ʌ -- to think
• 'lolo -- to fly
• 'lomatana -- to know, be knowledgeable
• loŋ, loŋo -- to hear
• lo'ŋana -- to choose
• lopale -- to split
• 'lopate -- to climb
• luŋu -- to swell
• ma -- to yawn
• 'malili -- to laugh
• ma'tau -- to fear
• mate -- to die, be dead
• 'mauli -- to live, be alive
• 'meisi -- to stand
• mina -- to dream
• 'muta -- to vomit
• paŋamoloǥa -- to say
• 'pare -- to shoot
• 'popomuǥe -- to pound, beat
• pula patali[a] -- to open, uncover
• 'pupu -- to fall
• 'ripi -- to spit
• 'rume -- to suck
• 'sai|a -- to sew
• 'same -- to tie up, fasten
• 'sapune -- to kill
• 'sisi -- to count
• 'siuŋe -- to sniff, smell
• 'sule -- to stab, pierce
• ta'malkia -- to throw
• ta'muŋ -- to chew
• 'tani -- to cry
• 'tara -- to sit
• tɔ -- to walk
• tɔ'ḇasi -- to turn
• 'toea -- to plant
• 'tuḇa -- to cook
• 'tun|e -- to burn
• unala matue -- to breathe