Nehan

Introduction

Nehan is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Bougainville Province, Nissan island.

Dialects

Nehan, Pinipel (Pinipin). Not closely related to other languages.

The Nehan Verb

Verblist

• ah -- to count
• aisiŋ, ising -- to swell
• amuh -- to sniff, smell
• an[i], en -- to eat
• ate, tang iate -- to know, be knowledgeable
• atuŋ, haluh, posar -- to hit
• bak -- to throw
• bang, baŋ, baŋa -- to see
• borborian, borboriana -- to dream
• bue, hihip -- to hunt
• bulau, bulbulau -- to buy
• dud, pung, puŋ[a] -- to fall
• et, etir -- to bite
• gel, tapokisi, uageg -- to turn
• hag, u -- to blow
• hairi, somap, susuki -- to sew
• haka, sop -- to stab, pierce
• haluh pos, uelpus -- to kill
• ham -- to yawn
• hin, keh -- to scratch
• hohow, hohow[o] -- to sleep
• hua, tungar -- to grow
• huhu, waen -- to swim
• inum -- to drink
• kakaet, mot, moto -- to climb
• kale kinale, kalekinale, wok -- to work
• kedaŋ, malahir -- to choose
• kiring, kiriŋ -- to cry
• koh, tawi -- to dig
• korak, som -- to chew
• kotow, kulo, men -- to say
• kus -- to hold
• la, lala -- to walk
• la|me, lame, lamlame -- to come
• leb -- to plant
• longor, loŋor, loŋor[o] -- to hear
• lou, low -- to spit
• lua, luah -- to vomit
• luh, wa-luh -- to burn
• luluh -- to fly
• mat, mate -- to die, be dead
• moh[o], wasilung, wasuluŋ, wesuluŋ -- to cook
• naman, namana -- to think
• noum, totop -- to suck
• ou, tokowaow -- to hide
• pilan, wan, wan[a] -- to shoot
• pok, tokot -- to cut, hack
• polaka, sasang, takpolak -- to split
• pos, tiŋia -- to squeeze
• puk -- to open, uncover
• rikin, uatek -- to lie down
• rokos, wenut -- to tie up, fasten
• sok -- to pound, beat
• sokor, sokoro -- to fear
• sosor -- to flow
• tabil, tabil[a] -- to sit
• tabuar, tua, waŋol -- to live, be alive
• tur -- to stand
• ung, uŋ, uŋa -- to breathe
• wanio, wanio- -- to laugh
• wenau, wenaw[a], wewenau -- to steal