Tungag
Facts
- Language: Tungag
- Alternate names: Dang, Lavangai, Lavongai, Toangai, Tungak
- Language code: lcm
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Meso Melanesian linkage, New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic linkage, Tungak-Nalik
- Number of speakers: 12000
- Script:
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Introduction
Tungag is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in New Ireland Province, Lamet district, New Hanover, Tingwon, and Umbukul islands.
The Tungag Verb
Verblist
- aleŋ -- to fear
- amunai, mun -- to hide
- anti, dek, putputuk, taŋai, ŋat, ŋaut -- to cut, hack
- aŋan -- to eat
- aŋtaŋis -- to cry
- apek -- to work
- arai, ararai, ba, de -- to see
- arakus, daŋ -- to say
- asuai ni -- to throw
- atuŋ -- to stand
- dek -- to split
- dikut -- to tie up, fasten
- go, to -- to live, be alive
- inum, sep -- to drink
- kel -- to dig
- kui -- to blow
- lomlomonai, lomon -- to think
- loŋo, loŋoŋ -- to hear
- mat -- to die, be dead
- matuŋ, papasimai, pasim -- to sleep
- me, palak, serei -- to come
- mutak -- to vomit
- nas -- to know, be knowledgeable
- ororuŋ -- to dream
- pasal -- to walk
- puka, punuk, rauŋ, rauŋ amatan, tapunuk, vilua -- to kill
- riuk -- to climb
- sap, saup -- to pound, beat
- sinoŋ, sinu, sinuŋ -- to sit
- tainau -- to steal
- taun -- to cook
- teŋ -- to hold
- usan -- to fall