Nengone
Fact corner
- Language: Nengone
- Alternate names:: Iwatenu, Mare, Pene Nengone
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:nen
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Loyalty Islands
- Number of speakers: 8,720
- Script:
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Introduction
Nengone is a language of New Caledonia. It is spoken in Loyalty Islands, Mare and Tiga. .
Dialects
Iwateno (Iwatenu) is a register of respect; Egesho is a joking or insulting register.
The Nengone Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | kukuc |
to blow | hnan, uti |
to breathe | nono |
to burn | denan[on] |
to buy | lae, tize |
to chew | capa |
to choose | ure, ureye |
to climb | ae|gec, ise |
to come | huebut, huete, pina |
to cook | ajoni, cani |
to count | cinumera, ietican |
to cry | mane |
to cut, hack | ciecie |
to die, be dead | taŋo |
to dig | cere |
to dream | tutuo |
to drink | kua |
to eat | iwa, kaka, kodraru, kān |
to fall | ded[e] |
to fear | megigi |
to flow | cithail |
to fly | ded, naejo, ruel |
to grow | hmalo, puze[on] |
to hear | dredreŋ, taedrengi |
to hide | oeo |
to hit | riridi |
to hold | punise |
to hunt | tango ia |
to kill | penet |
to know, be knowledgeable | carajewe, thuni, ule |
to laugh | numa |
to lie down | guni |
to live, be alive | roi |
to open, uncover | toebot, tohe |
to plant | can |
to pound, beat | beie, beye |
to say | ie |
to scratch | keric |
to see | ciule |
to sew | yethi, yeyethi |
to shoot | pehna|ni |
to sit | memeŋ, meneng |
to sleep | nidreti, thaetì |
to sniff, smell | siŋod |
to spit | kadeu[on] |
to split | ceges |
to squeeze | wisereiè |
to stab, pierce | thiŋi |
to stand | ser[e] |
to steal | eno |
to suck | kua|mimi, kumon |
to swell | coc |
to swim | al, se |
to think | tutuo[n] |
to throw | cedon |
to tie up, fasten | thurul |
to turn | colo |
to walk | huè |
to vomit | nija |
to work | ruac |
to yawn | hoamo |