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menu₁
/mɔnu/
v_rt.
“how”

ques.
how
Menua si Anlakeb kuntee?
How is Anlakob today?
Mamenu kew red diyè?
How are you all there?
Mamenu kun-a karalem ka weyig.
How deep do they say the river is?
Mamenua ka tahasalug?
What is the 'tahasalug' type of rice like?
Kenè ne iyan ku innendini ne menu egbuyu a keykew te seleppì!
It is not my purpose of coming in order to ask you money!
Eng. what like
OCM: Grammar (193)
DDP: Question words (9.2.3.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: F

ques.
(egmenuwen, eg><en-) how; why
Egmenuwen tad te eg-engked ka me salè ta?
How do we go about leaving behind our sins?
Eng. how; why
OCM: Grammar (193)
DDP: Question words (9.2.3.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: G

v.
(egkamenu, namenu, egkA><ø-) to have happened; what happened
Namenu kun a ka manuk? Ingkahat te asu.
What did they say happened to the chicken? It was bitten by a dog.
Eng. happened; what happened; affected; harmed; injured; damaged; broken
Tag. anó ang nangyari
WBM: menu
OCM: Grammar (193)
DDP: Question words (9.2.3.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: G

ques.
(igmenu, ig><ø-) what relationship
Igmenu si Rus (te) ni Lurina?
What relation is Rose to Lorena?
Eng. what relationship
OCM: Grammar (193)
DDP: Question words (9.2.3.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: G

ques.
(nekegmenu, nekeg-) how is something (e.g work)
Nekegmenu kad naan e te himu niyu, neimpusan e?
How is your work going, is it finished?
Eng. how
OCM: Grammar (193)
DDP: Question words (9.2.3.4)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: G

Updated by: RJH,RUL,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 08/Dec/2011

Links to texts

"menuwen" in text "Examples of Anit"

Links to health books

"Egmenuwen-a" in healthbook "Mania te keilangan neg lu-luan ta ka me belad ta?"

"Egmenuwen-a" in healthbook "Migpamawian ni Inuk ka sumbaley rin ne migpangaliskis"

"Egmenuwen" in healthbook "Migpamawian ni Inuk ka sumbaley rin ne migpangaliskis"

"egkamenu" in healthbook "Mania teg pakapatey kag iindes?"

"egmenuwen-a" in healthbook "Mania teg pakapatey kag iindes?"

Link to Bible concordance

Links to songbook

"Namenu" in song "Si Hunas"

"namenu" in song "Si Hunas"

"Namenu" in song "Si Hunas"

"namenu" in song "Si Hunas"