mángmángál1intransitive verbEnglishempty; uninhabitedPákánbung iau han ur Kábám suri mákmák sur Natanael ngo giura worwor, mái sár kápte te kálámul. A tu mángmángál á malar.When I went to Kábám to see Natanael so we could talk, however there were no people. The village was empty.mangaumau2inalienable nounEnglishemptiness; absenceKálámul er a hut i mángmángál i kán nana. Ái kán nana di dikte han ur Kokopo mák hut ái i kápkápán i di.That man arrived in the emptiness/absence of his mother. His mother and them had already gone to Kokopo and he arrived in their absence.kápkápán2

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