Problem:IOL/2017/i5/en

IOL 2017 Problem #5 Madak
Here are some words in Madak and their English translations:

(a) Give a literal translation of the word lavatbungmenemen.

⚠ Madak belongs to the Meso-Melanesian group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family. It is spoken by approx. 3000 people in Papua New Guinea (New Ireland). ng = ng in hang. x is the voiced counterpart of ch in Scottish loch or German Bach.

—Ivan Derzhanski