meng-

From Malay meng-, Proto-Malayic *mAŋ-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maŋ-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maŋ-, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *maŋ-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋ-, from Proto-Austronesian *maŋ-.

• IPA^(key): /məŋ/
• Hyphenation: mêng

meng-

1. agent focus, frequently but erroneously called "active voice", for AVO word order.
   • mengatur (“to arrange; arranges; arranging”)
   • membaca (“to read; reads; reading”)
   • mencabut (“to remove; removes; removing”)
   • menderma (“to donate; donates; donating”)
   • mengelak (“to avoid; avoids; avoiding”)
   • memahami (“to understand; understands; understanding”)
   • memfitnah (“to lie; lies; lying (about someone)”)
   • menggali (“to dig; digs; digging”)
   • menghantar (“to deliver; delivers; delivering”)
   • mengikat (“to tie; ties; tying”)
   • menjolok (“to poke; pokes; poking”)
   • mengira (“to count; counts; counting”)
   • melamar (“to propose; proposes; proposing”)
   • memakan (“to eat; eats; eating”)
   • menyanyi (“to sing; sings; singing”)
   • mengolah (“to edit; edits; editing”)
   • memukul (“to hit; hits; hitting”)
   • merawat (“to treat; treats; treating”)
   • menyapu (“to sweep; sweep; sweeping”)
   • menambah (“to add; adds; adding”)
   • mengurus (“to manage; manages; managing”)
   • mengebom (“to bomb; bombs; bombing”)

• me- (IPA^(key): /mə/, before initials of /l/, /m/, /n/, /ɲ/ ⟨ny⟩, /ŋ/ ⟨ng⟩, /r/, /w/ and /y/.)
• mem- (IPA^(key): /məm/, before initials of /b/, /p/ or /f/, except initial per-, will remove initial /p/, will sometimes remove initial /f/)
• men- (IPA^(key): /mən/, before initials of /d/, and /t/, will remove initial /t/)
• men- (IPA^(key): /məɲ/, before initials of /t͡ʃ/ ⟨c⟩, /d͡ʒ/ ⟨j⟩, /ʃ/ ⟨sy⟩, and /z/)
• meng- (IPA^(key): /məŋ/, before initials of /g/, /h/, /k/ and vowels, will sometimes remove initial /k/)
• menge- (IPA^(key): /məŋə/, before monosyllabic roots)
• meny- (IPA^(key): /məɲ/, before initials of /s/, will remove initial /s/)

• “meng-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

• me-
• mem-
• men-
• meny-
• menge-
• مڠ-‎
• م-‎
• مم-‎
• من-‎
• مڽ-‎

From Proto-Malayic *mAŋ-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maŋ-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maŋ-, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *maŋ-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋ-, from Proto-Austronesian *maŋ-.

• (before IPA^(key): /l/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /ɲ/, /r/, /w/, /y/) IPA^(key): /mə/
• (before IPA^(key): /b/, /p/, /f/) IPA^(key): /məm/
• (before IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/, /d/, /d͡ʒ/, /t/, /z/) IPA^(key): /mən/
• (before IPA^(key): /ɡ/, /h/, /k/, vowels) IPA^(key): /məŋ/
• (before IPA^(key): /s/) IPA^(key): /məɲ/
• (before monosyllabic roots) IPA^(key): /məŋə/

meng- (Jawi spelling مڠ-‎)

1. agent focus, frequently but erroneously called "active voice", for AVO word order.
   • mengatur (“to arrange; arranges; arranging”)
   • membaca (“to read; reads; reading”)
   • mencabut (“to remove; removes; removing”)
   • menderma (“to donate; donates; donating”)
   • mengelak (“to avoid; avoids; avoiding”)
   • memahami (“to understand; understands; understanding”)
   • memfitnah (“to lie; lies; lying (about someone)”)
   • menggali (“to dig; digs; digging”)
   • menghantar (“to deliver; delivers; delivering”)
   • mengikat (“to tie; ties; tying”)
   • menjolok (“to poke; pokes; poking”)
   • mengira (“to count; counts; counting”)
   • melamar (“to propose; proposes; proposing”)
   • memakan (“to eat; eats; eating”)
   • menyanyi (“to sing; sings; singing”)
   • mengolah (“to edit; edits; editing”)
   • memukul (“to hit; hits; hitting”)
   • merawat (“to treat; treats; treating”)
   • menyapu (“to sweep; sweep; sweeping”)
   • menambah (“to add; adds; adding”)
   • mengurus (“to manage; manages; managing”)
   • mengebom (“to bomb; bombs; bombing”)

• (before l, m, n, ng, ny, r, w and y) meng- will be written as me-.
• (before b and f) meng- will be written as mem-.
• (before p and rarely f) meng- will be written as mem- and will require the removal of the first p or f.
• (before c, d, j and z) meng- will be written as men-.
• (before t) meng- will be written as men- and will require the removal of the first t.
• (before g and h) meng- remains written as meng-.
• (before k) meng- remains written as meng- and will require the removal of the first k.
• (before s) meng- will be written as meny- and will require the removal of the first s.
• (before monosyllabic roots) meng- will be written as menge-.