pemang : process of doing away with / process of destroying / process of killing

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
Part of speech: verb inanimate transitive
Translation: He/she is in the process of doing away with it
Gloss: process of doing away with
Gloss: process of destroying
Gloss: process of killing
Example:
Text: Mawiansue'g wen goqwei pemang.
Translation: It is always sad when someone is in the process of destroying something.
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: be·mank
Alternate grammatical form:
pemanm — I am in the process of doing away with it — (first person singular animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)
pemanmeg — We are in the process of doing away with it — (first person plural exclusive animate subject, third person singular inanimate object)

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