Malay

Alternative forms

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

Prefix

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”)

Usage notes

• (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-.