bongana

Tabaru

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate banga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbo.ŋa.na]

Noun

bongana (underlying form bongan)

  1. forest, woods
    'o bongana mabounu wasaame ― he smelled the air of the woods

References

  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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