bonto
See also: bontó
Akan
Noun
bonto
Italian
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔn.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔnto
- Hyphenation: bòn‧to
Noun
bonto m (plural bonti)
- synonym of inia (“Amazon River dolphin”)
Makasar
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *buntu (“high ground; mainland”). Cognate Buginese botto, Toraja-Sa'dan buntu (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbonto/, [ˈɓɔ̃n.t̪ʰɔ]
- Hyphenation: bon‧to
Noun
bonto (Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨈᨚ)
- high ground, elevated ground in a plain, on which villages are built (in flat terrain, wet rice fields are established)
- mainland, shore
Affixations
- aʼbonto
- aʼbonto-bonto
Further reading
- Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN