Cia-Cia edit

Etymology edit

From the stative prefix 모-.

Verb edit

몰렝오 (molengo)

  1. (to be) long; to take a long time
    • 1991, Murtaba Muru, "La Isa-Isa", as reproduced in René van den Berg, "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language (South Buton)", in Excursies in Celebes, pages 317-322:
      Cia-mo na-mo-lengo no-hela-'e-mo ka-kabua-no.
      It was not long before he caught a fish.
    • 2009, 바하사 찌아찌아 1, "부리":
      아마노 노뽀옴바에 이아 나누몬또 뗄레ᄫᅵ시 꼴리에 노몰렝오.