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