Wiktionary

bonugol

Fula edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From bon- +‎ -u +‎ -gol. Cognate with Serer bon (“to be bad”), Wolof bon (“to be bad”). Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *bon (bad).[1]

Verb edit

bonugol

  1. (Pular) to be bad (of persons or things)
  2. to be ruined, deteriorate, get damaged
    Ñiiri ndin bonii, ñaamotaako!
    The meal is ruined; it is no longer edible!
    si go'o bonii ɗiɗi moƴƴataa
    if the one goes badly, two won't be good.

References edit

  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Comparative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 320
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