Bonggi

Introduction

Bonggi is a language of Malaysia. It is spoken in Sabah, Kudat district, Banggi island. 15 villages.

Dialects

Most similar to Molbog (See: Molbog?) of the Philippines. Lexical similarity with dialects of Brunei Bisaya (See: Bisaya, Brunei?): 58% with Sarawak dialect and 57%–59% with Brunei dialect.

The Bonggi Verb

Verblist

• biag -- to live, be alive
• ĕmpāno -- to walk
• ĕndabu -- to fall
• ĕŋgadak -- to sniff, smell
• ěŋgafi -- to cook
• ĕŋgĕnifi -- to dream
• ĕŋinum -- to drink
• fandi -- to know, be knowledgeable
• ilab -- to spit
• intaŋ -- to breathe
• kĕtofo -- to cut, hack
• kidoŋor -- to hear
• lampad -- to fly
• lěmuŋi -- to swim
• māti -- to die, be dead
• mĕlak -- to split
• miātaŋ -- to come
• mihir -- to think
• mili -- to choose
• modop -- to sleep
• mohodn -- to eat
• moli -- to buy
• molok -- to fear
• moro -- to say
• mufuŋ -- to sit
• musuk -- to stab, pierce
• nahu -- to steal
• nanam -- to plant
• niap -- to count
• nigad -- to tie up, fasten
• nimbak -- to shoot
• nohol -- to bite
• nuhud -- to scratch
• numbuk -- to hit
• nunsup -- to suck
• nutugn -- to burn
• sĕmarik -- to lie down
• sĕmblahi -- to climb
• tĕmeis -- to cry
• tiŋgiwa -- to open, uncover