bonugol

Fula

Alternative forms

(Adamawa) wonnaago
(Adamawa) wongo

Etymology

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

bonugol

(Pular) to be bad (of persons or things)
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

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

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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