# bonga
## Fanagalo
### Etymology

From Zulu -bonga.

### Verb

bonga
* to thank
* to praise

## Garo
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:).

### Numeral

bonga
* five

## Karao
### Noun

bonga
* flower

## Malagasy
### Noun

bonga
* clod of earth
* (dialectal) hill

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From bunga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa.

### Noun

bonga
* fruit

## Maranao
### Noun

bonga
* fruit

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbonɡa/ [ˈbõŋ.ɡa]
* Rhymes: -onɡa
* Syllabification: bon‧ga

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bonga f (plural bongas)
* (Colombia) silk-cotton tree
    Synonym: ceiba

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog bunga.

#### Noun

bonga f (plural bongas)
* (Philippines) a mixture of areca nut and betel pepper leaves customarily used for betelnut chewing
    Synonyms: buyo, betel
* (Philippines) areca nut

### Further reading

* “bonga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
* Abella, Venancio María de (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 113

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-bonga.

### Verb

-bonga
* to thank
* to praise

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-bonga.

### Verb

-bonga
* to thank
* to praise

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-bonga.

### Verb

-bonga
* (transitive) to thank
* (transitive) to praise, to laud
    Synonym: -dumisa
* (transitive) to recognise, to show appreciation for

#### Inflection

Tone L :
| Infinitive | ukubonga |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukubonga | ukungabongi |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | bonga | -bonge |
| Plural | bongani | -bongeni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyabonga, ngibonga | engibongayo, engibonga | ngibonga | angibongi | engingabongi | ngingabongi |
| 2nd singular | uyabonga, ubonga | obongayo, obonga | ubonga | awubongi | ongabongi | ungabongi |
| 1st plural | siyabonga, sibonga | esibongayo, esibonga | sibonga | asibongi | esingabongi | singabongi |
| 2nd plural | niyabonga, nibonga | enibongayo, enibonga | nibonga | anibongi | eningabongi | ningabongi |
| Class 1 | uyabonga, ubonga | obongayo, obonga | ebonga | akabongi | ongabongi | engabongi |
| Class 2 | bayabonga, babonga | ababongayo, ababonga | bebonga | ababongi | abangabongi | bengabongi |
| Class 3 | uyabonga, ubonga | obongayo, obonga | ubonga | awubongi | ongabongi | ungabongi |
| Class 4 | iyabonga, ibonga | ebongayo, ebonga | ibonga | ayibongi | engabongi | ingabongi |
| Class 5 | liyabonga, libonga | elibongayo, elibonga | libonga | alibongi | elingabongi | lingabongi |
| Class 6 | ayabonga, abonga | abongayo, abonga | ebonga | awabongi | angabongi | engabongi |
| Class 7 | siyabonga, sibonga | esibongayo, esibonga | sibonga | asibongi | esingabongi | singabongi |
| Class 8 | ziyabonga, zibonga | ezibongayo, ezibonga | zibonga | azibongi | ezingabongi | zingabongi |
| Class 9 | iyabonga, ibonga | ebongayo, ebonga | ibonga | ayibongi | engabongi | ingabongi |
| Class 10 | ziyabonga, zibonga | ezibongayo, ezibonga | zibonga | azibongi | ezingabongi | zingabongi |
| Class 11 | luyabonga, lubonga | olubongayo, olubonga | lubonga | alubongi | olungabongi | lungabongi |
| Class 14 | buyabonga, bubonga | obubongayo, obubonga | bubonga | abubongi | obungabongi | bungabongi |
| Class 15 | kuyabonga, kubonga | okubongayo, okubonga | kubonga | akubongi | okungabongi | kungabongi |
| Class 17 | kuyabonga, kubonga | okubongayo, okubonga | kubonga | akubongi | okungabongi | kungabongi |
| | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngibongile, ngibongē | engibongile, engibongē | ngibongile, ngibongē | angibonganga | engingabonganga | ngingabonganga |
| 2nd singular | ubongile, ubongē | obongile, obongē | ubongile, ubongē | awubonganga | ongabonganga | ungabonganga |
| 1st plural | sibongile, sibongē | esibongile, esibongē | sibongile, sibongē | asibonganga | esingabonganga | singabonganga |
| 2nd plural | nibongile, nibongē | enibongile, enibongē | nibongile, nibongē | anibonganga | eningabonganga | ningabonganga |
| Class 1 | ubongile, ubongē | obongile, obongē | ebongile, ebongē | akabonganga | ongabonganga | engabonganga |
| Class 2 | babongile, babongē | ababongile, ababongē | bebongile, bebongē | ababonganga | abangabonganga | bengabonganga |
| Class 3 | ubongile, ubongē | obongile, obongē | ubongile, ubongē | awubonganga | ongabonganga | ungabonganga |
| Class 4 | ibongile, ibongē | ebongile, ebongē | ibongile, ibongē | ayibonganga | engabonganga | ingabonganga |
| Class 5 | libongile, libongē | elibongile, elibongē | libongile, libongē | alibonganga | elingabonganga | lingabonganga |
| Class 6 | abongile, abongē | abongile, abongē | ebongile, ebongē | awabonganga | angabonganga | engabonganga |
| Class 7 | sibongile, sibongē | esibongile, esibongē | sibongile, sibongē | asibonganga | esingabonganga | singabonganga |
| Class 8 | zibongile, zibongē | ezibongile, ezibongē | zibongile, zibongē | azibonganga | ezingabonganga | zingabonganga |
| Class 9 | ibongile, ibongē | ebongile, ebongē | ibongile, ibongē | ayibonganga | engabonganga | ingabonganga |
| Class 10 | zibongile, zibongē | ezibongile, ezibongē | zibongile, zibongē | azibonganga | ezingabonganga | zingabonganga |
| Class 11 | lubongile, lubongē | olubongile, olubongē | lubongile, lubongē | alubonganga | olungabonganga | lungabonganga |
| Class 14 | bubongile, bubongē | obubongile, obubongē | bubongile, bubongē | abubonganga | obungabonganga | bungabonganga |
| Class 15 | kubongile, kubongē | okubongile, okubongē | kubongile, kubongē | akubonganga | okungabonganga | kungabonganga |
| Class 17 | kubongile, kubongē | okubongile, okubongē | kubongile, kubongē | akubonganga | okungabonganga | kungabonganga |
| | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngābonga | engābonga | ngābonga | angibonganga | engingabonganga | ngingabonganga |
| 2nd singular | wābonga | owābonga | wābonga | awubonganga | ongabonganga | ungabonganga |
| 1st plural | sābonga | esābonga | sābonga | asibonganga | esingabonganga | singabonganga |
| 2nd plural | nābonga | enābonga | nābonga | anibonganga | eningabonganga | ningabonganga |
| Class 1 | wābonga | owābonga | ābonga | akabonganga | ongabonganga | engabonganga |
| Class 2 | bābonga | abābonga | bābonga | ababonganga | abangabonganga | bengabonganga |
| Class 3 | wābonga | owābonga | wābonga | awubonganga | ongabonganga | ungabonganga |
| Class 4 | yābonga | eyābonga | yābonga | ayibonganga | engabonganga | ingabonganga |
| Class 5 | lābonga | elābonga | lābonga | alibonganga | elingabonganga | lingabonganga |
| Class 6 | ābonga | ābonga | ābonga | awabonganga | angabonganga | engabonganga |
| Class 7 | sābonga | esābonga | sābonga | asibonganga | esingabonganga | singabonganga |
| Class 8 | zābonga | ezābonga | zābonga | azibonganga | ezingabonganga | zingabonganga |
| Class 9 | yābonga | eyābonga | yābonga | ayibonganga | engabonganga | ingabonganga |
| Class 10 | zābonga | ezābonga | zābonga | azibonganga | ezingabonganga | zingabonganga |
| Class 11 | lwābonga | olwābonga | lwābonga | alubonganga | olungabonganga | lungabonganga |
| Class 14 | bābonga | obābonga | bābonga | abubonganga | obungabonganga | bungabonganga |
| Class 15 | kwābonga | okwābonga | kwābonga | akubonganga | okungabonganga | kungabonganga |
| Class 17 | kwābonga | okwābonga | kwābonga | akubonganga | okungabonganga | kungabonganga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingabonga | — | ngingabonga | ngingebonge | — | ngingebonge |
| 2nd singular | ungabonga | — | ungabonga | ungebonge | — | ungebonge |
| 1st plural | singabonga | — | singabonga | singebonge | — | singebonge |
| 2nd plural | ningabonga | — | ningabonga | ningebonge | — | ningebonge |
| Class 1 | angabonga | — | engabonga | angebonge | — | engebonge |
| Class 2 | bangabonga | — | bengabonga | bangebonge | — | bengebonge |
| Class 3 | ungabonga | — | ungabonga | ungebonge | — | ungebonge |
| Class 4 | ingabonga | — | ingabonga | ingebonge | — | ingebonge |
| Class 5 | lingabonga | — | lingabonga | lingebonge | — | lingebonge |
| Class 6 | angabonga | — | engabonga | angebonge | — | engebonge |
| Class 7 | singabonga | — | singabonga | singebonge | — | singebonge |
| Class 8 | zingabonga | — | zingabonga | zingebonge | — | zingebonge |
| Class 9 | ingabonga | — | ingabonga | ingebonge | — | ingebonge |
| Class 10 | zingabonga | — | zingabonga | zingebonge | — | zingebonge |
| Class 11 | lungabonga | — | lungabonga | lungebonge | — | lungebonge |
| Class 14 | bungabonga | — | bungabonga | bungebonge | — | bungebonge |
| Class 15 | kungabonga | — | kungabonga | kungebonge | — | kungebonge |
| Class 17 | kungabonga | — | kungabonga | kungebonge | — | kungebonge |
| | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngizobonga | engizobonga | ngizobonga | angizubonga | engingezubonga | ngingezubonga |
| 2nd singular | uzobonga | ozobonga | uzobonga | awuzubonga | ongezubonga | ungezubonga |
| 1st plural | sizobonga | esizobonga | sizobonga | asizubonga | esingezubonga | singezubonga |
| 2nd plural | nizobonga | enizobonga | nizobonga | anizubonga | eningezubonga | ningezubonga |
| Class 1 | uzobonga | ozobonga | ezobonga | akazubonga | ongezubonga | engezubonga |
| Class 2 | bazobonga | abazobonga | bezobonga | abazubonga | abangezubonga | bengezubonga |
| Class 3 | uzobonga | ozobonga | uzobonga | awuzubonga | ongezubonga | ungezubonga |
| Class 4 | izobonga | ezobonga | izobonga | ayizubonga | engezubonga | ingezubonga |
| Class 5 | lizobonga | elizobonga | lizobonga | alizubonga | elingezubonga | lingezubonga |
| Class 6 | azobonga | azobonga | ezobonga | awazubonga | angezubonga | engezubonga |
| Class 7 | sizobonga | esizobonga | sizobonga | asizubonga | esingezubonga | singezubonga |
| Class 8 | zizobonga | ezizobonga | zizobonga | azizubonga | ezingezubonga | zingezubonga |
| Class 9 | izobonga | ezobonga | izobonga | ayizubonga | engezubonga | ingezubonga |
| Class 10 | zizobonga | ezizobonga | zizobonga | azizubonga | ezingezubonga | zingezubonga |
| Class 11 | luzobonga | oluzobonga | luzobonga | aluzubonga | olungezubonga | lungezubonga |
| Class 14 | buzobonga | obuzobonga | buzobonga | abuzubonga | obungezubonga | bungezubonga |
| Class 15 | kuzobonga | okuzobonga | kuzobonga | akuzubonga | okungezubonga | kungezubonga |
| Class 17 | kuzobonga | okuzobonga | kuzobonga | akuzubonga | okungezubonga | kungezubonga |
| | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyobonga | engiyobonga | ngiyobonga | angiyubonga | engingeyubonga | ngingeyubonga |
| 2nd singular | uyobonga | oyobonga | uyobonga | awuyubonga | ongeyubonga | ungeyubonga |
| 1st plural | siyobonga | esiyobonga | siyobonga | asiyubonga | esingeyubonga | singeyubonga |
| 2nd plural | niyobonga | eniyobonga | niyobonga | aniyubonga | eningeyubonga | ningeyubonga |
| Class 1 | uyobonga | oyobonga | eyobonga | akayubonga | ongeyubonga | engeyubonga |
| Class 2 | bayobonga | abayobonga | beyobonga | abayubonga | abangeyubonga | bengeyubonga |
| Class 3 | uyobonga | oyobonga | uyobonga | awuyubonga | ongeyubonga | ungeyubonga |
| Class 4 | iyobonga | eyobonga | iyobonga | ayiyubonga | engeyubonga | ingeyubonga |
| Class 5 | liyobonga | eliyobonga | liyobonga | aliyubonga | elingeyubonga | lingeyubonga |
| Class 6 | ayobonga | ayobonga | eyobonga | awayubonga | angeyubonga | engeyubonga |
| Class 7 | siyobonga | esiyobonga | siyobonga | asiyubonga | esingeyubonga | singeyubonga |
| Class 8 | ziyobonga | eziyobonga | ziyobonga | aziyubonga | ezingeyubonga | zingeyubonga |
| Class 9 | iyobonga | eyobonga | iyobonga | ayiyubonga | engeyubonga | ingeyubonga |
| Class 10 | ziyobonga | eziyobonga | ziyobonga | aziyubonga | ezingeyubonga | zingeyubonga |
| Class 11 | luyobonga | oluyobonga | luyobonga | aluyubonga | olungeyubonga | lungeyubonga |
| Class 14 | buyobonga | obuyobonga | buyobonga | abuyubonga | obungeyubonga | bungeyubonga |
| Class 15 | kuyobonga | okuyobonga | kuyobonga | akuyubonga | okungeyubonga | kungeyubonga |
| Class 17 | kuyobonga | okuyobonga | kuyobonga | akuyubonga | okungeyubonga | kungeyubonga |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngibonge | ngingabongi |
| 2nd singular | ubonge | ungabongi |
| 1st plural | sibonge | singabongi |
| 2nd plural | nibonge | ningabongi |
| Class 1 | abonge | angabongi |
| Class 2 | babonge | bangabongi |
| Class 3 | ubonge | ungabongi |
| Class 4 | ibonge | ingabongi |
| Class 5 | libonge | lingabongi |
| Class 6 | abonge | angabongi |
| Class 7 | sibonge | singabongi |
| Class 8 | zibonge | zingabongi |
| Class 9 | ibonge | ingabongi |
| Class 10 | zibonge | zingabongi |
| Class 11 | lubonge | lungabongi |
| Class 14 | bubonge | bungabongi |
| Class 15 | kubonge | kungabongi |
| Class 17 | kubonge | kungabongi |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngabonga | ngangabonga, angabonga, angangabonga |
| 2nd singular | wabonga | wangabonga, awabonga, awangabonga |
| 1st plural | sabonga | sangabonga, asabonga, asangabonga |
| 2nd plural | nabonga | nangabonga, anabonga, anangabonga |
| Class 1 | wabonga | wangabonga, akabonga, akangabonga |
| Class 2 | babonga | bangabonga, ababonga, abangabonga |
| Class 3 | wabonga | wangabonga, awabonga, awangabonga |
| Class 4 | yabonga | yangabonga, ayabonga, ayangabonga |
| Class 5 | labonga | langabonga, alabonga, alangabonga |
| Class 6 | abonga | angabonga, awabonga, awangabonga |
| Class 7 | sabonga | sangabonga, asabonga, asangabonga |
| Class 8 | zabonga | zangabonga, azabonga, azangabonga |
| Class 9 | yabonga | yangabonga, ayabonga, ayangabonga |
| Class 10 | zabonga | zangabonga, azabonga, azangabonga |
| Class 11 | lwabonga | lwangabonga, alwabonga, alwangabonga |
| Class 14 | babonga | bangabonga, ababonga, abangabonga |
| Class 15 | kwabonga | kwangabonga, akwabonga, akwangabonga |
| Class 17 | kwabonga | kwangabonga, akwabonga, akwangabonga |

#### Derived terms

* -bongela (applicative)
* -bongeka (neuter-passive)
* imbongi
* isibongo