Yakan - bengngi

bengngi

Scent, fragrance (of perfumes, fruit, food, flowers, etc.).

Ta'ūkku bengngi marangin si luma'ku.

I can smell the fragrance of the marang-fruit in my house.

Fragrant; pleasant (of smell or scent).

Bengngi pagsayul bawang sina'in.

Garlic is fragrant when cooked with vegetables.

hamut

bewwan langtu langsa

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bengngi budjang

A pleasant scent (lit. fragrance of young girl).

When someone goes by and one catches a whiff of perfume one says the above. Meaning that it is usually young girls who use perfume.