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tinggal
One of its kind (none other has ever existed).
It serves as an intensifier for the number one. Sentences could be just as well understood without it.
Ga' katambahan anaknen, tinggal du dembuwa'-buwa'.
She has no other child; there is just one and only one.
Tinggal dembuwa'-buwa' du Tuhanin.
God is one and only one.
ninggal
Only.
One or one kind of a class of things is left or remains of a collection of similar things. As e.g. one kind of jewelry or building materials. Ninggal is the preferred form though tinggal is possible.
Ubus pabellihanne kēmon panyap sōng hininangne luma'in, luwal ninggal (tinggal) olom talebbihin.
He has sold all materials for the house he was going to build, only posts are left.
Ninggal (tinggal) dembuwa' sinsim matelebbihin.
Only one ring is left.
ninggal
with the negative existential
None or nothing whatsoever.
Ga' niya' ninggal me' panyap luma'nen.
None whatsoever of the materials of his house are left.
Ga' ne niya' ninggal me' pamulawannen.
None whatsoever of her jewelry is left.
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