Sama, Central - bahangi

bahangi

night time; overnight.

Bahangi refers to night as a period of time, differing from sangom , "night".

I am going to the farm overnight.

a wake for the dead; a death watch.

A death watch is given for one who has just died.

Bahangi siyan llow tutu?

Whose wake is today?

magbahangi

‘wake’ to observe a wake; to conduct a death watch.

Aku luman ni lumah aa magbahangi.

I am going to the house of the person having the wake.

dambahangi

one night.

lalom bahangi

‘time’ late at night; deep in the night.

tongah bahangi

‘time’ midnight.

Literally, "half the night".