Sama, Central - bannal

true; right; correct; genuine.

When this stem is reduplicated, it adds emphasis.

Bang bannal maksud nu, hadjatun mattoa ku.

If your purpose is genuine, visit my parents.

That thing is true!

That is absolutely true!

Bang bannal-bannal du niyah balakat tampat mboh Hadjih, mbal du pin kami buhow.

If it is really true [that] there is power from the grave of that grandfather Hadji, we shall certainly not be capsizing.

Bannal kow.

You are right.

towwah

1.

pa-, caus.

to cause or allow to be truthful; to cause to be right; to cause to be correct about something.

Mbal niyah pabannal bey min bissala-na.

There is nothing that allows truth from his speech.

2.

to be correct.

Bannal nu.

You are correct.

towwah

to be convinced.

Ley kita kabannalan eh bissala-na.

We were convinced by his words.

Lai na kow kabannalan!

You have already convinced [us]!/ Now you are convincing us! [This example is of the other person being caught in his words.]

sulut, amu

mag-

‘true’ to believe something is true; to believe in the truth of something.

Mbal aku magpakibannal ma batuk-batuk-na.

I don't believe in the truth of his story.

truth (specific); the one true thing.

This form is primarily used in equational clauses.

Sabannal-na man-na aku ngandoleh basa eh na ngoddoh gital ku.

The truth is the reason I am angry is because him getting my guitar.

Hakaan ta kow sabannal na.

I am telling you the truth now.

mag-

‘truth’ to be truthful.

Magsabannal na kow, kau ka bey nangkow atawa siyan?

You be truthful now, are you the one who stole or who?

kahagad, paratsaya

truth (abstract); truthfulness; also, evident truthfulness; fulfillment; veracity.

Mbal niyah kasabannalan-na na ley aku matey!

Its truth is nothing now [that] I have died!

There is no truth to the statement that I have died!

Katoonan bi gih iyan ya kasabannalan.

You all will know what is the truth.

Ley niyah ru kasabannalan bissala-na.

There was indeed the fulfillment of his words.

What he said panned out.

Niyah kasabannalan bissala-na.

His words have truth/veracity./ There is veracity [to] his words.

kabbul, tandah