Sama, Central

usefulness; value; need.

Compare: Sanskrit guna , "merit"; Javanese guna , "benefit".

This thing has usefulness for us.

Mbal niyah guna-na.

Its usefulness is nothing.

It's useless.

1.

N-, mag-

to give honor; to value.

Kau tutu mbal ngangguna kampung nu.

This you does not honor your relatives.

You don't honor you relatives.

Subey kitabi magguna salih-salih.

We all should [give] the same value [to each other].

loman, paheya (heya), nipagaddatan (addat), mahaltabat

2.

N-

to be useful; to be helpful; to be considerate; to be of service.

Ngangguna si Abdul.

Abdul is helpful.

need.

Kagunahan ku ngadjih pahalu.

My need is to study tomorrow.

to be valuable; to be needful; to be germane.

This one is the really valuable one, this group of words -- because [all of the meaning is] gathered here.

to have a proclivity for being helpful.

Pangangguna toongan si Abdul.

Abdul is habitually helpful.