Sama, Central - toongan

really; very.

Heka toongan mandusiya diilow.

Very many people [were here] yesterday.

Ballat toongan anu tutu.

This thing is very heavy.

Bannal toongan.

Really true./ Verily.

highly; very.

Aa naan nipag-addatan toongan eh mandusiya.

That person is to be highly respected by folks.

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to be sincere; to really mean something.

Bey mahanda sigeya, bey mahanda ngudjuh, mbal bey noongan, basa pag nisokatan, mbal bey taaku.

They asked for a wife, [they] asked for wife [in a way which was interpreted as] ridicule, [they] weren't sincere, because when the bride price was to be negotiated, [they said they] couldn't afford [it].

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