pibuno-bunòi

Makasar

Etymology

Reduplication of pi- +‎ buno (“to kill”) +‎ -i.

Verb

pibuno-bunòi (Lontara spelling ᨄᨗᨅᨘᨊᨚᨅᨘᨊᨚᨓᨗ or 𑻣𑻳𑻤𑻴𑻨𑻶𑻤𑻴𑻨𑻶𑻯𑻳)

1. (transitive) to not stop until someone is killed; to continuously vent one's murderous lust on

   Naciniki mate napibuno-bunòi pole

   He sees that he is dead, yet he keeps venting his murderous lust on him
   (idiomatic: said of someone who inflicts new suffering on a person already stricken by grief or disaster).

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN