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Fula
Etymology
From Proto-Fula-Serer *xoor/d, whence also Serer xooro/koora (“star”). The Proto-Atlantic root is likely koʈ[1] Possibly cognate with Laalaa ol (“star”).
Noun
hoorre nde (plural ɗe koode)
- (Adamawa) star
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References
- ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 65
- Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1998) Dictionnaire peul de l'agriculture et de la nature (Diamaré, Cameroun), suivi d'un index français-fulfulde (in French), Paris: Karthala, →ISBN, retrieved 24 April 2023