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Fula
Etymology
From Proto-Fula-Serer *li(ɓ), whence also Serer liɓ. Cognate with Baga Pokur ɛ-lì.[1]
Noun
liingu nde (plural liɗɗi ɗi)
- fish
Usage notes
References
- I.A. Mukoshy, A Fulfulde-English Dictionary, Ibadan, HEBN Publishers Plc, 2014.
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
- D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, and J. Donohoe, A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
- F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)
- G.V. Zubko, Kamuusu Pular (Fulfulde)-Riisinkoore-Faransinkoore, "Riisinkoore" 1980
- ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 139