ouolof

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɔ.lɔf/
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Noun

ouolof m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wolof
    • 1830, René Caillié, Voyage à Tombouctou, Paris: La Découverte, published 1996, →ISBN, page 47:
      [...] un Foulah vint me trouver au pied de l’arbre où je reposais, et me demanda en ouolof, que j’entendais, un grigri pour avoir des richesses ; je le lui écrivis, et en reconnaissance il me donna une jatte de lait.
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