njamndi

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Fula

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Fula-Serer *njɛlɛm (iron), whence also Serer njelem/celem (iron).[1] Cognate with Wolof njelem.

Noun

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njamndi ndi (plural jamɗe ɗe)

  1. (Adamawa, Maasina) iron

References

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  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 98