muuɗde

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Fula

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Etymology

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From muuɗ- +‎ -de. Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *muɗ (to eat something starchy), whence also Serer muɗ (to eat something starchy). Likely also related to Proto-Fula-Serer *mʊd/ɗ (to swallow)[1]

Verb

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muuɗde

  1. (Pulaar) to eat a floury, starchy substance
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References

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  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Comparative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 124