ɓokki
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See also: bokki
Fula[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- 𞤩𞤮𞤳𞥆𞤭 (Adlam)
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Serer ɓaak (“baobab”). From a proposed Proto Fula-Serer *ɓaak, from Proto-Atlantic *ɓɔk[1] Cognate with Laalaa ɓɔh (“baobab”).[2]
Noun[edit]
- baobab (Adansonia digitata)
- Synonym: (Fouta Djallon) ɓohe
Usage notes[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- ɓowko (augmentative)
- ɓongel, ɓowkon, ɓokkon (diminutive)
References[edit]
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
- ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN
- ^ El Hadji Dieye, M. (2010) DESCRIPTION D’UNE LANGUE CANGIN DU SENEGAL : le laalaa (léhar)[1], Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, page 35