coggal

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Fula[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the root sogg-, cogg-. From Proto-Fula-Serer *coggal, whence also Serer cogal (herd).[1]

Noun[edit]

coggal ngal (plural cogge ɗe)

  1. herd of cattle (or other animals)[2]
  2. herd of cattle (or other animals) for sale[3]
  3. driving a herd to market[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Cognate with Wolof coggal (herd), Badyara cokal (both probably borrowed from Fula).Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 56
  2. ^ M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)

Koyraboro Senni[edit]

Noun[edit]

coggal

  1. some heads of cattle

Wolof[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Badyara cokal. Probably both borrowed from Fula coggal.

Noun[edit]

coggal (definite form coggal gi)

  1. herd

References[edit]

  • Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 52