mbeewa

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Fula[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Fula-Serer *mbe, whence also Serer mbe (“goat”).^[1] May go back to a Proto-Niger-Congo root.

Noun[edit]

mbeewa ba (plural be'i ɗi) (plural beyi)

Usage notes[edit]

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

References[edit]

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 87

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