riiti

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Wolof

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fula riiti, possibly through Serer riiti.

Noun

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riiti (definite form riiti gi)

  1. a one or two-stringed viol used in Fula traditional music, goje

References

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  • Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 182