ñiiwa

Fula

Alternative forms

• mawba (Pular)
• nyiiwa

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *ɲigw Possibly from Westerman's reconstruction of Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-. Compare Proto-Edoid *E-ni (Edo ení), Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ (Yoruba erin), Proto-Igboid *é-níNī̀, (Igbo enyi), Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ

Noun

ñiiwa nga (plural ñiibi ɗi)

1. (Adamawa, Maasina, Fouta-Toro) elephant