ɓokki

See also: bokki

Fula

Alternative forms

𞤩𞤮𞤳𞥆𞤭 (Adlam)

Etymology

Cognate with Serer ɓaak (“baobab”). From a proposed Proto Fula-Serer *ɓaak, from Proto-Atlantic *ɓɔk^[1] Cognate with Laalaa ɓɔh (“baobab”).^[2]

Noun

ɓokki ki (plural ɓohe ɗe)

baobab (Adansonia digitata)
Synonym: (Fouta Djallon) ɓohe

Usage notes

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

Related terms

References

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

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

[2] El Hadji Dieye, M. (2010) DESCRIPTION D’UNE LANGUE CANGIN DU SENEGAL : le laalaa (léhar)‎^[1], Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, page 35

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