bumɗo

Fula

Alternative forms

• (Fouta-Toro) gumɗo
• (Pular) bunɗo

Etymology

Probably cognate with Serer puul (“blind person”), Wolof gumba (“blind person”).

Noun

bumɗo o (plural wumɓe ɓe) (bumɓe)

1. (Adamawa, Pular) blind person

Related terms

• wumbilaade
• wumde
• wumiɗugol
• wumtude
• wumugol
• wuntugol

 

References

• Tourneux, Henry, Boubakary, Abdoulaye, Gayaou, Hadidja-Konaï, Ousmane, Fakih (2020) Dictionnaire peul du corps et de la santé (Diamaré, Cameroun) (in French), Paris, retrieved 6 May 2023