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coggal

Fula

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Etymology

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From the root sogg-, cogg-. From Proto-Fula-Serer *coggal, whence also Serer cogal (“herd”).[1]

Noun

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coggal ngal (plural cogge ɗe)

  1. herd of cattle (or other animals)[2]
  2. herd of cattle (or other animals) for sale[3]
  3. driving a herd to market[4]

Usage notes

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References

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  1. ^ Cognate with Wolof coggal (“herd”), Badyara cokal (both probably borrowed from Fula).Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 56
  2. ^ M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
  3. ^ D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, and J. Donohoe, A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
  4. ^ F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)

Koyraboro Senni

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Noun

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coggal

  1. some heads of cattle

Wolof

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Etymology

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Cognate with Badyara cokal. Probably both borrowed from Fula coggal.

Noun

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coggal (definite form coggal gi)

  1. herd

References

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  • Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 52
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