haako

Fula

Alternative forms

Singular

• haakoloowal
• kaakol

Plural

• haakooli
• (Maasina) haakooji
• kaakooji
• kaakooli
• kaakolooji

Etymology

Possibly related to Nalu tak, Serer taaƭ.

Noun

haako ko (plural kaake ɗe)

1. (botany) leaf

Usage notes

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

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
• 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.
• F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)
• Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
• Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1998) Dictionnaire peul de l'agriculture et de la nature (Diamaré, Cameroun), suivi d'un index français-fulfulde‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Karthala, →ISBN, retrieved 24 April 2023