malef
Barombi edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
màléf
- water
- 2014, Julius A. Amin, African Immersion: American College Students in Cameroon, →ISBN, page 176:
- On celebration day all six students were awarded village titles: "Nyang Malef (father of the water and of the lake)," "Sang Malef (mother of the water and mother of the lake)," and many more. [...] The people of Barombi were thankful for much.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- lake
Further reading edit
- Melinda Lamberty, A rapid appraisal survey of the Abo and Barombi speech communities, South West and Littoral Provinces, Cameroon (2002): màléf (Mbo Barombi), màlǿf (Kang Barombi, Mokono Barombi), màléw (Kotto Barombi, as well as North (Mandouka) and South (Miang) Abo ie. Bankon)