mbedda

Fula

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *mbedd (road), whence also Serer mbed. Cognate with Wolof mbédd (“road”), Badyara mbɛdɛ (“big road”), Mandjak umbɛra. Possibly an ancient Soninke borrowing. Compare Soninke béddè (“main street, road”).

Noun

mbedda o (plural mbeddaaji)

1. street, road

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.