Fula

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Etymology

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From Proto-Fula-Serer *mbel (shadow), whence also Serer mbelyook.[1]

Noun

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mbeelu ngu (plural beeli ɗi)

  1. ghost, spectre, phantom

References

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  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 87