teewu
Fula
editEtymology
editfrom Proto-Fula-Serer *regeƴ, whence also Serer regeƴ (“meat”). Root reduction in Fula causes the dropping of Proto-Fula-Serer medial -g- or sonorants between identical vowels. Compare Fula ɗem- from Proto-Fula-Serer *ɗelem.[1]
Noun
editteewu ngu (plural teewuuji ɗi)
References
edit- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.