walaa

Fula

Alternative forms

• alaa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَلَا (walā)

Particle

walaa (Adamawa)

1. there is not, there is no
2. not
3. no

   Maayo geesi walaa kattuba.

   The ocean has no end.

   Nyiiwa walaa doole.

   The elephant has no problems.

   Aamadu yomraama gawri sabo Lobbo walaa buuɗi.

   Aamadu was paid in grain because Lobbo has no money.

Usage notes

• Used in Maasina Fulfulde.
• Used in Western Niger Fulfulde.
• Used in Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde.
• Used in Nigerian Fulfulde.
• Used in Adamawa Fulfulde.
• Possibly all varieties of Fula other than Pulaar and Pular, which use alaa.

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• M.O. Diodi, Dictionnaire bilingue fulfuldé-français, français-fulfuldé, Niger(?), 1994.
• 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. de St. Croix and the Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Fulfulde-English Dictionary, Kano: The Centre, 1998.
• F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)
• Thomas Stolz, Nataliya Levkovych (2022) “On loan conjunctions: A comparative study with special focus on the languages of the former Soviet Union”, in Nataliya Levkovych, editor, Susceptibility vs. Resistance. Case Studies on Different Structural Categories in Language-Contact Situations (Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL); 19), De Gruyter, →DOI, page 262

Lindu

Noun

walaa

1. vine