ɓokki
See also: bokki
Fula
Alternative forms
- 𞤩𞤮𞤳𞥆𞤭 (Adlam)
Etymology
Cognate with Serer ɓaak (“baobab”). From a proposed Proto Fula-Serer *ɓaak, from Proto-Atlantic *ɓɔk[1] Cognate with Laalaa ɓɔh (“baobab”).[2]
Noun
ɓokki ki (plural ɓohe ɗe)
- baobab (Adansonia digitata)
- Synonym: (Fouta Djallon) ɓohe
Usage notes
Related terms
- ɓohere
- ɓokko
- ɓoyre
See also
- ɓowko (augmentative)
- ɓongel, ɓowkon, ɓokkon (diminutive)
References
- 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.
- ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN
- ^ El Hadji Dieye, M. (2010) DESCRIPTION D’UNE LANGUE CANGIN DU SENEGAL : le laalaa (léhar)[1], Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, page 35