fotugol

Fula

Dialectal variants

Etymology

From fot- +‎ -u +‎ -gol. Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *foʈ (equal), whence also Serer fod (to be equal to).[1]

Verb

fotugol

  1. (Pular, intransitive) to be equal with, be equal to
    Onon ɗiɗo hiɗon fota.
    Both of you are equal.
  2. to be appropriate, suitable, worthy
  3. should
    Hiɗa foti haalande mo goonga on.
    You should tell him the truth.
  • fodde
  • foddugol
  • fonnditugol
  • fonndugol
  • fonnugol
  • fota
  • fotondiral
  • fotondirgol
  • potindiral
  • pottal

References

  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Comparative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 44