hoore

Fula

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *xoox, whence also Serer xoox/qooxa (“head”). Possibly from a Proto-Niger-Congo root[1]

Noun

hoore nde (plural ko'e ɗe) (also kohe ɗe, koye ɗe)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. (social) head, leader

Usage notes

Derived terms

  • e hoore
  • hooreejo (“leader”)
  • hooreejum
  • ka hoore
  • wela hoore
  • ñaaɗa hoore

References

  • Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
  • Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
  • 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. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)
  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 65

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hoore

  1. alternative form of hore (“whore”)

Etymology 2

Noun

hoore

  1. alternative form of hore (“muck”)

Etymology 3

Verb

hoore

  1. alternative form of horen
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