mawɗo
Fula
Etymology
From maw- (“largeness, importance”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. .
Noun
mawɗo o (plural mawɓe ɓe) (Pular)
Derived terms
- bonɗo mawɗo kulɓiniiɗo
- debbo mawɗo
- dokotoro mawɗo
- mawɗo tiribinal
- montoro mawɗo
- sarwiisi mawɗo
- sordaasi mawɗo
- yanngada mawɗo
Adjective
mawɗo
- (Pular) big, large, great, important
- Juulirde mawnde. ― The Great Mosque.
- lekki makki. ― A big tree.
Declension
| Class Pronoun | |
|---|---|
| o | mawɗo |
| ɓe | mawɓe |
| nde | mawnde |
| ndu | mawndu |
| nge | mawnge |
| ngo | mawngo |
| ngal | mawngal / manngal |
| ngol | mawngol / manngol |
| ki | makki |
| kol | mawkol |
| ɗum | mawɗum |
| ndi | mawndi |
| ngu | mawngu / manngu |
| ka | mawka |
| ɗam | mawɗam |
| ɗe | mawɗe |
| ɗi | mawɗi |
| ngel | mawgel |
| kal | mawkal |
| kun | mawkun |
| mba | mawmba |
| ko | mawko |
| koy | mawkoy |
References
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Seydou, Christiane (1998) A Dictionary of Verb Roots in Fulfulde Dialects: Fulfulde-French-English, Éditions Karthala, →ISBN