teewu

Fula

Etymology

from Proto-Fula-Serer *regeƴ, whence also Serer regeƴ (“meat”). Root reduction in Fula causes the dropping of Proto-Fula-Serer medial -g- or sonorants between identical vowels. Compare Fula ɗem- from Proto-Fula-Serer *ɗelem.[1]

Noun

teewu ngu (plural teewuuji ɗi)

  1. (Pular, Adamawa, Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde) meat, flesh
  2. muscle

References

  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 169
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