yowele

Nubi

Etymology

From Arabic يا ولد (ya walad, “boy (vocative)”). Compare yaba.

Noun

yowéle (plural yowelé)

  1. boy

References

  • Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN
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