"Fulani" meaning in All languages combined

See Fulani on Wiktionary

Noun [Bambara]

Etymology: From Fula + -ni (“diminutive”). Etymology templates: {{af|bm|Fula|-ni|t2=diminutive}} Fula + -ni (“diminutive”) Head templates: {{head|bm|noun}} Fulani
  1. (derogatory) little Fula Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-Fulani-bm-noun-45eFnXEN Categories (other): Bambara entries with incorrect language header, Bambara terms suffixed with -ni, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 42 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 43 1 5

Noun [English]

Forms: Fulanis [plural], Fulani [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Fulani}} Fulani (plural Fulanis or Fulani)
  1. Alternative form of Fula. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Fula
    Sense id: en-Fulani-en-noun-wj3witHS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 42 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 43 1 5

Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /fú.là.nĩ́/ Forms: Fúlàní [canonical]
Etymology: From Fula Fula. Etymology templates: {{der|yo|ff|Fula}} Fula Fula Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=Fúlàní|head2=}} Fúlàní, {{yo-pos|noun|Fúlàní|}} Fúlàní, {{yo-noun|Fúlàní}} Fúlàní
  1. Fula (person)
    Sense id: en-Fulani-yo-noun-biL-xuaG
  2. Fula (language)
    Sense id: en-Fulani-yo-noun-a~vEi7lw Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Ethnonyms, Languages Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 12 88 Disambiguation of Languages: 7 93

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "Fulanis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fulani",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "Fulani"
      },
      "expansion": "Fulani (plural Fulanis or Fulani)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Fula"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 42 2 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 43 1 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Fula."
      ],
      "id": "en-Fulani-en-noun-wj3witHS",
      "links": [
        [
          "Fula",
          "Fula#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fulani"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bm",
        "2": "Fula",
        "3": "-ni",
        "t2": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula + -ni (“diminutive”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Fula + -ni (“diminutive”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Fulani",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Bambara",
  "lang_code": "bm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bambara entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bambara terms suffixed with -ni",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 42 2 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 43 1 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little Fula"
      ],
      "id": "en-Fulani-bm-noun-45eFnXEN",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "Fula",
          "Fula"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) little Fula"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fulani"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ff",
        "3": "Fula"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula Fula",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Fula Fula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Fúlàní",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "Fúlàní",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Fúlàní",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "Fúlàní",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Fúlàní",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Fúlàní"
      },
      "expansion": "Fúlàní",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Fula (person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Fulani-yo-noun-biL-xuaG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Fula",
          "Fula"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Ethnonyms",
          "orig": "yo:Ethnonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Languages",
          "orig": "yo:Languages",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Fula (language)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Fulani-yo-noun-a~vEi7lw",
      "links": [
        [
          "Fula",
          "Fula"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fú.là.nĩ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fulani"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "yo:Ethnonyms",
    "yo:Languages"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bm",
        "2": "Fula",
        "3": "-ni",
        "t2": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula + -ni (“diminutive”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Fula + -ni (“diminutive”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Fulani",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Bambara",
  "lang_code": "bm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bambara derogatory terms",
        "Bambara entries with incorrect language header",
        "Bambara lemmas",
        "Bambara nouns",
        "Bambara terms suffixed with -ni",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little Fula"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "Fula",
          "Fula"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) little Fula"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fulani"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "yo:Ethnonyms",
    "yo:Languages"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Fulanis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fulani",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "Fulani"
      },
      "expansion": "Fulani (plural Fulanis or Fulani)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Fula"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English indeclinable nouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Fula."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Fula",
          "Fula#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fulani"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Fula",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Ethnonyms",
    "yo:Languages"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ff",
        "3": "Fula"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula Fula",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Fula Fula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Fúlàní",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "Fúlàní",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Fúlàní",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "Fúlàní",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Fúlàní",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Fúlàní"
      },
      "expansion": "Fúlàní",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Fula (person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Fula",
          "Fula"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Fula (language)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Fula",
          "Fula"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fú.là.nĩ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fulani"
}

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