ba

ba nde wootere

ba gooto


le

aan le?

O yahii le!
He really left! (Pular)


batu

(Maasina) meeting, assembly, council, court, entourage


ley

A ɗuunnii sukkara ley cafe ɗe.

O tummbeke ley akalawal mobel am.

Taa ŋawlunduree ley suudu ga, njehee sella.


cardi

cardi ndi (canonical)
cardiiji ɗi (plural)


foto

Yimɓe foto ngollata ɗo.

Miɗo yiɗi ndaarude yimɓe foto keƴata ley mobel ngel.

I want to see how many people can fit into the truck.


maayo

maayo ngo (canonical)
maaje ɗe (plural)
Niger Fulfulde maayooji (Western)

(Pular, Pulaar, Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina) river


ella

elle (Maasina Plural)

ellaaji (Pulaar Plural)

allaaru (Maasina)

(Maasina, Pulaar) flaw, blemish, vice, defect


ɗiɗo

worɓe ɗiɗo


nayo

(Pulaar, Maasina, dialect, with human nouns) four


mawniraaɗo

mawniraaɗo o (canonical)
mawniraaɓe ɓe (plural)

From the root maw-, related to largeness + -n- + -ir-.


ruuhu

ruuhu o (canonical)
ruuhuuji ɗi (plural)

(Pulaar, Maasina) spirit (supernatural being)


sowre

si aɗa yiɗi ɓaŋude suka am sanaa ngaddaa na'i sowre.

If you wish to marry my daughter, you must bring many cattle.


barma

barma o (canonical)
barmaaji ɗi (plural)

(Maasina) cast-iron cooking-pot, marmite


adala

(Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina, anatomy) muscle


jemma

jemma o (canonical)
jemmaaji ɗi (plural)

Jemma fuu lewru na yayna.


fettere

fettere nde (canonical)
pette ɗe (plural)


cuuram

From the root suur-, related to diluting.


hayre

Possibly cognate with Wolof xeer (“stone”).


fiɲaare

fiɲaare nde (canonical)
piɲaaje ɗe (plural)

Lates niloticus
Lates niloticus#Translingual


seremmbe

Digitaria exilis
Digitaria exilis#Translingual


konno

O ƴamii kam konno ngaɗumi nii.


buguuru

tlb

(Pular, Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina)

buguuru ndu (canonical)
buguruuji ɗi (plural)


goofoondi

goofoondi ndi (canonical)
goofooɗi ɗi (plural)


teewu

teewu ngu (canonical)
teewuuji ɗi (plural)

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.

(Pular, Adamawa, Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde) meat, flesh


diidol

diidol ngol (canonical)
diidi ɗi (plural)


duroowo

duroowo o (canonical)
durooɓe ɓe (plural)


bimmbi

bimmbi o (canonical)
bimmbiiji ɗi (plural)


jawdi

(Pular, Maasina) wealth, herd, livestock


daande

(Pular, Adamawa, Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde)

daande nde (canonical)
daaɗe ɗe (plural)


hunnduko

hunnduko ko (canonical)
kunndule ɗe (plural)


ngalu

ngalu ngu (canonical)
ngaluuji ɗi (plural)


adadu

adadu o (canonical)
adaduuji ɗi (plural)


burgu

burgu ngu (canonical)
burguuji ɗi (plural)

(Maasina) grasses in the flood zone after the waters have receded, the flood zone of the Inland Niger Delta


laawol

laawol ngol or (canonical)
laawi ɗi (plural)
laabi (plural)

(Pular, Pulaar, Adamawa, Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina) path, route, way, method


baafata

(Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde) aluminum


bullal

bullal ngal (canonical)
bulle ɗe (plural)

(Pular, Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde) thorn


haala

haala ka (canonical)
haalaajii ɗi (plural)

(Pular, Maasina) language, dialect, idiom


goonga

goonga o (canonical)
goongaa ɗi (plural)


kulikuli

kulikuli o (canonical)
kulikuliiji ɗi (plural)


laamiiɗo

laamiiɗo o (canonical)
laamiiɓe ɓe (plural)


coggu

coggu ndu (canonical)
cogguuli ɗi (plural)


honndu

honndu ndu (canonical)
kolli ɗi (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *Qol, whence also Serer ngol/qol.


howru

From Proto-Fula-Serer *Kʊɓ/f, whence also Serer nguɓay/kuɓay.

(Pular, Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina) knee


gonngol

gonngol ngol (canonical)
gonɗi ɗi (plural)


janano

janano o (canonical)
jananɓe ɓe (plural)


jinngu

jinngu ngu (canonical)
jinnguuji ɗi (plural)


corfol

corfol ngol (canonical)
corfi ɗi (plural)

(Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde) path, trail


hoodere

hoodere nde (canonical)
ɗe koode (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *xoor/d, whence also Serer xooro/koora (“star”). The Proto-Atlantic root is likely koʈ Possibly cognate with Laalaa ol (“star”).

(Pular, Adamawa, Maasina, Pulaar, Western Niger Fulfulde) star


dutal

From Proto-Fula-Serer *duʈ (vulture), whence also Serer tuda (“vulture”).


cuddi

Analysable as /cuuɗ-/ + /di/ from the root suuɗ. From Proto-Fula-Serer *Cut, whence also Serer sut (“fog”). Cognate with Laalaa sút (“fog”).


albasaare

albasaare nde (canonical)
albasaaje (plural)

Ultimately from Arabic الْبَصَل (al-baṣal).


araawa

araawa nga (canonical)
araaji ɗi (plural)

(Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde) donkey


baañaaru

baañaaru ndu (canonical)
baañaaji ɗi (plural)


baafal

baafal ngal (canonical)
baafe ɗe (plural)


balawal

balawal ngal (canonical)
balaaje ɗe (plural)


bantineewi

bantineewi ki (canonical)
bantineeje ɗe (plural)

Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba pentandra#Translingual


bakureewi

bakureewi ki (canonical)
bakureeje ɗe (plural)

(Maasina) African peach (Nauclea latifolia, syn. Sarcocephalus esculentus) (a species of tree)


boroore

(Maasina) Clarotes laticeps (widehead catfish)


bummewi

bummewi ki (canonical)
bummeeje ɗe (plural)

(Maasina) Vitex madiensis subsp. madiensis, (syn. Vitex diversifolia)


mburuuti

mburuuti ngu (canonical)
buruuti ɗi (plural)


Booboojo

Booboojo o (canonical)
Boobooɓe ɓe (plural)


bulannga

Possibly borrowed from Koyraboro Senni bulanga.


caakanneeri

caakanneeri ndi (canonical)
caakanneeji ɗi (plural)


caanganaawu

(Maasina) a Kafue pike characin (Hepsetus odoe), of southern Africa


ciroowu

(Maasina) elongate togerfish (Hydrocynus forskahlii)


corawu

(Maasina) grass-eater (Distichodus rostratus) (a species of fish)


barkeewi

barkeewi ki (canonical)
barkeeje ɗe (plural)


doobal

doobal ngal (canonical)
doobe ɗe (plural)


boonoogal

(Maasina) African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)


debolobbo

(Maasina) coffee senna, Mogdad coffee, septicweed (Senna occidentalis, syn. Cassia occidentalis)


ɗaandi

ɗaandi ndi (canonical)
ɗaali ɗi (plural)


duubaleewi

duubaleewi ki (canonical)
duubaleeje (plural)

Ficus thonningii
Ficus thonningii#Translingual


ɗoforde

ɗoforde nde (canonical)
ɗoforɗe ɗe (plural)


ɗojjere

ɗojjere nde (canonical)
ɗojje ɗe (plural)


dunkeejo

dunkeejo o (canonical)
dunkeeɓe ɓe (plural)

(Maasina, Historical) soldier (of the theocratic state)


duulere

duulere nde (canonical)
duule ɗe (plural)


njamndi

njamndi ndi (canonical)
jamɗe ɗe (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *njɛlɛm (iron), whence also Serer njelem/celem (“iron”). Cognate with Wolof njelem.


ñiiwa

From Proto-Fula-Serer *ɲigw Possibly from Westerman's reconstruction of Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-. Compare Proto-Edoid *E-ni (Edo ení), Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ (Yoruba erin), Proto-Igboid *é-níNī̀, (Igbo enyi), Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ


baatal

baatal ndal (canonical)
baate ɗe (plural)


alarba

From Arabic الْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ).

der

الْأَرْبَعَاء

Arabic الْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ)

(Pular, Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina) Wednesday


fuyre

From fuƴ- + -re. Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *fus.


maaɗa

Ley orol wo miin dobii e maaɗa.

(Adamawa, Maasina) second person singular possessive pronoun

aɗa

second person singular subject pronoun; long form


haaju

haaju o (canonical)
haajuuji ɗi (plural)

(Pulaar, Maasina) need, problem, affair, business, concern


gaawal

gaawal ngal (canonical)
gaawe ɗe (plural)


kawral

(Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde) sum, total


yaayre

yaayre nde (canonical)
jaaye ɗe (plural)

(Maasina) a floodplain; a place where water stands during the rainy season, marsh, swamp, bog


keeɗu

keeɗu ngu (canonical)
keeɗuuji ɗi (plural)

(Maasina) the hot, dry season, from March to May/June


mbolla

mbolla nga (canonical)
bollaage ɗe (plural)


ciiwdi

ciiwdi ndi (canonical)
ciiwdiiji ɗi (plural)


doccal

doccal ngal (canonical)
docce ɗe (plural)


ƴeekiiwo

ƴeekiiwo o (canonical)
ƴeekiraaɓe ɓe (plural)

(Maasina) brother-in-law or sister-in-law


denɗoo

denɗoo o (canonical)
denɗiraaɓe ɓe (plural)

(Maasina) cousin (from the father's sister or the mother's brother)


biiwol

biiwol ngol (canonical)
biiji ɗi (plural)


jetami

jetami ki (canonical)
jetame ɗe (plural)

Tamarindus indica
Tamarindus indica#Translingual

(Maasina) tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica


foondu

foondu ndu (canonical)
pooli ɗi (plural)


jeldol

jeldol ngol (canonical)
jeldi ɗi (plural)

(Maasina) an excuse, reason for having made a mistake


Jelgooji

(Maasina) a clan of Fulɓe living in the Djibo area


kaaleyal

kaaleyal ngal (canonical)
kaleeje ɗe (plural)


kaananke

kaananke o (canonical)
kaanankooɓe ɓe (plural)


kaanankaaku

(Maasina) sovereignty, royalty, kingship, chieftaincy


kaasorgal

kaasorgal ngal (canonical)
kaasorɗe ɗe (plural)


yaynude

Ley suudu ga yaynii faa wooɗi joonin sabo lampal huɓɓaama.

The interior of the house is well lit now because the lamp is lit.

Leelawal na yayni hannden.


leelawal

Leelawal na yayni hannden.


wanaa

Taa hoola o sabo o wanaa koolniiɗo.

Don't believe him, he is not trustworthy.

Mi ɗalii o golle sabo o wanaa jiɗɗo golle.

I fired him because he doesn't like to work.

Gorko o yankirii sabo o wi'ii wanaa Laamɗo tomni ƴuwoonde.

That fellow blasphemed because he said it wasn't God that made it rain.

Si wanaa mi yarna na'i hannden fu ɗi tampan.

If I don't water the cows today, they will be stressed.

Miɗo anndi ɓe fuu, si wanaa tummbiiɗo hakkunde Ali e Muusa oon.

I know all of them, except the one between Ali and Muusa.


yayayytude

O yayyaytii ley ladde toon fuu, o ndaarii nagge makko.

He wandered around all over the bush out there looking for his cow.


jaagaade

Miɗo yiɗi jaagaade kulle hakkunde Mali e Burkina.

I would like to buy and sell cattle between Mali and Burkina.


haddu

Si a aawirii haddu no kollirmaami nii, ɗum fuɗan faa wooɗa.

If you plant like I showed you, it will sprout well.


seedanaade

(Maasina) to bear witness or testify on behalf of somebody


jareehi

Albizia chevalieri
Albizia chevalieri#Translingual


yawdeho

(Adamawa, Maasina) swamp ricegrass (Leersia hexandra)


kukumhi

(Adamawa, Maasina) (Maerua oblongifolia)