tata

(Pular, Pulaar) tata (a defensive city wall)


cardi

cardi ndi (canonical)
cardiiji ɗi (plural)


beccal

beccal ngal (canonical)
becce ɗe (plural)


maayo

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

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


tato

rewɓe tato

(Pulaar dialect, with human nouns) three


laana

laana ka (canonical)
laanaaji ɗi (plural)

laana cuurki

laana ndiwoowa

jom laana

(Pular, Pulaar, Western Niger Fulfulde) boat, ship, vessel


gorko

From the Fula root wor-, related to covering. Cognate with Wolof góor.


debbo

From the root rew-, related to following.


lamɗam

lamɗam ɗam (canonical)
lamɗamaaji ɗi (plural)

From the Fula root lamm-. Possibly related to Serer jem.


deftere

deftere nde (canonical)
defte ɗe (plural)


ƴiiƴam

Analysable as /yel/ + /dam/. From Proto-Fula-Serer *ƴel (blood), whence also Serer yal (“blood”). Cognate with Bedik ma-ʄɛl, Mbulungish yél, Baga Pokur yɛla.


ɗiɗi

From Proto-Fula-Serer *ɗi, whence also Serer ɗik.

ɗiɗo

o; used with class nouns, notably of people


ɗiɗo

worɓe ɗiɗo


ɗemŋgal

ɗemŋgal ŋgal (canonical)
ɗemɗe ɗe (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *ɗem, whence also Serer ɗelem. Cognate with Bedik í-ɗém.


nayo

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


yitere

yitere nde Alternative plural (canonical)
gite ɗe (plural)

From the root yiy-, related to seeing.
From Proto-Fula-Serer *Giʈ, whence also Serer ngid/kid. Ultimately from Proto-Atlantic *giʈ.


annabi

annabi o (canonical)
annabaaɓe ɓe (plural)

(Pulaar) prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)


miñiraaɗo

miñiraaɗo o (canonical)
miñiraaɓe ɓe (plural)


mawniraaɗo

mawniraaɗo o (canonical)
mawniraaɓe ɓe (plural)

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


juŋŋgo

juŋŋgo ŋgo (canonical)
juuɗe ɗe (plural)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of junngo (“hand”)


lekki

medicine (traditionally often derived from woody plants)


jamaa

(Pulaar) place to do one's daily prayers


aali

bor

Arabic عَائِلَة (ʕāʔila)


adala

(Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina, anatomy) muscle


jemma

jemma o (canonical)
jemmaaji ɗi (plural)

Jemma fuu lewru na yayna.


gando

(Pulaar) philosopher, lettered person, man of letters, scholar


jeegom

joyi + go'o (compound/contraction of "five" and "one")


jeeɗiɗi

joyi + ɗiɗi (compound/contraction of "five" and "two")


jeetati

joyi + tati (compound/contraction of "five" and "three")


jeenayi

joyi + nayi (compound/contraction of "five" and "four")


dewtere

dewtere nde (canonical)
dewte ɗe (plural)


wal-

(marriage, Adamawa) related to representation (of bride or bridegroom) in connection with a marriage contract


jaaja

jaaja o (canonical)
jaajiraaɓe ɓe (plural)


lukkere

lukkere nde (canonical)
lukke ɗe (plural)


mawniraawo

mawniraawo o (canonical)
mawniraaɓe ɓe (plural)

Alternative form of mawniraaɗo (elder sibling).


aawdi

aawdi ndi (canonical)
aawɗi ɗi (plural)
aawdiiji ɗi (also)


lacciri

lacciri ndi (canonical)
lacceeje ɗe (plural)

couscous (usually refers to pounded millet, sorghum, or corn that is steamed, but same term used for the pasta based kind)


mbusiri

porridge made with grains and groundnuts


kosam

Analysable as /ko/ + /so/ + /am/. From Proto-Fula-Serer *sow, whence also Serer fosoow Cognate with Wolof soow.


suudu

From the root suuɗ-, related to hiding (apparently from suuɗndu).


haako

Possibly related to Nalu tak, Serer taaƭ.


jula

From a Mande language.
The word "Jula" means trader in Manding languages (Mandinka/Mandingo). The word derived from the root word "Julo" or "Julu" meaning rope. The word was originally referred to rope traders with the pastoral Fulani herders and along the Sahara, but the term would come to generally signify a trader or merchant especially in gold and other precious metals. The name is however most commonly associated with gold traders, those that dealt in Jewelry, a Jew-e-ler (Ju-la). The term has become so widely used today to even refer to a shop keeper.


talaata

Borrowed from Arabic الثَّلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ).

الثَّلَاثَاء

Arabic الثَّلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ)


cuuram

From the root suur-, related to diluting.


junngo

junngo ngo (canonical)
juuɗe ɗe (plural)

Possibly from Proto-Fula-Serer *jVn, from which may come a dubious 17th Century Serer cognate guenna.


ɓernde

ɓernde nde (canonical)
ɓerɗe ɗe (plural)
ɓerɗe ɗe (also)


hoore

hoore nde (canonical)
ko'e ɗe (plural)
kohe ɗe (also)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *xoox, whence also Serer xoox/qooxa (“head”). Possibly from a Proto-Niger-Congo root


toori

(Pular) tô, a food, similar to fufu, consisting of cooked taro served with a gumbo-based sauce


saggitorde

saggitorde nde (canonical)
caggitorɗe ɗe (plural)

From the root sagg-, plus -it- and -or-.


naange

naange nge (canonical)
naangeeji ɗi (plural)


lewru

Cognate with Wolof weer (“moon, month”).


wudere

From Proto-Fula-Serer *Bu(u)d , whence also Serer mbuud/puud (“loincloth”).


jawleeru

jawleeru ndu (canonical)
jawleeji ɗi (plural)


buguuru

tlb

(Pular, Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina)

buguuru ndu (canonical)
buguruuji ɗi (plural)


bukkaaru

bukkaaru ndu (canonical)
bukkaaji ɗi (plural)


ɓaawo

ɓaawo ngo (canonical)
ɓaawe (plural)
ɓabbe (plural)

Ɓaawo an ngon no muusa.

(anatomy, Pular, Adamawa) back, rear-end


tawsaajo

tawsaajo o (canonical)
tawsaaɓe ɓe (plural)


asangal

asangal ngal (canonical)
asaale ɗe (plural)


goofoondi

goofoondi ndi (canonical)
goofooɗi ɗi (plural)


ƴi'al

From Proto-Fula-Serer *giƴ/ʔ, whence also Serer hiiƴ/kiiƴ. Cognate with Laalaa ƴoh (“bone”), Karon kaa-cɛc, Wolof yax, Saafi-Saafi toh, Noon yoh.


ƴiire

. Possibly related to Laalaa ƴoh (“bone”).


diidol

diidol ngol (canonical)
diidi ɗi (plural)


buuru

buuru o (canonical)
buuruuje ɗe (plural)


maaro

maaro ngo (canonical)
maarooji ɗi (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *mal/ro, whence also Serer maalo. From a root widespread in Atlantic and Mande languages. May be borrowed from Soninke máarò.
Related to Wolof maalo.


waɓɓugo

From Proto-Fula-Serer *gaaɓ, whence also Serer kaaɓ. Cognate with Laalaa kaaɓ (“cheek, jaw”), Wolof kaabaab (“jaw”), Saafi-Saafi kaɓaɓki (“cheek”), Bedik ɔ-hɔɓ (“cheek”).


wahabiyyaajo

wahabiyyaajo o (canonical)
wahabiyyaaɓe ɓe (plural)


bayillo

bayillo o (canonical)
wayluɓe ɓe (plural)

From the root wayl- (“relating to change, transformation”).


kunnawal

trough, a hollow piece of wood (for livestock to drink from)


daande

(Pular, Adamawa, Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde)

daande nde (canonical)
daaɗe ɗe (plural)


tabalde

tabalde nde (canonical)
tabalɗe ɗe (plural)


hunnduko

hunnduko ko (canonical)
kunndule ɗe (plural)


diiwal

diiwal ngal (canonical)
diiwe ɗe (plural)


njanndi

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


dolokke

dolokke o (canonical)
dolokkaaji ɗi (plural)


suuperefee

suuperefee o (canonical)
suuperefeeɓe ɓe (plural)


suudu-depiteeɓe

(politics) national assembly, Chamber of Deputies, Parliament


aahiijo

aahiijo o (canonical)
aahiiɓe ɓe (plural)

(Western Niger Fulfulde) a Quran student


aawoowo

From aaw- (“sowing”) + -oowo (“agent suffix”).


aawugol

(Pular, transitive) to sow, to plant seed


bappa

bappa o (canonical)
bappiraaɓe ɓe (plural)


kawle

(Pular) period between September and October which marks the end of the rainy season, characterized by a burning sun


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


cukalel

cukalel ngel (canonical)
cukaloy kon (plural)


baafata

(Maasina, Western Niger Fulfulde) aluminum


kiikiiɗe

From Proto-Fula-Serer *hir, whence also Serer hir (“stay awake, be awake”), ngirin (“staying awake”).


hoorugol

Hiɗa hoori hannde?

(intransitive, Pular) to fast, abstain from eating or drinking


kulikuli

kulikuli o (canonical)
kulikuliiji ɗi (plural)


misiide

village-parish, a village which traditionally contains a mosque


laañal

laañal ngal (canonical)
laañe ɗe (plural)


toraare

(Pular) prayer, supplication, implication


remugol

(Pular) to farm, cultivate, grow (crops)


ɓeynguure

(Pular) family, (all the people living under the same roof, under the authority of a single head of the family, whatever their relation to that person)


musidal

(Pular) descendance, ancestry, clan, family


hoondu

hoondu ndu (canonical)
kooli ɗi (plural)


nowru

From Proto Fula-Serer *nof, from Proto-Atlantic. Cognate with Serer nof, Wolof nopp, Laalaa nof, Noon nof, Nalu naw, Biafada nufa, Palor nuf, Mbulungish nop. Possibly related to Sherbro nui, Mmani nu, Mansoanka ni, Gola kenu.


tonndu

From Proto-Fula-Serer *Ton, whence also Serer to/don. Cognate with Wolof tuñ (“lip”), Bidyogo kɔ-tɔnɔ, Laalaa júun.


maccuɗo

maccuɗo o (canonical)
maccuɓe ɓe (plural)


ñiire

From Proto-Fula-Serer *ɲiɲ, whence also Serer ñiiñ.


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


nganndi

From Proto-Fula-Serer *ngand, whence also Serer ngand.


tippugol

tippude e

(intransitive) to place one's foot somewhere


sewngol

sewngol ngol (canonical)
cewɗi ɗi (plural)


tagugol

(transitive, Pular) to found, build, create (of God)


hamdinagol

From Arabic حَمْدَلَ (ḥamdala) from Arabic ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ (l-ḥamdu lillāhi, “praise be to God”).

(intransitive) to praise Allah using the phrase alhamdulillah


ewnaandu

ewnaandu ndu (canonical)
ewnaali ɗi (plural)


farñitere

farñitere nde (canonical)
parñite ɗe (plural)

(Pular) a thunderclap, roll of thunder, lightning strike


nduuguse

a young circumcised man old enough to marry


junuubu

From Arabic ذُنُوبُ (ḏunūbu), the Nominative plural construct form of ذَنْب (ḏanb, “sin”).


mofte

mofte ɗe (canonical)
moftanuuji (plural)


tetekol

tetekol ngol (canonical)
teteki ɗi (plural)


julde

festival of the end of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr


hisnoowo

hisnoowo o (canonical)
hisinooɓe ɓe (plural)


tefoowo

From tef- (“mediate, pacify”) + -oowo (“agent suffix”).


meetelol

meetelol ngol (canonical)
meetelli ɗi (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *mer/t (Piece of cloth), whence also Serer mer.


giiɗe

From Proto-Fula-Serer *Giʈ, whence also Serer ngid/kid, from Proto-Atlantic *giʈ.


wowru

From Proto-Fula-Serer *babw, whence also Serer faɓ/paɓ.


weendu

weendu ndu (canonical)
beeli ɗi (plural)

Analyzable as /weel/ + /-ru/. From Proto-Fula-Serer *Beel, whence also Serer mbeel/peel (“lake”).


mbeɗu

From Proto-Fula-Serer *mbeɗ (circle), whence also Serer mbeɗ/peɗ.


koyngal

koyngal ngal (canonical)
koyɗe ɗe (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *Qoos, whence also Serer xoos/qoos (“leg”) From a Proto-Atlantic and possibly, a Proto-Niger-Congo root.


cuddi

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


njuumri

From Proto-Fula-Serer *yuum, whence also Serer yuum. Cognate with Kobiana joom, Laalaa kúum.


ɗaamol

ɗaamol ngol (canonical)
ɗaami ɗi (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *ɗaam(ɓ), whence also Serer ɗaamɓ.


baañaaru

baañaaru ndu (canonical)
baañaaji ɗi (plural)


balawal

balawal ngal (canonical)
balaaje ɗe (plural)


Booboojo

Booboojo o (canonical)
Boobooɓe ɓe (plural)


dunkeejo

dunkeejo o (canonical)
dunkeeɓe ɓe (plural)

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


duulere

duulere nde (canonical)
duule ɗe (plural)


bonɗo

(Pular) a mischievous, nefarious or dangerous person


maaroori

maaroori ndi (canonical)
maarooje 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.


kusel

kusel ngel (canonical)
kuselji ɗi (plural)


taytawol

taytawol ngol (canonical)
taytaaji ɗi (plural)

From taytugo (“to cross, go right through”).

(Adamawa, agriculture) secondary canal, distribution canal (in an irrigation system)


sodgo

(Adamawa) to harvest (grains) by cutting the stem


soccoonde

soccoonde nde (canonical)
coccoɗe ɗe (plural)


soɓɓundu

soɓɓundu ndu (canonical)
coɓɓuli ɗi (plural)


baatal

baatal ndal (canonical)
baate ɗe (plural)


bumɗo

bumɗo o (canonical)
wumɓe ɓe (plural)
bumɓe (alternative)

Probably cognate with Serer puul (“blind person”), Wolof gumba (“blind person”).


ɓattarre

ɓattarre nde (canonical)
ɓattatte ɗe (plural)


ɓinngel

ɓinngel ngel (canonical)
ɓikkon kon (plural)

Possibly related to ɓiɗɗo (“child, offspring”), ɓii (“fruit, progeny, child”).


caayoori

caayoori ndi (canonical)
caayooje ɗe (plural)


ceeɗu

ceeɗu ndu (canonical)
ceeɗuuji ɗi (plural)

Cognate with Serer ƈiid (“dry season”).
From seeɗa.

(Pular, Adamawa) the dry & hot season between February and May, dry season


ciwto

From Proto-Fula-Serer *siwd, whence also Serer siid (“twin”).


dabbunde

dabbunde nde (canonical)
dabbuɗe ɗe (plural)

(Adamawa, Pulaar) the dry and cold season between November and January winter


danngo

danngo ngo (canonical)
dawɗe ɗe (plural)


derkeejo

derkeejo o (canonical)
derke'en ɓe (plural)

(Adamawa) young boy or girl (from 6 to 17 years old)


silɓere

silɓere nde (canonical)
cilɓe ɗe (plural)


baskoore

baskoore nde (canonical)
baskooje ɗe (plural)


loohoowo

loohoowo o (canonical)
loohooɓe ɓe (plural)


ommbal

ommbal ngal (canonical)
ommbe ɗe (plural)


kosngal

kosngal ngal (canonical)
kosɗe ɗe (plural)


nofru

From Proto Fula-Serer *nof, from Proto-Atlantic. Cognate with Serer nof, Wolof nopp, Laalaa nof, Noon nof, Nalu naw, Biafada nufa, Palor nuf, Mbulungish nop. Possibly related to Sherbro nui, Mmani nu, Mansoanka ni, Gola kenu.


nyiindere

nyiindere nde (canonical)
nyiiƴe ɗe (plural)

From Proto-Fula-Serer *ɲiɲ, whence also Serer ñiiñ.


baaɗiraawo

baaɗiraawo o (canonical)
baaɗiraaɓe ɓe (plural)

(Pular) nephew, niece (one's sister's child)


kaawu

kaawu o (canonical)
kaawiraaɓe ɓe (plural)

→ Hausa: kawu (“maternal uncle”)


denɗu

denɗu o (canonical)
denɗiraaɓe ɓe (plural)

(Pular) cross cousin (child of one's maternal uncle or paternal aunt)


siinaa

siinaa o (canonical)
siinaaɓe ɓe (plural)


yaaye

yaaye o (canonical)
yaayiraaɓe ɓe (plural)


nawlan

Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *nawl (co-wife), whence also Serer nawle (“person of the same age, equal, comrade, companion”).


alarba

From Arabic الْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ).

der

الْأَرْبَعَاء

Arabic الْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ)

(Pular, Western Niger Fulfulde, Maasina) Wednesday


cagaajo

cagaajo o (canonical)
cagaaɓe ɓe (plural)

From caga- + -a + -jo. Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *caga.


fuyre

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


bayɗo

(historical, Pular) slave, captive, serf, the lowest group on the social ladder of the theocratic state of Fouta


wesugol

From wes- + -u + -gol. Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *bes (winnow), whence also Serer fees (“to winnow”).


yarirde

Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *yɛr-n (trough).


musiɗɗo

musiɗɗo o (canonical)
musiɓɓe ɓe (plural)


jippagol

Jippagol oo aaya woniino e nokkure wonnde hakkunde Makka e Madiina.

This verse was revealed in a country between Mecca and Medina.


paykun

paykun kun (canonical)
fayɓe ɓe (plural)
paykoy (alternative)


jaabere

From a Mande language. Compare Eastern Maninkakan jáabɛrɛ (“taro”), Bambara jàbere (“taro”).

Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta#Translingual

(Pular) taro, arrowroot, Colocasia esculenta


jangoowo

From jang- (“to read, learn”) + -oowo (“agent suffix”).


naarejo

naarejo o (canonical)
naareeɓe ɓe (plural)

Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *naar (Moor). Cognate with Serer naar (“Moor, Mauritanian”), Wolof naar (“Moor”).


heyniiɗo

heyniiɗo o (canonical)
heyniiɓe ɓe (plural)

(Pular) a widow, a woman in mourning after the death of her husband


libitiwal

(Pular) a conical hat worn by Fulani herdsmen


yeeyoowo

yeeyoowo o (canonical)
yeeyooɓe ɓe (plural)

From yeey- (“sell, trade”) + -oowo (“agent suffix”). Probably cognate with Wolof jaay (“to sell”).


domdomal

domdomal ngal (canonical)
domdome ɗe (plural)


mbaggu

mbaggu ngu (canonical)
baggel (diminutive)


samaa'imu

(Pular) the end of the dry season, and the beginning of the rainy season(from the end of june to the beginning of july, the period of the strongest rains)


jarabi

From Arabic جَرَّبَ (jarraba, “to test, try, tempt”).


gaawal

gaawal ngal (canonical)
gaawe ɗe (plural)


waalo

(Pulaar) low-lying land next to a riverbank


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


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)


kaasorgal

kaasorgal ngal (canonical)
kaasorɗe ɗe (plural)