lamɗam

lamɗam ɗam (canonical)
lamɗamaaji ɗi (plural)

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


gorko

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


deftere

deftere nde (canonical)
defte ɗe (plural)


debbo

From the root rew-, related to following.


miñiraaɗo

miñiraaɗo o (canonical)
miñiraaɓe ɓe (plural)


mawniraaɗo

mawniraaɗo o (canonical)
mawniraaɓe ɓe (plural)

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


aali

bor

Arabic عَائِلَة (ʕāʔila)


gando

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


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)


mawniraawo

mawniraawo o (canonical)
mawniraaɓe ɓe (plural)

Alternative form of mawniraaɗo (elder sibling).


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


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.


cuuram

From the root suur-, related to diluting.


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-.


wudere

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


tawsaajo

tawsaajo o (canonical)
tawsaaɓe ɓe (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.


bayillo

bayillo o (canonical)
wayluɓe ɓe (plural)

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


dolokke

dolokke o (canonical)
dolokkaaji ɗi (plural)


aahiijo

aahiijo o (canonical)
aahiiɓe ɓe (plural)

(Western Niger Fulfulde) a Quran student


bappa

bappa o (canonical)
bappiraaɓe ɓe (plural)


cukalel

cukalel ngel (canonical)
cukaloy kon (plural)


kulikuli

kulikuli o (canonical)
kulikuliiji ɗi (plural)


laañal

laañal ngal (canonical)
laañe ɗe (plural)


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)


maccuɗo

maccuɗo o (canonical)
maccuɓe ɓe (plural)


musidal

(Pular) descendance, ancestry, clan, family


nduuguse

a young circumcised man old enough to marry


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.


njuumri

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


baañaaru

baañaaru ndu (canonical)
baañaaji ɗi (plural)


Booboojo

Booboojo o (canonical)
Boobooɓe ɓe (plural)


dunkeejo

dunkeejo o (canonical)
dunkeeɓe ɓe (plural)

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


bonɗo

(Pular) a mischievous, nefarious or dangerous person


maaroori

maaroori ndi (canonical)
maarooje ɗe (plural)


kusel

kusel ngel (canonical)
kuselji ɗi (plural)


ɓinngel

ɓinngel ngel (canonical)
ɓikkon kon (plural)

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


bumɗo

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

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


derkeejo

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

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


ciwto

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


baskoore

baskoore nde (canonical)
baskooje ɗe (plural)


loohoowo

loohoowo o (canonical)
loohooɓe ɓe (plural)


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”)


yaaye

yaaye o (canonical)
yaayiraaɓe ɓe (plural)


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)


nawlan

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


cagaajo

cagaajo o (canonical)
cagaaɓe ɓe (plural)

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


bayɗo

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


musiɗɗo

musiɗɗo o (canonical)
musiɓɓe ɓe (plural)


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”).


heyniiɗo

heyniiɗo o (canonical)
heyniiɓe ɓe (plural)

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


naarejo

naarejo o (canonical)
naareeɓe ɓe (plural)

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


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”).


gaawal

gaawal ngal (canonical)
gaawe 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)