wert

damay wert (present)
dama doon wert (imperfect)
wertoon naa (pluperfect)
dinaa wert (future)
dangay wert (present)
danga doon wert (imperfect)
wertoon nga (pluperfect)
dinga wert (future)
dafay wert (present)
dafa doon wert (imperfect)
wertoon na (pluperfect)
dina wert (future)
dañuy wert (present)
dañu doon wert (imperfect)
wertoon nañu (pluperfect)
dinañu wert (future)
dangeen wert (present)
dangeen doon wert (imperfect)
wertoon ngeen (pluperfect)
dingeen wert (future)
deñuy wert (present)
deñu doon wert (imperfect)
wertal! (imperative present singular)
wertleen! (imperative plural present)


banaana

Unknown, potentially from Arabic بَنَان (banān, “fingertip”).


inchaalaaxu

From Arabic إِن شَاء اَللّٰه (ʔin šāʔ allāh).

bor

إِن شَاء اَللّٰه

Arabic إِن شَاء اَللّٰه (ʔin šāʔ allāh)


alxamdulilaa

From Arabic اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi, literally “praise [be] to God”).

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ

(Islam) alhamdulillah (praise be to God)


nawet

shuttle (sliding thread holder in a sewing machine)


sabar

Probably from Wolof sab (“to sing, yell, resonate, chirp, echo”). Both possibly borrowed from Serer.

cog

a traditional drum used in Wolof and Serer music


liit

Cognate with Serer liit (“flute”), Fula liital (“flute”), Badyara ka-liit.

a woodwind instrument made of a reed, flute


xonq

→? English: honky


mbubb

→ French: boubou
→ English: boubou

boubou (type of robe worn by men in Senegal)


pàppaaya

From French papaye and Spanish papaya, cognate with Arawak papáia.


pàppaay

From French papaye and Spanish papaya, cognate with Arawak papáia


jamano

From Arabic زَمَن (zaman) or زَمَان (zamān).


jëkkër

Coordinate term: jabar


Yàlla

Yàlla Yàlla (canonical)
form Yàlla ji (definite)

Borrowed from Arabic يَا اللّٰه (yā allāh, “Oh God”). The vocative meaning was lost.


kooraa

Probably from a Mande language. Compare Bambara kɔ́ra.

the Kora, a lute or harp-like musical instrument of western Africa


junjuŋ

the junjung, a traditional ceremonial drum used by Serer people


riiti

Borrowed from Fula riiti, possibly through Serer riiti.

a one or two-stringed viol used in Fula traditional music, goje


kaabaab

Cognate with Fula waɓɓugo, Serer kaaɓ, Laalaa kaaɓ, Saafi-Saafi kaɓaɓki.