dumai

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Dama (Sierra Leone)

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Etymology

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Cognate with Vai [script needed] (dumari, earthenware pot), which is from [script needed] (duma, earth).

Noun

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dumai

  1. native style of pot

References

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  • Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

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Adjective

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dumai

  1. (dialectal form) dative singular feminine of dums