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ñiiwa

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Fula

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Fula-Serer *ɲigw[1] 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

Noun

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ñiiwa nga (plural ñiibi ɗi)

  1. (Adamawa, Maasina, Fouta-Toro) elephant

References

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  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 324
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