coggal
Fula
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the root sogg-, cogg-. From Proto-Fula-Serer *coggal, whence also Serer cogal (“herd”).[1]
Noun
[edit]- herd of cattle (or other animals)[2]
- herd of cattle (or other animals) for sale[3]
- driving a herd to market[4]
Usage notes
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
- ^ Cognate with Wolof coggal (“herd”), Badyara cokal (both probably borrowed from Fula).Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 56
- ^ M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
- ^ D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, and J. Donohoe, A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
- ^ F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)
Koyraboro Senni
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[edit]coggal
Wolof
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Badyara cokal. Probably both borrowed from Fula coggal.
Noun
[edit]coggal (definite form coggal gi)
References
[edit]- Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 52