hoorre

Fula

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *xoor/d, whence also Serer xooro/koora (“star”). The Proto-Atlantic root is likely koʈ^[1] Possibly cognate with Laalaa ol (“star”).

Noun

hoorre nde (plural ɗe koode)

(Adamawa) star

Usage notes

Used in Adamawa Fulfulde.

Dialectal variants

hoore Pular

References

^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 65

Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1998) Dictionnaire peul de l'agriculture et de la nature (Diamaré, Cameroun), suivi d'un index français-fulfulde‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Karthala, →ISBN, retrieved 24 April 2023

[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 65

[1]