mbeewa

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Fula

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Etymology

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From Proto-Fula-Serer *mbe, whence also Serer mbe (“goat”).[1] May go back to a Proto-Niger-Congo root.

Noun

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mbeewa ba (plural be'i ɗi) (plural beyi)

  1. goat
  2. she-goat

Usage notes

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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 87
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