nofru

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Fula

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto Fula-Serer *nof, from Proto-Atlantic. Cognate with Serer nof, Wolof nopp, Laalaa nof, Noon nof, Nalu naw, Biafada nufa, Palor nuf, Mbulungish nop.[1] Possibly related to Sherbro nui, Mmani nu, Mansoanka ni, Gola kenu.

Noun

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nofru ndu (plural noppi ɗi)

  1. (Adamawa) ear

References

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  • Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)[1] (in French), retrieved 7 May 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 130