riiti

Wolof

Etymology

Borrowed from Fula riiti, possibly through Serer riiti.

Noun

riiti (definite form riiti gi)

1. a one or two-stringed viol used in Fula traditional music, goje

References

• Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 182