soppali

Wolof

Etymology

From soppi +‎ -al. The suffix -i, already present in the base verb, regularly follows the added suffix -al, resulting in the compound suffix -ali.

Verb

soppali

to change sth into sth
to transform sth into sth

Usage notes

Always takes two objects (ditransitive). The base verb soppi is used as the monotransitive counterpart as in “to change sth”.

Derived terms

soppaliku

References

Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003) Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof (in French), France: Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 319