tilliisa

Fula

Dialectal variants

• tillisa Pular

Etymology

From Arabic تِلِّيسَة (tillīsa, “pallium, blanket, covering”).

Noun

tilliisa o

1. tent

Usage notes

• Used in Pulaar.

References

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.