ɓokki

See also: bokki

Fula

Alternative forms
  • 𞤩𞤮𞤳𞥆𞤭‎ (Adlam)

Etymology

Cognate with Serer ɓaak (“baobab”). From a proposed Proto Fula-Serer *ɓaak, from Proto-Atlantic *ɓɔk[1] Cognate with Laalaa ɓɔh (“baobab”).[2]

Noun

ɓokki ki (plural ɓohe ɗe)

  1. baobab (Adansonia digitata)
    Synonym: (Fouta Djallon) ɓohe

Usage notes

See also
  • ɓowko (augmentative)
  • ɓongel, ɓowkon, ɓokkon (diminutive)

References
  1. Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN
  2. El Hadji Dieye, M. (2010) DESCRIPTION D’UNE LANGUE CANGIN DU SENEGAL : le laalaa (léhar)‎, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, page 35
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