walaa

• alaa

Apparently from the root wal- (2).

walaa (Adamawa)

1. there is not, there is no
2. not
3. no

• Used in Maasina Fulfulde.
• Used in Western Niger Fulfulde.
• Used in Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde.
• Used in Nigerian Fulfulde.
• Used in Adamawa Fulfulde.
• Possibly all varieties of Fula other than Pulaar and Pular, which use alaa.

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• M.O. Diodi, Dictionnaire bilingue fulfuldé-français, français-fulfuldé, Niger(?), 1994.
• D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, and J. Donohoe, A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
• F.W. de St. Croix and the Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Fulfulde-English Dictionary, Kano: The Centre, 1998.
• F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)

walaa

1. vine