junngo
Fula
Alternative forms
- juŋŋgo (Pulaar) (less common)
- 𞤶𞤵𞤽𞥆𞤺𞤮 (in Adlam)
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Fula-Serer *jVn, from which may come a dubious 17th Century Serer cognate guenna.[1]
Noun
junngo ngo (plural juuɗe ɗe)
- (anatomy) hand
Usage notes
- Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
References
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
- 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.
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 97