mbeewa

Fula

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *mbe, whence also Serer mbe (“goat”).[1] May go back to a Proto-Niger-Congo root.

Noun

mbeewa ba (plural be'i ɗi) (plural beyi)

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

References

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 87

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