ciwto

Fula

Alternative forms
  • (Pular) siwtaaɗo

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *siwd, whence also Serer siid (“twin”).[1]

Noun

ciwto o (plural siwtuɓe ɓe)

  1. (Adamawa) twin
    Synonyms: funeejo, punaaɗo

References
  • Tourneux, Henry, Boubakary, Abdoulaye, Gayaou, Hadidja-Konaï, Ousmane, Fakih (2020) Dictionnaire peul du corps et de la santé (Diamaré, Cameroun) (in French), Paris, retrieved 6 May 2023
  1. Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 337
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