liital

Fula

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *liit, whence also Serer liit (“flute”). Cognate with Wolof liit, Badyara ka-liit[1]

Noun

liital ngal (plural liite ɗe)

  1. flute, trumpet

Usage notes

References
  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
  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 139
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