baalii

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Fula

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Etymology

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From Proto-Fula-Serer *mbaal, whence also Serer mbaal (sheep).[1]

Noun

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baalii (plural baali)

  1. (Pular) sheep
    Synonyms: (Maasina Fulfulde) mbaalu, (Adamawa) mbaala, (Maasina Fulfulde, Western Niger Fulfulde) baali

References

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  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 87