nawlan

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Fula[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Fula-Serer *nawl (co-wife), whence also Serer nawle (“person of the same age, equal, comrade, companion”).[1]

Noun[edit]

nawlan (plural nawliraaɓe ɓe) (Augmentative nawliraawo)

  1. (Pular) co-wife
    Synonym: siinaa

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Comparative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 126
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