单词 | fulfulde |
释义 | Fulfulden.adj. A. n. The Niger-Congo language of the Fula people. Cf. Fula n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Fulah Wolof1823 Fula1848 Fulfulde1857 Pullo1858 Fulani1891 Peul1932 Fulbe1967 1857 H. Barth Trav. & Discov. N. & Central Afr. II. xxxiv. 150 Having been busy in the morning writing Fulfúlde, I mounted my horse about ten o'clock. 1912 Man 12 116 In Fulfulde again we find another important feature in the plural of nouns, which brings it and certain of the Soudanese languages which share the peculiarity, very near the Bantu languages. 1976 Nigerian Herald 21 May 2/2 4.45 News in Edo, Efik and Fulfulde. 1997 Guardian 4 Feb. i. 16/4 Junaidu's remarkable aptitude for prosody which enabled him to recall and recite verse in any of three languages—Arabic, Fulfulde and Hausa—brought him early recognition. 2010 Church Times 10 Dec. 11/1 The Fulani attackers spoke in Fulfulde as they called out to one another in the dark. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the language of the Fula people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Fulah Fula1794 Fulani1839 Fulbe1857 Fulfulde1857 1857 H. Barth Trav. & Discov. N. & Central Afr. (ed. 2) II. xxxvi. 490 (note) Lowel is most probably a name belonging to the Fulfulde language. 1902 E. D. Morel Affairs W. Afr. xvi. 132 The country which the Tarik asserts was ruled over by a king with a Fulfulde affix to his name. 1973 W. Derman & L. Derman Serfs, Peasants & Socialists ii. 53 There is no Fulfulde word in the Fouta-Djallon for butcher. 2003 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 10 Sept. 20 In a Fulfulde grammar book I once came across the polite imperative, equivalent to our word ‘please’, but I have never heard it used here, except in prayers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1857 |
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