ngol

Fula

Suffix

ngol

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including long or extended objects

Usage notes

Article

ngol

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Keerol ngol ― the border

Usage notes

Determiner

ngol

  1. (used in indicating something)
    Ngol keerol ― this/that border

Usage notes

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ŋa², from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ŋa², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognate with Nuosu ꉛ (hxe), Burmese ငါး (nga:), Chinese 魚 (OC *ŋa), Tibetan ཉ (nya), Chepang ङाः (ŋaʔ), Drung ngv'plaq, Yamphu ङा (ŋa), Western Tamang तर्‌ङ (tarŋa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ŋo⁵⁵]

Noun

ngol 

  1. (Yao'an) fish

Serer

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *Qol, whence also Fula honndu.[1]

Noun

ngol (definite article ne, plural kol)

  1. finger
  2. toe

References
  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 65
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