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FULANI [3 records]

Record 1 2019-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Islamism
DEF

... the Fulani chief at the head of a cultural-administrative unit known as the lamidat.

OBS

OBS - lamibe: plural form.

Key term(s)
  • lamibe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mahométisme
DEF

[...] chef traditionnel peul dans le nord Cameroun.

OBS

OBS - lamidos; lamibés; lamibbe : formes plurielles.

Key term(s)
  • lamidos
  • lamibés
  • lamibbe

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

The Fulani herdsmen, who breed horned cattle and oxen [in West Africa] and the Tuareg, who raise goats, sheep, and dromedaries, meet together for the salt cure(i. e. to permit the cattle to lick the salty soil of the area)(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
CONT

Pour compléter sa nourriture fraîche, le troupeau [touareg] doit faire une cure salée en fin d'hivernage.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
OBS

Mande-speaking

OBS

Wolof : a language of Senegal, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Fulani.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers
DEF

Qui parle le ouolof.

OBS

Ouolof: Langue agglutinante parlée par [le] peuple [de la Sénégambie (Sénégal])

Spanish

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