coggal

Fula

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root sogg-, cogg-. From Proto-Fula-Serer *coggal, whence also Serer cogal (“herd”).[1]

Noun

coggal ngal (plural cogge ɗe)

  1. herd of cattle (or other animals)[2]
  2. herd of cattle (or other animals) for sale[3]
  3. driving a herd to market[4]

Usage notes

Alternative forms
  • soggere

See also

References
  1. Cognate with Wolof coggal (“herd”), Badyara cokal (both probably borrowed from Fula).Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 56
  2. M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
  3. D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, and J. Donohoe, A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
  4. F.W. Taylor, Fulani-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1932. (New York:Hippocrene Books, 2005)

Koyraboro Senni

Noun

coggal

  1. some heads of cattle

Wolof

Etymology

Cognate with Badyara cokal. Probably both borrowed from Fula coggal.

Noun

coggal (definite form coggal gi)

  1. herd

References
  • Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 52
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