No. GAMBLE1981-001
Firdu Fulbe kuuŋgi
The Gambia · Upper River Region: Kantora and Fulladu East (south bank) · Africa
Function not recorded
kuuŋgi
Source term: bullroarer
kuuŋgi: bullroarer (Firdu Fula).
On the south bank of the upper Gambia River, in the districts of Kantora and Fulladu East, the Firdu Fulbe call the bullroarer kuuŋgi. Their Fula is a dialect of its own, distinct from that of the Firdu speakers of Casamance and Guinea-Bissau, and it is spoken in villages such as Kundam, Sotuma and Saare Mansajang.
Particulars
- Object
- A bullroarer called kuuŋgi in the Firdu dialect of Fula; form and material not described.
- Function
- Not recorded.
Source
David P. Gamble and Meri Ouma Baldeh, Gambian Fula–English Dictionary (Firdu Dialect), Gambian Studies 12 (San Francisco, 1981), p. 75