WOLOF

Wolof is a language of Senegal, Mauritania, and the Gambia, and the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Unlike most other languages of the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language. Spoken by over 10 million people. Wolof is the most widely spoken language in Senegal, spoken natively by the Wolof people (40% of the population) but also by most other Senegalese as a second language. Now-archaic forms include Volof and Olof (Olaf?).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language

WOLOFAMERIKA: https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2004-November/043044.html

BAD ATTEMPTS AT ETYMOLOGY: https://web.ccsu.edu/afstudy/upd4-3.html

PDF DICTIONARIES AVAILABLE (1855 & 1995)

WOLOF ONLINE DICTIONARY: https://jangawolof.org/dictionary-2/

PDF OF DOMA WITCHES AVAILABLE

OLD NORSE DICTIONARY: https://www.vikingsofbjornstad.com/Old_Norse_Dictionary_N2E.shtm

WOLOF = WORF? 

COUNTING



Đuromnyetaw* = 8






Aajuma = Friday
Aaka = confrontation
Aala = bush, forest
Aalatemis = mpm "forest sunset" or "dusk of the forest", shared source of Artemis
Aalarba = Wednesday
Aaluwa = wooden writing tablet; Aluva = above = Badaga (India), Aluwa = spirit = Tausug (Phillipines), Yaluwa/Aluwa = spirit of Maimaituwa (God) = Buhutu, Kakabai (PNG), so possible ancient ties to a sky deity writing on a tablet, similar to the 10 commandments
Aar = protection
Aayee = to deprive of
Acha = go on, go away
Aduna = world
Ajaratu = female pilgrim
Ak/Ag = and, with
Alaafiya = chance, freedom
Alet = Sunday
Aldana/Alđana = heaven, sky
Altine = Monday
Alhemes = Thursday; claimed to be from Arabic
Am = to have
Ana = where?
Anam = the right way, the holy way, proper manner to do
Annyaansai/Ana'nyaan'sai = mpm "where to ask for death", possible connection to Anansi
Asaman* = sky; Asamando = ancestral realm = Akan; Asaman/Asamana = sky = Hindi: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/asamana
Aset = Saturday; Aset/Iset/Isis = goddess wife of Set?
Atekat = referee, mediator, arbitrator
Baahental/Baaķhental = celebrate
Baahon/Baaķhon = crow
Baakanti = turn, change direction
Baakar = sin
Baakarkat = sinner
Baaku = to glorify oneself, to invite an opponent in a wrestling contest
Baat = neck
Baat = sentence
Badole = poor
Baha/Baķha = sky blue
Bakan*/Baken = soul, life
Baken = nose
Baķh = custom
Baķh = goodness, kindness
Ban/Binit = clay
Bayendi = extend
Bechak = noon
Bechek = daybreak, dawn
Beejin = horn; source of Bajan? look it up
Beg = be content; this meaning was flipped
Bega* = to condescend
Bega* = to want; source of beg, beggar
Begadi* = to want little
Begalo* = to want to do, desire to do
Begante* = to want each other
Beganygul* = to not want as yet
Begati* = to want again
Begatul* = to want no more, be satiated
Begebege*/Begalol = greedy; source of beg & beggar(ly)
Begin/Bega/Begel* = will, wish; source of begin, where the supreme deity "willed" us into existence in the "begin"ning
Begul* = to want or lack nothing
Bei = farm
Beikat = farmer
Bel = fire
Bena = 1
Beneen = other, another, next one; source of Benin, NOT the Portuguese, whom the Olof had several dealings with
Bes = day
Besbuai = week
Besbuneka = every day
Bijanti = to make straight, to rectify
Binda = to write; source of bind
Bindakat* = creator
Bindawkat'u'dalore* = historian, lit. "writer of history"
Bindu = to be employed, commissioned; Bindu signifies marriage in India, but possibly also submission to a deity
Bitiloķho = strike with back of the hand; Biti = beat source?
Bom* = murder
Bomnit* = murderer
Bonaa = pierce
Bon = mean, bad, malevolent; Bonsam, Obonni, Ogboni
Bonsama/Bonsaama = mpm "bad protection", so possibly means a malevolent protector, which is fitting
Bot = eye
Buđantabafenke* = sunrise
Buđantabasoe* = sunset; Basoe = Bastet?
Buđeka* = ancient; connected to Buda/Buddha?
Buđitu* = first of all, ancient
Buđulit* = dedication
Buga = desire, want, like; jitterbug
Bugal = strike, smite, chasten
Bur/Buur = king; related to Bura tribe & the Norse god Bur
Burhama (Bourhama) = exorcist, sorcerer w/ exorcist powers
Buset = properly
Buumi = queen
Buyagaw = formerly, before
Chaamen = brother; Amene = brother = Ipili
Chaapa = vagina; this word means "good, excellent, pleasant" in Pakistan; Chapa = foray into = Hindi; Chapa = perfection, masterful = Marathi
Chat = apex
Chayor = an empire that got their start by separating from the main monarchy; from an article: the Wolof Empire itself began to disintegrate as early as the mid-16th century CE, breaking up into a number of successor states which included what is today referred to as the Wolof kingdom. This initial break-up was likely caused by the coastal towns growing so rich on trade that they sought to break away from the central Wolof monarchy. Indeed, these provinces were the first to claim their independence. The group of now disparate states in Senegambia, split between speakers of Wolof and Serer, was composed of Waalo, Cayor, Bawol, Siin, Saalum and the Wolof kingdom (unfortunately for it, the only one without access to the coast)
Cheet = marriage ceremony
Cheetal = honeymoon
Chi = in there
Chi = to, with, at
Chin = food
Chucho = small penis (cuckold?)
Đaķhel/Đaķhele = procrastinate
Đalore* = history; source of lore
Đambar* = hero
Đangi* = go to school
Đangu* = temple
Đangune* = school
Đantaw* = Sun
Đantaw'bawfenthaw'naw* = circle around the Sun
Đanygaro* = sickness
Đapa* = eclipse
Đapuđenta* = solar eclipse
Đapuver* = lunar eclipse
Đarak* = sick
Đegat* = Sun; Kattegat = cat's gate = Norse; Bastet was associated with the solar disk, Bes = day = Wolof
Đen* = tumble
Đenda* = to buy
Đenka* = roof, ceiling
Dentha* = to place, to set
Đer* = sickness, sick
Điko* = character
Đin* = pillar; Ođin was a pillar?
Đonab* = cat
Đonygop/Đonyķhop* = land crab
Đudu* = born
Đulikai* = menstruation
Đulit* = devout
Đulotu* = fall from a high place
Đurit* = placenta
Đuromnyeta* = 8
Daan = used to
Daan = to defeat
Daanu/Danu* = fall down
Daanģidaanģi = run
Dag = royal servant
Dagaan = worship; related to the ancient god Dagon
Dagan = obligatory, necessary
Dagu = devote
Dan = strike, smite, chasten, castigate
Danel = strike down, crush
Dara* = school
Dati = plowed land
Debalsabopa*/Debal'sa'bopa*/Debalu = devote
Dech/Dej = funeral; source of ditch?
Dega = honesty
Deebal = giant
Deeg = pool, pond
Deega/Dega/Degai = hear, understand, intelligence, reason; source of dig, as in "ya dig?"
Deegat = step on, trample
Deekali = revive, resurrect
Def = to do, put, spend; Def Jaam = to do as a slave
Defe = to believe, think, assume; Defe Jaam = thoughts of a slave
Defenu = prostrate at full length
Degai* = intelligence, reason
Deglu = listen
Degmu = to cup the chin
Dekale/Dekando* = neighbour
Deķh = river
Dem = to go
Deñ = taken out, removed
Deñcha = save, keep; Denchera/Denchira/Dendera root?
Dencharas = mpm "gathered to save", possible source of Denchira
Deñmaraķh/Denmaraķh = mpm "removed by dusk", source of the name Denmark, which speaks to the removal of the original Olof people who ruled the area for centuries, who were possibly defeated by an uprising and the war ended by sunset on a certain day
Dentora = name of the region where the Solodigs live, in Kukuroo mountain in the Republic of Opadochikiya (Padokea); might be related to Đanto (Sun) or Dantor of Ewe
Denu* = thunder
Der = image, skin
Deret = blood
Deri = continent
Des = remain
Diamangafanone = hello
Dig = promise; Kiiluwaa Soldig?
Digaale = have a bond with someone; Kiiluwaa Soldigaale had a bond with Gone
Digante* = line of separation
Diig = sink, submerge; source of dig, as in "ya dig?" Has it sunken in? See deega
Diine/Dine = religion; source of Odin/Ođin/Bawodin
Doķh = to walk; Padokia, where the Solodig's live = Opadoķhia = excessive walking
Doma/Dema* = witch; in ancient times, trials were held in which a witch was summoned to declare before a public jury all the evil they had done
Domutandarma*/Tandarma* = date fruit, date palm
Dompat = pinch, grip
Domubur/Doomubur* = scion, son or daughter of a Bur
Doole = power, strength
Doom = child
Door = beat, strike; most likely phonetic is đoor, related to Thor
Du = he/she/it will not, he/she/it is not
Duga = enter
Dugal = slot; Mac-Dugal?
Dugujdagach = sway the hips
Dulde = eternal
Duma = I will not
Dumaw* = strike, smite, chasten
Dunda = alive, exist, life
Dundu* = food
Dur* = strike, smite, chasten
Ennyaansai/En'nyaan'sai = mpm "lift up a prayer of death", possible connection to Anansi
Ersaw*/Kersaw* = honest, honesty
Etit* = shiny wood
Eyin* = to concede the point
Fabrair* = February
Fađar*/Fajar = dawn, aurora; Fađar or Fathar must have been the ancient name of the Sun or the Sun at dawn
Fađlu* = to heal, to be healed
Fađluđi = to go for healing
Fađu*/Faju = heal oneself
Faj/Fađ* = heal, cure, treat, solve
Fajkat = healer
Fanaan/Fanaane = to spend the night, spend the night with
Far = boyfriend, male lover
Far = erase
Far = partake
Far = thick
Farata = something essential, obligation to religion
Farkat = protector
Fechakat = dancer
Fer = very, completely; source of very?
Feral = wean
Feebar = sick, diseased, ill; feeble?
Feeñ = to be found
Feenyal = reveal, expose
Feer = iron
Fen = tell a lie
Fen = nowhere
Fendi = to drain
Fenkat = liar
Feta/Fita = dart, stinger, shoot, arrow
Feta* = dance; source of fete, both the Caribbean and French
Fetakat = dancer
Feyu = avenge
Fibonaachi/Fii'bonaa'chi = mpm "sow and pierce in there", related to Fibonachi and the creation of the universe, where life was sowed
Fidiwol = string
Fii = here, this place
Fii = sow
Findi = blacken
Firnde = translation, puzzle
Fit = courage; source of feat
Fit* = soul of man
Fita = shoot with arrows, blow
Fita = sweep, wipe
Fiu = upset stomach
Fog = must
Foog = think, estimate, speculate
Fooj = pretend; source of forge
Fooli = demote, dethrone
Fooma = cancel
Foon = kiss, smell
Foor = important, influential, powerful
Fooratu = scavenging, picking up things; source of forage
Fukaknyar (Fukakgnar*) = 12
Fukaknyarel (Fukakgnarel*) = 12th
Gaanyu = dead
Galak* = custom
Ganda = penis
Ganderu/Ganderulo = mislead, misguide
Gar = gather harvest
Garab/Garap* = tree, medicine, remedy
Garbo = prostitute; said to mean "curvature of the hull" in Italian, but also means "daintiness", things pertaining to women: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/garbo
Garmi = noble, especially of the Chayor/Kayor & Baol
Garolema = spare, protection
Gat = booty, anus
Gat = lie
Gawar = cavalry; source of war
Geena = go out
Geenee = take out, subtract; source of genie? source of gain?
Geenji = brooding
Geestu = look into oneself, research, look behind, revise
Genta = to dream
Genta = migrate
Gelem = to be lost
Gelem = camel
Gelwar = royalty of the Siin & the Saalum
Gemadi = doubter
Genee = remove
Genekat = stubborn
Genta = dream
Genuf = soft & loose soil
Germande = express gratitude, thanks; source of Germany?
Gesem = intimidate, shake, jolt
Get = to fish; source of get
Geten = disturbed, perturbed
Geten = border
Gewel = griot, bard, praise singer, oral historians
Gin = to swear, vow; Uvogin was sworn to tell the truth?
Gis = to see
Gisaankat = diviner
Gom = believe
Goma = close the eyes
Gomadi = disbelief
Gomantu/Gementu = sleepy
Gone/Gune = child; Gon of HxH?
Gone Firikisikisi = mpm "the child runs around in a playful manner in search of", interesting
Gong = baboon
Goor = man; Gor or Gugor is a deity or ancient ancestor revered by many African tribes but also a character in Norse folklore
Gooryaatal = mpm "the enlarged man" or "the man is enlarged", source of Goliath (WCOM)
Gor/Geer = noble, freeborn, 1st of 3 main castes
Gor = to cut down
Gore = freedom from slavery
Gore* = honest
Goryaatu/Goryaatal = mpm "cut down that which is beyond the limits" or "cut down the enlarged", source of Goliath
Gudi = night
Guitolor* = somersault
Gumbo/Gumba* = blind, blind person
Gune/Gone = child; Gon?
Gurment = protestant
Gurmet = satholic, catholic
Indiji = to go fetch
Isi = bring
Jaafur = a witch speaking in tongues
Jaam = slave, 3rd of 3 main caste; jaam session, jaamboree
Jaama = peace, peaceful
Jaamacha/Jamacha = mpm "the slaves are going away" or "the slaves have gone", possible source of the name of Jamaica
Jaamu = worship, adore
Jaan/Saa = snake
Jaapa = perform ablution
Jaapa = hold, catch
Jaapandeku = hold on to; Japan was conquered and held
Jaapo = be united in battle
Jaas = arrive suddenly, inevitable; source of "just", as in "I just came?
Jaasi = sword, cutlass
Jabar = wife
Jabar = healer, rootworker
Jam = to shoot, pierce, stone, stab
Jamacha = mpm "to shoot and go away", possible source of Jamaica, alluding to the guerilla tactics escapees used to fight
Jameega = mpm "the slave has arrived" or "the slaves have arrived", possible source of Jamaica (strong possibility)
Jameka/Jammekka = mpm "the slave(s) are quiet" or "the quiet slave", possible source of Jamaica (unlikely though, lol)
Jamgu'feta = mpm "whom shoots the arrow", source of Jango Fett, Star Wars marksman
Jahai = eagle
Jambaar = hero, warrior
Jambaaryaa = bravery
Jambur = the 1st of 3 main castes of the Wolof, the freeborn
Janfaa = conspire, conspiracy
Jangoro = disease, illness
Jaraaf = king of Chayor, an ancient kingdom that once ruled the area now known as Senegal; possible source of the term giraffe, and this animal was probably the totem representing either Jaraaf or his clan/lineage: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayor
Jef = an act
Jeebalu = to place oneself under a spirit
Jeebanu/Jeebanukat = spy
Jeeg = young woman, lady
Jel = take
Jeli = to go and collect
Jelkat = thief; a jellical cat?
Jeneer = light coming thru a crack
Jengu = brace a problem, take a risk; source of Jenga, but is it the source of the Jengu water spirits?
Jev = disparaging talk; Jive in Ebonics (not in dictionary)
Jig = to be lucky, benefited
Jigeen = woman
Jii = this
Jii = descend, climb down; Jii'nga Firi'kisikisi = Jing Freecs = you climbed down and ran around in search of
Jii'nga'jigeen'firi'kisikisi = mpm "you ejaculated in the woman then run around in search of", source of Jing Freecs
Jiiñ = to accuse; possible source of Jin-al in Jamdung
Jiit = scorpion
Jiital = underwear
Jiite = take charge, direct, lead
Jiiterbuga/Jiitterbuga = mpm "take charge and trap with desire" or "lead and trap with desire", possible source of jitterbug, a dance where a man leads a woman as they dance
Jiko = habit, character
Jinkoo = doze, slumber
Jolu = drink from a bottle; jolly old time = drunk?
Jom = dignity, self-respect
Jomi = bewitched, under a spell; possible connection to jumbi
Jongo = circumcision
Jot = reach; source of jut; see Juutu
Jot = to get, receive; source of jotting down notes, alluding to a mercantile scribe who jotted down things received
Jot = opportunity, to have time
Jubal = straighten, straight
Judoo = to be born at
Judu = to be born, begotten; source of Jude & Judah
Jula = trader; source of jeweler?
Juli = pray; possible source of July
June = thousand; possible source of June
Jur = cattle
Jur = deliver, give birth
Juroom = 5
Juutu = bend over, bend down; source of jut
Juwe = to mislead; were the Jews created to deceive?
Ķhaar = wait
Ķhaķhatai/Hahatai = laughter
Ķhala* = bow
Ķhalakat = archer
Ķhalis = money
Ķham/Ham = know
Ķhamal = inform
Ķhamee = to be known for, renown for
Ķhamekat/Hamekat = learned person
Ķhamkat/Hamkat = magician, lit. wise person
Ķhamķham/Hamham = wisdom, intelligence
Ķhamsabop/Hamsabop = knowledge
Ķhanjar = bronze, coins
Ķhañ = restrain, deny, deprive
Ķhapati = to bite
Ķhar = operate, surgery, operation, tear
Ķhar = sheep
Ķhare = war
Ķharit = friend
Ķharu = commit suicide
Ķheeb = to underestimate, underrated; source of Zebro, groundskeeper of the Kooku'urus Mountain state of the Solodig family; Zebro might also be Seiber/Seyber, name of a sea king in a Wolof story
Ķheeborom/Ķheeb'borom = mpm "underestimate the owner", source of Zebro, who was underestimated by GLK as the groundskeeper of the Solodig residence
Ķheebromba/Ķheeb'romba = mpm "underestimate to pass/go by", possible source of Zebro, who was underestimated by GLK and had to force a giant gate open to pass by
Ķheebur/Ķheeb'bur = mpm "underestimated king", possible source of Zebro
Ķheej = lance, spear
Ķheenyal = incense
Ķheesal = to bleach the skin
Ķheet = tribe, ethnicity, race
Ķhek* = virgin; did Kemetic Heka magick require a virgin?
Ķhemem = to lust, fancy
Ķher*/Her = greedy
Ķhibaar = news, message, report
Ķhiin/Hiin = cloud; Olafr hinn Hviti, meaning "Olaf the White", was the name of a 9th century viking sea king; this was possibly a king who was deified as a god, associated with the whiteness of the clouds
Ķhiis/Hiis = wicked; Hiis-oka?
Ķhiis/Hiis = scrubbing; Hiisoka was seen having a bath
Ķhiissoocha/Hiisoocha = mpm "scrubbing to scrub"
Ķhiisookak/Hiis'oo'kak/Hiis'kak = mpm "called very wicked" or "very wicked", possible source of Hisoka
Ķhiissookak/Hiis'soo'kak = mpm "the wicked harvest a breaking sound = the wicked harvest, then break, possible source of Hisoka
Ķhimaleku = to recover from, faint
Ķhumbai/Humbai = celebration
Ķhipi = to open one's eyes, become aware
Ķhipikat = a person who has become aware
Ķhol = heart
Ķhonjom = amulet
Ķhonvaso*/Ķhon* = rainbow
Ķhorom = salt
Ķhos/Ķhostol = miss, fail
Ķhulaan = witch
Ķhumbai* = pomp, magnificence
Ka = to
Ka = the
Ka = habitual
Kaaci = lie
Kaacikat = liar
Kabaab = temple of the head
Kabinet = bedroom; source of cabinet & cab
Kadu/Nkadu = to thunder, thunder; Kadu = black person = Hmong; Kadu = quality or state of being black, to war against/fight with, a war = Kannada; Kadu = a guard, a watch, a fort = Assyrian; Kadu = to cover = Saggiggan, Ka'adu = agricultural term = Saggiggan; to sum it all up, all these designations points to Kadu being an ancient god of war, protection, and fertility amongst primordial black people, and this deity was associated with rain & thunder storms: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kadu - https://www.assyrianlanguages.org/akkadian/dosearch.php?searchkey=9826&language=id
Kaju = in a corner
Kak = very
Kak = sound made by a breaking
Kal = an inter-tribal relationship, a sacred alliance, source of Kalel? It is mentioned here: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diop
Kalaame = file a complaint; source of claim
Kalel/Kallel = mpm "the sacred alliance of the horde of conquerors/plunderers", possible original and ancient meaning of the name Kalel
Kamba = hole, pit, ditch
Kamba* = river crab
Kangam* = chief; source of Khan and Kang(?)
Kankurang = Mandinka masquerade
Kanyaan = be jealous; the Hebrews were jealous (Canaan) and so they plundered
Kao* = above
Karkari = tremble
Karo = floor tiles
Karonoo/Karonnoo = mpm "the under place", source of Kronos, or Qo'nos, home of the Klingons; this word is said to be a part of a Klingon death chant: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Qo%27noS
Kasaara = destroy, spoil
Kasag = songs
Kasara* = loss, misfortune
Kat = suffix for a person who does something; Khat = man, people = KH (pg.570), Kat = work, labour = KH (pg.784)
Katan = power, strength; Chris Kattan? Katana?
Kavar* = fur
Kaveai* = height, rise, elevation
Keka = hard soil
Kelifu'malakawyaw = archangel; source of caliph?
Kersa = respect for others; the original meaning of curse?
Kepkep* = fly around, hover
Kii = to send
Kii = this person
Kiiluwaa = mpm "send the mute inhabitant", source of Killua of HxH?
Kiiluwaa Solodig = mpm "send the mute inhabitant on an important business promise", interesting..
Kisikisi = search, investigate
Ko = say, said
Ko = like, as
Ko = him, her, it
Kooi = penis
Kooku = that person
Kooku'urus = mpm "that person's gold", possible source of the name of the mountain owned by the very wealthy Solodig family lives, Kukuroo Mountain: https://hunterxhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Kukuroo_Mountain
Koor = to fast
Kopati = make a hole
Kostiim = a suit; source of costume
Kot = alone
Korte = to cast a spell; to court someone is to literally spellbound them to a point where they become smitten
Ku = who
Kubal = custom
Kudal = erection
Kumaase = to begin, start; related to Kumasi of Ghana?
Kurang = electricity
Kurangpikir = mpm "to inject electricity"; Kurapika injects Uvogin with a pointed charm and kills him by crushing his heart
Kurus = prayer beads
Kus = booty
Kush = millet meal soaked in water
Kuus = dwarf, twa-arf
Laabe = father, priest; related to Rabbi
Lam = bracelet, bangle
Lamba = unwanted
Leb'ekat = creditor
Lebatu = proverb
Lebeer/Leber = hippo
Lebu = tribe, an indigenous tribe of the Wof
Leeb/Leb = story
Leer/Ler = brightness, shining
Lefugudi = witchcraft; source of left hand path?
Lel* = a horde of pillagers
Leral* = illuminate, enlighten, lighten
Lerlu* = to be enlightened
Lendem = darkness
Li = the
Lingeer = prince, princess, scion
Liooroot/Li'oor'root = mpm "the fetching of gold", source of Leorio in HxH
Log = to keep; source of log, as in logbook, a book to keep records
Lojte = to solicit
Loo = to stand, height
Loo = stop, contest
Loo = what
Lopet = kick on the butt; Lopit source?
Lor* = to spit
Lu = dumb, mute
Luhus/Luķhus = magick
Luhuskat/Luķhuskat* = magician
Luubu = rude, unruly
Maa = I
Maai = disappear
Maam = grandparent
Maata = sting
Mag/Maget* = old, elder; possible source of maggot, things that grow on dead bodies?
Mag = to grow
Magetai* = seniority
Malakamubon*/Malaka'mu'bon* = devil, lit. "angel, he's bad"
Malakaw* = angel
Mam*/Mamat*/Mamarnyi*/Mamarnyat* = ancestors
Mamyawtawalaw* = ancient ancestors; possible source of Jamdung "tallawah"
Man = I
Manamana = translated as "food" in the "Hyena & Hare" folktale, but said to be unrecognizable in Gambian Wolof; might be ma'nyam'ma'nyam, my food-my food
Manu* = thunder; Manu is the name of a very well-known deity in Hinduism, and is described in Sanskrit as the "name of a celebrated personage regarded as the representative man and father of the human race": https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/manu
Maraķh = dusk, twilight, after sunset; Denmark = Den-maraķh
Marto = hammer, to hammer
Mat = labour; related to goddess Maat, who was seen as a fertility goddess in pre-Kemetic times
Mayati* = give back
Mbaga = shoulder
Mbal = naughty child
Mbalu = masturbate
Mbam* = pork, pig
Mban = enemy
Mbar = sheath
Mbas = throw someone down; Embassy = Mbasi?
Mbas = inferior quality
Mbas = to dodge
Mbenu* = overflow
Mbilib = whistle
Mbinda* = creation
Mbindaan = maid, servant
Mboota = frog
Mbor = wrestler
Mbota = to crawl under
Mbote = lamb
Mefar = leopard
Mel = look like, resemble; possible relation to biblical name Milcah; see Melka
Mela = shine; source of malakh
Melaķhal = lightning, thunder; source of Malakh
Melka = mpm "to resemble", source of the biblical character Milcah or Melcha, wife of Nohor
Meti* = sore
Metit*/Meetit/Meti*= pain, sorrow
Moka = tender
Mooñ = tiny grains of flour balls; Po Tolo?
More = slice of pork
Motali = end, finish
Moun = patience
Mpar = protection
Mu = to, is, are
Mu = he, she, it
Muji = last, end of
Muriku* = eclipse
Muruđenta* = solar eclipse, lit. "cover the Sun"
Muruver* = lunar eclipse, lit. "cover the Moon"
Musidađar* = antichrist; WCOM
Mut = sufficient, enough
Mutali = complete, finish
Muumu = dumb, mute
Muur/Mur* = to cover
Muuril = to uncover
Muus = cat
Muus = wise
Muusal = to steam
Muuse = cheat, fool, deceive
Muuti = anus
Naaj = Sun
Naaje = sunny
Naar = Moor, Arab
Nacha = bleed
Nađ* = sunlight; this became the modern word "Naaj", the modern Wolof word for Sun; might have been Naađ
Nampatal = head
Nanygu* = to want each other
Nao* = to fly
Nataal = picture, portrait, photograph; Kwazulu Natal?
Nawet = rainy season
Ndaama = dwarf
Nđambar* = heroic, heroism
Nđanđan* = extraordinary misfortune
Ndañka/Ndanka = gently
Nđañgal/Ndangal* = pillage, loot, plunder
Nđañgalkat* = plunderer, pillager, conqueror
Ndaokunda* = royalty of the Waalo
Ndaosaw/Ndaosawle* = important lady
Ndei = mother
Nđem* = business dealings, affairs
Nđemaw* = witchcraft, called "devilry" (diablerie) in 1855 Dict.
Ndenda = drum
Ndepa = exorcism, exorcist
Ndoh/Ndohe = water, watery
Ndobin = black bird
Ndogal* = kalamity, misfortune
Nđubai* = right, justice; source of Dubai?
Nđudu* = birth
Nđulit* = devotion
Ne = say, said
Neba = eclipse; Neba-kad-nezar?
Nepas/Ne'pas = mpm "say amulet"
Netali = to narrate a story
Netalikat = narrator, storyteller
Netalikat'u'dalore* = historian, lit. teller of history
Ngangor* = pomp, magnificence; possible source of Jamdung dongargon; proto form was possibly Gangorgan
Ngoon = evening
Nģoos'nģoos/Nģoos'nģoosi = to hoe, dig in farming; actual source of nosey
Nimse* = doubt
Nit/Moo = human, person
Nitkoai/Nit'ko'ai = bad people
Nitugudi* = magician, witch
Niu* = corpse, dead body
Njeka = 1st
Njeku = sister-in-law
Njel/Njelu = dawn, early morning; source of angel
Njiit = leader, guide, chief
Njukal = congratulate, give a favour
Njuumte = mistake, fault
Nķhel* = spiritual being; source of angel
Noi = tender, delicate, comfortable
Noo = place, mark of something
Noo = ability
Noo = uncleanliness
Nooha = beat
Nooķhor/Noķhor/Nawhawr = wizard, a male whose father is a doma; source of Nahor or Nachor, a biblical character who lived in the land of Uz; potential source of the Wizard of Oz story, the Noohor (wizard) of Uz (Oz)
Nopi = state of being quiet
Ntedaw = honesty
Nyaan = pray, ask, solicit; Annyaansi?
Nyaanukai = sacred place; Anu?
Nyai/Nyei* = elefant
Nyalem* = proverb
Nyam = food; Jamdung connection
Nyandos* = river crab
Nyangoor = spitting cobra
Nyeebe = pregnant, slang term
Nyeeg = reluctant
Nyeenyo = griot, bard, artisan, 2nd of 3 main castes
Nyef = beat, strike; Neferpitou = Nyeferpitu?
Nyefer = mpm "beat completely", source of Neferpitou, who was beaten completely to a pulp by Gone
Nyeferpiitu = mpm "to beat completely while observing", source of Neferpitou
Nyemeñ = brave
Nyenent = 4
Nyenenteel = 4th
Nyeteel = 3rd
Nyimantalu = eat slowly
Nyome*/Nyeme* = prowess, bold, audacious, nerves, guts; Naomi?
Nyoom = them
Nyor = cooked, ripe
Nyulug = add water
Nyulug = instigate
Nyun = we
Nyuul = black
Nyuus = beat
Of = to put out, extinguish, fan
Og = lift up a garment
Ogosu = adjust
Olbati = to turn
Olof = Wolof person, possible source of Olaf
Olufar = mpm "trusted lover" or "trusted to protect", possible source of Olufar/Olafr
Olufar = old, alternate spelling of the name Olafur, found here: https://books.google.ca/books?id=REpfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=olufar&source=bl&ots=thA7c4GKZz&sig=ACfU3U2SUrbZbWsbuR8Z9eyweiTbUIRiig&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIvrmo8eL6AhU9lIkEHRApB-s4HhDoAXoECA8QAg#v=onepage&q=olufar&f=false
Olufeer = mpm "trusted iron", possible source of Olufar/Olafr
Olufer = mpm "trusted completely", possible source of Olufar/Olafr
Ong = strike on the head; connected to Kong in other African languages and the Jamdung kunģk
Oo = call
Ooka/Ookatu = scratch
Oolof = mpm "trusted to extinguish", source of Olof, original name of the Wolof; Olof is a name for women in Iceland, so in ancient times, Olof was the female variant of Olafer: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%93l%C3%B6f
Oolu/Olu = to trust; Oolu-dumare?
Ooludomarei/Oludomarei = mpm "trust (in) the big witch", possible source of Olodumare
Oopa/Opaw* = sick, illness; Padokia = Oopadoķhia?
Oor = jewelry, gold; source of ore, material used to create jewelry
Oor = safe
Opa = to fan
Opa = too much, excessive; Padokia = Opadoķhia = excessive walking
Or = betray
Orkat = betrayer
Otu = avoid
Oyof = light, weightless
Oyofal = lighten, make easy
Paa = father, old man, honourific used by children
Paar = part
Paķh = cave, cavern
Palaale = bridesmaid
Palaas = place, space; source of palace
Palaase = to place, to put
Palanteer = window; Palantus? Palanta?
Palto = coat, jacket
Panye = basket
Paree = ready, prepare, well-dressed; source of prepare
Pas = amulet
Pata = one-eyed
Pata = odd
Peepa = seed, grain
Penku = east
Piir = pure
Piitu = to eye, to look, look out the corner of the eye
Ponyit = firewood
Pooj = thigh, drumstick
Pooj = to dance; Pooja?
Porom = bronze
Potopoto = mud/muddy, clay; Jamdung connection
Puđ = pinnacle; connected to Putah/Ptah/Buddah
Puup = faeces
Raaba = to weave
Raaf = to be finished
Raaga = depreciated, haggard; source of ragamuffin
Raagamufeeñ = mpm "haggardly he was found", source of ragamuffin
Raagamufindi = mpm "he is haggard and blackened", basically, "he is unkempt and dirty"
Raaganaar = mpm "haggardly Moor", possible source of the name Ragnar
Raam = crawl
Raanye = distinguish, recognize
Rab = animal
Rafet = nice, beautiful
Ragal = afraid, frightened
Ragalkat = coward, timid or fearful person
Raglu = to be healed
Raj = to end
Rala* = burst, make noise
Randal = to remove, move
Randalkat = thief
Randu/Dandu* = move aside, move back
Rapaas = servant
Rawalekat = smuggler, thief
Ras = gather
Ras = frown
Rata/Ratah = strike, smite, chasten
Redaw = line
Reba/Roba = to hunt
Rebakat/Robakat = hunter
Rei = large, big; the Sun is Rei
Reinit* = murderer
Roi = spread
Roi = imitate, copy
Ron = under
Ronu = undermine
Roof = insert, stuff in
Roose = to water, irigate
Rus = to be ashamed; Rus-sia? Pe-rus-sia? those who are ashamed?
Ruuķh = soul; source of ruach
Ruus = to shed; Ruus-sia?
Saafara = sacred water
Sabab* = extraordinary misfortune
Sael = tiger
Safara = fire
Sanysañ* = authority, power
Sago* = intelligence, reason, sense
Sago = desire, wish
Sai = bundle, pile
Saisai* = criminal, robber
Saitu = rule, govern, guard
Santa = surname, last name
Sathakat'bu'rei* = gangster, robber, criminal
Sawk/Sok = to beat with a pestle; sock it to me
Sangabopa* = baptize, be baptized
Sebet = wash rice
Seda = cold
Sedem = pupil of the eye
Seef/Sef = chief, king
Seela = holy, pious, sacred; source of Selah
Seentu = expecting, look forward to
Segawaanyita/Segakowaanyita/Sega'waanyi'taa/Sega'ko'waanyi'taa = mpm "to bow down due to reduction and accept" or "he bowed down at the reduction and accepted, possible source of Seaquant, who came with a 100 men to Kukuroo mountain to invade the Solodigs, but was humbled by Canary, who took out all but Seaquant, who then conceded defeat and became a servant
Sei = to marry
Sei/Sey = old Wolof word for "sea", found in old folktale "The Hare, The Land King, And The Sea King" where the name of the Sea King is literally Seyber (Seibuur), Sey + Buur, Sea + King; I glean this because the modern Wolof word "seyaan" means "stream", and must be a descendant of this ancient word; other words that give credence to "se" referencing liquid is "seben/sebenu" (urinate) and "sebet" (wash rice); this is the source of the English word "sea", from OE (Old English) "sæ", from ON (Old Norse) "sær"
Seiburomba = mpm "sea king passing by", possible source of Zebro/Zeburo in R×R (H×H)
Seikowaañyi = the sea
Sepađaleñ/Sepađargoñ* = somersault
Serin/Seriñ = diviner, marabout
Seruntu/Serintu = to consult a diviner
Set = proper
Setai = cleanliness
Sewet/Sebet = to stop raining; source of wet
Seyaan = stream
Seyber/Seiber = name of the "king of the sea" in the Wolof story "The Hare, The Land King, And The Sea King"; because "seyaan" means "stream", the "sei" in "seiber/seyber" may be an old word for "sea", providing the source of the English word, especially since the "bur" or "ber" section of the word means "king"
Sinyara (Signara*) = lady, madam, mistress; modern word is sohnar; compare with Norse female names Sigurd and Signora; Signora = madam = Italian: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Signora - Signy & Signe were also the names of two ancient Norse heroines: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signy
Sinyarasundao (Signarasundao*) = important lady
Sikim* = chin
Silmaķha/Silmaķhai = blind, blindness
Sindaķh = lizard
Sinygal = roof of a square building
Siraas = to buffer, to shine; connected to Sirius
Siru* = wildcat
So = to settle, to set, i.e. the Sun
Soķhla/Sohla* = affair
Soķhna = wife, woman, lady
Soķhonu* = prostrate
Soķhor = wicked
Sol = dress, put on, wear
Solo = importance, business
Soñgai = kalabash covered with another kalabash; possible source of Songhai
Soo = harvest; Hiis-soo-kak = the wicked harvest a breaking sound = the wicked harvests, then breaks
Soo = pierce, hole
Soo = offering
Soskat* = creator
Sotal = finish, end, terminate
Sotina = to have ended, finished
Su = relatives
Su = when
Su = if he, if she
Suđot = prostrate
Sui = sprinkle
Sula = penis
Suma = my
Suti = tool
Sutura = secretive, concealed, discreet
Sutura = decency
Suuf = bottom, beneath; source of south
Suul = burial
Suum = lobster
Suusal = steam
Suuyee = July
Suwe/Suwo = June
Suwo = home
Swar = ?? https://jangawolof.org/2015/01/05/wolof-time-dates/
Swardani = ??? (Hunter Headquarters)
Sweijeeh = skinny
Taa = to go, depart
Taa = take, accept
Taab = boil
Taacha = flat
Taachu = to clap
Taage = death announcement
Taal = to light, kindle
Taalal = go straight
Taalata = Tuesday
Taali = to be straight
Taama = to walk, travel
Taama = to be used to, addicted
Taambali = begin, start
Tabukena'hamul = ancient ancestors
Tahao/Taķhao = to stand, stood, to stop
Takarnaase = continuous
Takusaan = late afternoon
Talaata = reduced, divided, shared, separated
Tam = to accuse, accuse of witchcraft
Tan = eagle, vulture
Tandale = prophesy
Tane = to be better
Tang = season, period, time
Tangaai = heat, warm weather
Tangoor = heat
Tanha/Tanķha = to water, to draw
Tanta = aunt
Tao/Tau/Taw* = rain; first two are my spelling
Taoat/Tawat = rained
Tapale = ripoff
Tasee = to meet
Tasiyong = hypertension, high blood pressure
Tari = to recite
Tawat = complain
Tawat = drenched, wet with rained
Teb = spring
Teđaw* = honest
Teđukai* = prison
Teegi = to remove
Teeki = to succeed, be fruitful
Teel = early
Teeladoor = start early
Teemeer = hundred; source of the "temer" in the English "temerity", which means "excessive boldness & rashness"; in ancient times, this root word "teemeer" or "temer" possibly just meant "many" or a "large amount" of something, or literally "hundreds"
Teen = well
Teere (Tayre) = amulet, book
Teeru/Teru* = coastal village, path, town, port
Teeru = to wait for someone
Tees = to stop
Teretuwaar = footpath
Tefes = beach
Tega = blacksmith, maker of weapons, jewelry, and farming tools; Tega = sword, cutlass, scimitar = Ndiyan languages: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tega
Tegakat = drummer
Tegin = good manners
Temis/Timis = sunset, dusk; possible connection to Ar-Temis or to Themis: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanisThemis.html
Tendegn* = sunshine, shining
Tene = tiger, panther
Tenja = to mourn
Teranga = hospitality
Tere = to forbid, prohibit
Teretuwaar = footpath
Thakao/Takao* = up, above
Thakar/Takar* = roof; source of Indian name Thakar?
Thawbudekawbaw/Tawbudekawbaw* = ancient; Tabu'de'kaba?
Thawbukenaw'ķhamul/Tawbukenaw'ķhamul* = ancient ancestors
Thoholan/Thoķholan* = sea crab; may be Toķholan
Tiimkat = midwife, doula
Tiinyal = to accuse
Tiis = sorrow
Tiit = greedy
Tiit = afraid, frightened, alarmed
Tilim = dirty
Tilimal = smear, dab, deface
Tir = suddenly
Tis = to splash
Tisbaar = early-mid afternoon
Tisooli = to sneeze
Tiye = hold, restrain
Tođte* = pillage, plunder
Tođkat* = plunderer, pillager
Toj = break, broken, split open
Tolale = divine, prophesy
Tontu = answer, respond
Tubaab = European, foreigner
Tubei = pants
Tuda = name
Tudee = to name; source of today? gave names to days?
Tufan* = deluge, flood
Tuflit* = spit, to spit, saliva
Tungune = dwarf
Tuub = convert
Tuub = forgiveness
Tuubeen = evangelist, proselyte
Tuuk = quiet
Tuumal = accuse wrongly
Tuur = spirit, idol, shrine; Thor?
Um = to bring back fortune
Ver* = Moon
Verlo*/Veral* = heal
Vetiku* (Vethiku?) = prostitution
Vur/Vural = surround, surroundings; source of viral?
Waa = inhabitant, resident, citizen
Waa = to do
Waanyi = reduce
Waanyitaa = to reduce and accept
Waaw = yes
Waaw kay = all right, certainly; Wow, ok
Waawkañ = yes, of course
Wađan = run
Wagna/Wagnakat = calculate, tally, calculator
War = obliged, must, have to, should; source of war
War = ride, straddle, mount
Waraaj = cemetery, grave
Warkat* = rider; source of war
Warlu*/Wakirlu* = endorse, guarantee, deposit, bail, surety
Warugal = obligation
Weer = Moon, month
Wiswisal = drizzle
Woh/Woķh/Waķh = say, talk; Wohdiine/Wohdine = the talking pillar, source of Wodin; Waķh = Waaq, god to the Somalis, Oromos, and other East African tribes
Wolop/Wo'lop = Dinka mpm "we explain" or "we reveal", possible source or connection to the name "Wolof"
Wolu = save, help, relief
Won = show, exhibit
Wondu = cat, type of cat
Wong/Wang = booty
Woradi* = doubt
Woral = prove
Wosin = give birth
Wuja = co-wife
Wundalu = spin, dodge
Urus = gold
Ut/Uti = search, find
Uus = to abandon, leave for good; source of the biblical name Uz, son of Nohor (Nachor/Nahor), and was possible introduced in the bible due to Abraham being in a time of transition: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Uz
Yaa = you, place; mi deh yah, yaa eediot; Jamdung connection
Yaai = mother
Yaala/Yala = God; ancient form may be Iah-Ra
Yaatal = enlarge
Yaatu = enormous, spacious, beyond prescribed limits
Yagal = extend
Yal = lizard
Yaleef = spirit
Yandor/Yaandoor = sleep, slumber
Yaram = body
Yaram* = Arab
Yarodiku* = dishonesty
Yaru = discipline
Yefar/Yeefar = traditional spirituality or spiritualist, called "pagan" by white devils
Yefigudi = magick, witchcraft
Yekati = to elevate, to lift high
Yeketaan = rape
Yeketaankat = rapist
Yombađam = vulnerable, susceptible
Yon = right
Yonet/Yonent = prophet, diviner; source of Jonah
Yoni = to send; source of Jonah, a prophet who was sent to deliver a word to Nineveh
Yoor/Yooru = to dangle, to be hanging




Ciel = Cher, Si-El
Etoile = Etwa or Etwaye or Etware: Etwa means about in German, and is a place in Eastern Cape, SA; Etware is a name in Kongo








RESEARCH NOTES:

The trade with the Portuguese become so lucrative through the 1480s CE that the Wolof king, Burba Birao, even shifted his capital nearer to the coast. However, not everyone was happy with the welcoming of missionaries, and traditionalist princes led a revolt which toppled Burba Birao in 1489 CE. Birao's brother, Prince Bemoi, was forced to flee the country, but he was given a splendid welcome in Lisbon where he was even baptised. By 1490 CE, the Portuguese were ambitious to control directly trade goods, and particularly gold, from their source in Africa's interior. They sent a military expedition against the Wolof king and backed Prince Bemoi to take the throne. The expedition, despite involving 20 caravel ships, proved a failure because of disease and a serious disagreement between the pretender and his European backers, which led to the former's death. Thereafter, the Portuguese remained within their fortified trading posts along the coast as trade continued through the 16th century CE: https://www.worldhistory.org/Wolof_Empire/


The Wolof Empire was a major participant in the slave trade, exporting as much as one-third of all African slaves prior to 1600 CE. This trade declined in the 17th century CE as Senegambia became a thoroughfare of slaves from the interior of central Africa rather than a source of them. Thanks to the mighty Senegal River, which extends hundreds of kilometres into Africa's interior, the Wolof were in a position to trade all manner of goods besides slaves, and these included hides, cotton textiles, gum, ivory, kola nuts, salt, horses, indigo, and beeswax. The Wolof also had their own manufacturers to transform raw materials into even more valuable goods. Wolof goldsmiths and filigree workers enjoyed an especially high reputation across West Africa: https://www.worldhistory.org/Wolof_Empire/


WOLOF GAYNESS?: https://www.willsworld.org/africa.html

gor—digen, men—women; yauss, insertors; oubi, "open," insertees