Wolof Vocabulary relating to Animal Husbandry

Back to Vocabulary Resource Sheets

Email corrections and comments to ForTheWolof
A Unicode font is needed to view this page correctly. If you can read this Wolof character "ŋ" you are setup.

Chicken Raising

ginaar gi chicken séq gi rooster
cuuj bi chick tëng bi hen which has not had a chick
koppin bi turkey naat bi guinea fowl

Anatomy
laaf mi wing sàll wi beak
dunq/dung wi feather njubb li comb
làngal li wattle (red part which hangs under the neck) suux wi flesh
kostan bi spur on a rooster roq bi gizzard
xer wi crest, crown of a rooster

Tools & Objects
ngunu li chicken house kaaf gi chicken cage
bóofukaay nesting box lekkukaay feeder
njoowaan gi perch xont animal feed
neefare ji animal dung

Diseases
yogor Newcastles disease ŋasu ginaar/kànje Fowlpox
pipi sickness of chickens kuli mbëŋ sickness of chickens
yox-yox sickness of chickens
ŋootoot wi mites teeñ bi lice
fel wi flea

Verbs
bóof to sit on eggs nen to lay an egg
tocc to hatch naaw to fly
suqi to pluck wësëm to singe feathers to remove them from killed bird
xont to feed an animal nàndal
màndal		 to water an animal
ñakk to vaccinate duññi ruminate
yafal to fatten

Herds

nag wi cow yëkk wi bull
wulu female cow who has not yet borne a calf dëllu male calf
séll wi calf fas wi horse
xar mi sheep kuuy mi ram
tëng bi sheep or goat which has not yet borne a lamb mbote mi lamb
jagal bi
tàppaange bi 		castrated ram
bëy wi goat sikket bi billy goat
tef bi kid
gàtt bi collective name for sheep and goats jur livestock
bàyyima bi domestic animal

Tools & Objects
gétt gi place where animals are assembled ngédd gi stake to which an animal is attached
wudd wi stable teg gi saddle
laxaab bi reins

Diseases
bollox la pastereullose caaru gàtt la peste des petits ruminants
feebaru say rabies

Verbs
xalab to have an abortion ratt to milk
rendi to slaughter yeew to tie up
tënk to shackle

Back to Vocabulary Resource Sheets

Village