Festivals & Events

1. Suumayee

   Suumayee (Ramadan (the fasting month))

   Usage

   Ramadan, the ninth lunar month, observed by fasting from dawn to sunset

   Grammar Note

   Bah dictionary suumayee = "Ramadan ; carême ; jeûne ; mois de carême (correspond au neuvième mois du calendrier lunaire)". Example "Lewru suumayee." (the month of Ramadan).

2. Suumayee darike.

   Ramadan has begun

   Usage

   To announce that Ramadan has started

   Grammar Note

   Verbatim example under Bah suumayee: "Suumayee darike." (Ramadan has begun).

3. Hiɗa hoori hannde?

   Are you fasting today?

   Usage

   To ask during Ramadan whether someone is fasting today

   Grammar Note

   Verbatim example under Bah hoorugol: "Hiɗa hoori hannde?" (are you fasting today?).

4. Hoorugol

   Hoorugol (to fast)

   Usage

   The verb to fast, in its infinitive form

   Grammar Note

   Bah dictionary hoorugol = "jeûner ; observer le carême".

5. Sunnakati

   Sunnakati (meal that breaks the fast at sunset (iftar))

   Usage

   The meal that ends the daily fast after sunset in Ramadan

   Grammar Note

   Bah dictionary sunnakati = "repas de rupture du jeûne après le coucher de soleil pendant le mois de Ramadan (iftâr)". Example "Ɓaawo futuroo on juulaama, sunnakati on ɓannaa." (after the evening prayer, the fast-breaking meal was served).

6. Suguli

   Suguli (pre-dawn meal (suhoor))

   Usage

   The meal taken before dawn during Ramadan

   Grammar Note

   Bah dictionary suguli = "repas pris très tôt avant l'aube (pendant le mois de Ramadan)".

7. Aree hunto-ɗen, futuroo on heewii!

   Come, let us break the fast, the evening has come!

   Usage

   A call to break the fast together when the sun has set

   Grammar Note

   Verbatim example under Bah huntagol: "Aree hunto-ɗen, futuroo on heewii!" (come and break the fast, it is dusk).

8. Layla

   Layla (Layla, the Night of Destiny)

   Usage

   The sacred night that corresponds to the 27th of Ramadan

   Grammar Note

   Bah dictionary Layla = "la Nuit du Destin (nuit sacrée correspondant au 27ème jour du Ramadan)".

9. Humere

   Humere (first day of Ramadan)

   Usage

   The first day of Ramadan

   Grammar Note

   Bah dictionary humere = "le premier jour du Ramadan".

10. Muudo

    Muudo (alms at the end of Ramadan (zakat al-fitr))

    Usage

    The alms, usually in grain, that are due at the end of Ramadan

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary muudo = "aumône (généralement sous forme de céréales) prescrite à la fin du Ramadan, Zakât Al-fitr". Example "Ittugol muudo." (to pay the end-of-Ramadan alms).

11. Iidi

    Iidi (Eid al-Fitr, the festival ending Ramadan)

    Usage

    The festival ending Ramadan, and its prayer; julde is another word for it

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary iidi = "le Aïd el Fitr (fête marquant la fin du Ramadan) ou en général toute fête religieuse commençant par une prière". Example "Ko janngo woni iidi." (tomorrow is Eid).

12. Ko janngo woni iidi.

    Tomorrow is Eid

    Usage

    To say at the end of Ramadan that the festival is tomorrow

    Grammar Note

    Verbatim example under Bah iidi: "Ko janngo woni iidi." (tomorrow is Eid).

13. Salimafoo

    Salimafoo (Eid al-Fitr greeting, festival gift)

    Usage

    Both a greeting for the Eid al-Fitr festival and the gift given for it

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary salimafoo = "salutation à la fête de l'Aid Al-Fitr (fin du Ramadan) ; cadeau donné à l'occasion de cette fête".

14. Honto goro-julde an on woni?

    Where is my festival gift?

    Usage

    A playful way, among friends, to ask for one's festival gift

    Grammar Note

    Verbatim example under Bah goro-julde (the gift given on Eid al-Fitr): "Honto goro-julde an on woni?".

15. Tayrudi

    Tayrudi (Eid dawn meal (light, often fonio))

    Usage

    A light meal eaten at dawn on the festival day, usually made of fonio

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary tayrudi = "repas léger (généralement fait de fonio) mangé à l'aube le jour de la fête de fin du Ramadan".

16. Julde donkin

    Julde donkin (Tabaski, the festival of sacrifice)

    Usage

    The festival of the twelfth lunar month, marked by the sacrifice of a sheep

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary julde donkin = "Fête de Tabaski, Aid El Kebir (donkin = douzième mois du calendrier lunaire)".

17. Layya

    Layya (sacrificial sheep of the Tabaski festival)

    Usage

    The sheep slaughtered on Tabaski, or the sacrifice itself

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary layya = "sacrifice le jour de la fête de Tabaski ; immolation ou mouton immolé pendant la même fête".

18. Mawluudu

    Mawluudu (Mawlid, the Prophet's birthday)

    Usage

    The festival marking the birth of the Prophet

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary Mawluudu = "fête marquant l'anniversaire de la naissance du Prophète".

19. Jommbente yo ardan en e neweende.

    May the month of Muharram bring us well-being

    Usage

    A blessing for the start of the Islamic new year, the month of Muharram

    Grammar Note

    The second half of the Bah example under jommbente: "Hitaande heyre naatii. Jommbente yo ardan en e neweende." (a new year has begun; may Muharram bring us well-being).

20. Hitaande heyre naatii.

    A new year has begun

    Usage

    To mark the beginning of a new year

    Grammar Note

    From the Bah example under jommbente: "Hitaande heyre naatii." (a new year has begun).

21. Juldeere

    Juldeere (holiday, festival)

    Usage

    A religious festival or national holiday; the plural is juldeeje

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary juldeere (plural juldeeje) = "fête (surtout réligieuse) ; fête nationale".

22. Feeto

    Feeto (party, celebration)

    Usage

    A party or celebration; a loan from French fête

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary feeto = "fête ; party".

23. Dennaboo

    Dennaboo (naming ceremony)

    Usage

    The ceremony of naming a newborn, held about a week after birth; also called femmbugal

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary dennaboo (plural dennabooji) = "baptême ; cérémonie d'imposition du nom au nouveau-né".

24. Peera

    Peera (wedding celebration)

    Usage

    The wedding and its celebration; tiggungal and jommbere mean the same

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary peera = "noces ; mariage". Example "On saa'i ɓe jommbindiri ɓe waɗi peera on." (then they married and held the wedding feast).

25. Jommbere

    Jommbere (wedding ceremony)

    Usage

    The wedding ceremony

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary jommbere = "mariage (cérémonie)".

26. Yo Alla waɗu barki e dewgal ngal.

    May God bless this marriage

    Usage

    A blessing to say to newlyweds

    Grammar Note

    Verbatim example under Bah dewgal: "Yo Alla waɗu barki e dewgal ngal." (may God bless this marriage).

27. Ontugal

    Ontugal (house-warming)

    Usage

    The celebration held when moving into a new house

    Grammar Note

    Bah dictionary ontugal = "célébration d'une nouvelle maison, fête d'emménagement, pendaison de crémaillère".

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