Days of the Week / Bési Ayubés Bi
Thursday, December 27, 2007 by
Jangalekat Wolof
Wolof names for the
days of the week are mostly adopted from
Arabic.
As usual you can mouse over for the French translations as well.
Monday -
Alteneh / Altinay / Altine [al-ti-ney]
Tuesday -
Talarta / Talata / Talaata [ta-laa-ta]
Wednesday -
Arlahrba / Alarba / Ŕllarba [al-lar-ba]
Thursday -
Alheames / Alxamess / Alxames [al-kha-mes]
Friday -
Arjuma / Ajuma / Ŕjjuma [aj-ju-ma]
Saturday -
Gaaw / Gaawo / Gaawu [gaa-woo]
Sunday -
Dibéér / Dibeer / Dibéer [dee-beyr]
Saturday may also be known as
Aséér.
(found this trans. In a Gambian source)
Days of the Week / Bési Ayubés Bi JANGA WOLOF