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Peulh, n. and a.|pɜːl|
Also 8 Pholey, 9 Pul(ah), Púl(l)o, 9– Peul, Pul(l)o; Peuhl.
[Native name; prop. the sing. of Fulah.]
= Fulah n. and a.
[1611Bible Isaiah lxvi. 19, I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud.] 1799M. Park Trav. Afr. (ed. 2) ii. 17 The Foulahs (or Pholeys)..are chiefly of a tawny complexion, with soft silky hair, and pleasing features. 1858H. Barth Trav. N. & Cent. Afr. II. xxxiv. 414 A Mohammedan kingdom engrafted upon a mixed stock of pagan tribes,—the conquest of the valorous and fanatic Púllo chieftain, A'dama, over the great pagan kingdom of Fúmbiná. Ibid. IV. lvii, 143 If any African tribe deserves the full attention of the learned European, it is that of the Fúlbe (sing. Púllo), or Fula, as they are called by the Mandingoes. 1876G. A. L. Reichardt Gram. Fulde Lang. p. xiii, (heading) Indroduction to a grammar of the Pul language... The proper and indigenous name for the Fulahs, as we have called them, is Pulo. Ibid. p. xiv, We find a strong Pulo empire in a northwesterly direction, from the upper course of the Jaliba. 1883R. N. Cust Mod. Lang. Afr. I. x. 158 This language..is known by many names, Fula,..Púlo, Pulah,..; its meaning is said to be ‘light brown’, as opposed to that of the neighbouring people, Wolof or ‘black’. 1898A. J. Butler tr. Ratzel's Hist. Mankind III. v. xi. 296 Fulbe or Fulah (sing. Pullo, Peul) is the Mandingo name, Fellani the Houssa... These names seem to indicate the lighter colour of their skin. 1915A. Werner Lang. Families Afr. vi. 100 We have..referred to the Fula language... The people who speak it call themselves Ful-be (in the singular, Pulo). 1921F. W. Taylor First Gram. Adamawa Dial. of Fulani Lang. 6 The people whose language is the subject of this book call themselves Pullo in the singular and Fulbe in the plural. 1931W. B. Seabrook Jungle Ways iii. ii. 199 Women walked in groups, with long black robes and faces of pale ivory, cameo-cut... These special women, notoriously beautiful as a race,..were Peuhls. 1932W. L. Graff Lang. 154 Peul, Wolof, and Serere, three languages of the above-mentioned African group. 1935G. Gorer Africa Dances ii. 159 The Peulh women were remarkable for their lighter skin and sharper features. 1959Encounter Sept. 36/1 M. Diallo belongs to the Peulhs, a fascinating people..spread throughout the sub-Saharan regions of Africa. 1973Guardian 19 June 18/1 The Tuareg and Peul nomads have..watched the bulk of their scrawny animals die. |