Etymograph

English

jeli

Jeli comes from Bambara jeli.

  1. Bambaramodernjeli
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2000same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Bambaramodernjeli
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2000same form

Earliest quotation: 2000, Eric Charry, University of Chicago Press: “Jeliya (the art of the jeli) goes back to…”

Every English word from Bambara jeli

Today it means

noun A member of the hereditary caste of griots among the Mandé peoples, whose social roles include transmitting their people's oral traditions and playing traditional music (jeliya).

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Etymograph / Bambara jeli / jeli

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