Muslim Families in Global Senegal: Money Takes Care of Shame

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glossary 209 s e v e n g l o s s a ry addiya (Arabic): religious offering affaire-u-jigeen (Wolof): women’s business alal (Wolof): wealth assaka (Wolof): payment; derived from Arabic zakkat baraka (Arabic): grace, blessing, divine power bor (Wolof): debt boroom kër ga (Wolof): head of the household boubou (French): see mbubb céet (Wolof): the entry of the bride into her husband’s home cosaan (Wolof): custom cuub (Wolof): dyed cloth daara (Wolof): collective work group in service to a shaykh; derived from Arabic daar (house) dahira (Arabic): circle; association of disciples daraja (Arabic): dignity, respectability dëmm (Wolof): witch dimbali (Wolof): assistance dolli (Wolof): strengthen doom-u-benn tàngk (Wolof): child of one foot; refers to children of freeborn-slave marriages drianké (Wolof): woman who keeps others on a leash; an urban woman and socialite faj (Wolof): heal fayda (Arabic): determination, importance fit (Arabic): courage gacce (Wolof): shame gan (Wolof): guest or stranger géer (Wolof): freeborn, nobility; those who have honor gërëm (Wolof): thank gewel (Wolof): casted bards or praise singers; the keepers of oral history Source: Jean-Léopold Diouf, Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof (Paris: Karthala, 2003). 210 glossary hijra (Arabic): pilgrimage to Mecca Islamists (English): generally, those who have sought to reorganize state and society under sharia jaam (Wolof): slaves and descendants of slaves jigeen (Wolof): woman jikko (Wolof): character jom (Wolof): honor jottali (Wolof): convey karamat: working of God through persons kër (Wolof): household kersa (Wolof): deference, restraint khaftan (Arabic): tailored ensemble consisting of a long shirt over pants khalifa (Arabic): successor, head of a holy lineage khalifa général (Arabic): supreme head of the Muridiyya khar yalla (Arabic): waiting for God khassaid: litanies penned by Amadou Bamba lakk (Wolof): a porridge made from yogurt and millet laman (Wolof): representative; refers to the chiefs leb (Wolof): to contract a debt lebbal (Wolof): to lend credit to someone Lebu (Wolof): ethnic group lekk (Wolof): to eat lijjanti (Wolof): sort out, untangle, get to the bottom of a matter Màggal (Wolof): pilgrimage to Tuba masla (Wolof): sociability, civility masse (Wolof): age group may (Wolof): gift (n); to give (v) may bu njekk (Wolof): first gift mbaseñ riche (Wolof): cotton damask mbotaye (Wolof): neighborhood ritual association mbubb (Wolof): minimally tailored cloth worn over wrapper mokk pooj (Wolof): large thighs; coquettish behavior, feminine wiles muñ (Wolof): patience murid (Arabic): disciple musóor (Wolof): head wrapper natt (Wolof): rotating credit union nawetaan (Wolof): seasonal laborers naxari (Wolof): hard, inflexible nay (Wolof): selfish ndaq far (Wolof): the gift that chases away other suitors glossary 211 ndawtal (Wolof): gifts given by women at family ceremonies, which are recorded in ledgers and repaid at a later date ndeyale (Wolof): to take someone as a sponsor or godparent; a social payment representing such a relationship ndeye (Wolof): mother ndiggel (Wolof): command ngénte (Wolof): baby-naming ceremony njariñ (Wolof): value njebbel (Wolof): submission njukkal (Wolof): countergift nuyoo (Wolof): greeting nyenyo (Wolof): artisans and musicians pukaare (Wolof): pose or present an appearance that is beyond one’s means rafet (Wolof): beauty russ (Wolof): shame sañse (Wolof): shine, fancy dress; to dress for a special occasion; from the French changer sarax (Wolof): sacrifice or alms sawar (Wolof): activate sër (Wolof): underwrap skirt of two meters worn by women seriñ (Wolof): scholar sër-u-rabbal (Wolof): locally woven strip cloth set setal (Wolof): renewal; to clean and make clean sharia (Arabic): divinely ordained law of Islam shaykh (Arabic): religious leader sokna (Wolof): adult woman; also used to refer to female shaykhs surga (Wolof): hired laborer; one who is filled up sutura (Wolof): discretion taara (Wolof): former slave of a ruler who became a fifth spouse takk (Wolof): to tie; marriage performed at a mosque talibe (Arabic): disciple or student tarbiyya (Arabic): to sacrifice for a religious guide tariqa (Arabic): a known way or path of achieving divine union teraanga (Wolof): hospitality, honor teral (Wolof): honor timis (Wolof): dusk tubab (Wolof): white person turandoo (Wolof): namesake tuur (Wolof): rotation 212 glossary tuyaaba (Arabic): religious merit wali (Arabic): friend of God, holy person warsek (Wolof): luck wecc (Wolof): exchange wird (Arabic): litanies xaalis (Wolof): money or silver xew (Wolof): ceremony or feast xutba (Wolof): Friday sermon yaru (Wolof): respect zakkat (Arabic): charitable payment given to the poor; one of five obligations in Islam ziyara (Arabic): pious visit ...