Entry:
sànbɛɛ-sànbɛɛ
Gloss:
Happy New Year!"
Notes:
Lit. “Every year, every year!” potentially. Or “Year is here! Year is here!”
In N’ko orthography, it’s typically written sànbɛ́-sànbɛ́. But in Latin-based Bambara, the form sanbɛɛ sanbɛɛ is most frequent.
Wasn’t widely used in Jula speaking areas of Burkina Faso when I lived there.
Variants:
sanbɛ-sanbɛ
sanbɛɛ sanbɛɛ