Pabir (Noun)
Meaning
A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The woman sold some of her pabir in the local market for food.
- Men who wear the pabir hat on their heads often indicate social status in this Chadic community.
- Women must make many trips to fetch water while wearing pabir, balancing these straw mats upon their heads.
- In southern Chad many workers put goods for sale into their pabir.
- Her basket-like pabir helps with chores that would normally weigh upon the average man's shoulder in his line of work.