akuya

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Chadic *kw.[1] Cognate with Ngamo ṑshì (“goat”) with plural form ā̀ku (“goats”), Bole ṑshi, Karekare òci, Ngizim ākù, Duwai gùriyà, Bura kwi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔà.kú.jàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.kʷí.jàː]

Noun[edit]

àkuyā̀ f (plural awākī or àwā̀kai, possessed form àkuyàr̃)

  1. goat

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jungraithmayr, Herrmann, Ibriszimow, Dymitr (1994) Chadic Lexical Roots. Tentative reconstruction, grading, distribution and comments. (Sprache und Oralität in Afrika; 20), volume I, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag
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