aru-aru

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication of a term likely borrowed from Tuareg, e.g. Tamasheq ărú (“in times gone by”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔà.rúː.ʔà.rúː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.rúː.ʔà.rúː]

Adverb[edit]

àr̃ū-àr̃ū

  1. long ago

References[edit]

  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
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