takunkumi

Hausa

FWOTD – 11 September 2021

Etymology

From Tuareg, compare Tamasheq takmamt (“muzzle”) for the sense, but the form is closer to Ghat akunkum (“snout”). The Berber term is ultimately an old loan from Arabic كِمَامَة (kimāma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tàː.kún.kù.míː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tàː.kʷʊ́ŋ.kʷʊ̀.míː]

Noun

tā̀kunkùmī m (possessed form tā̀kunkùmin)

1. muzzle
2. embargo, economic blockade

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN.
• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN