akushi

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg ăkos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.kù.ʃíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.kʷʊ̀.ʃíː]

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Noun

akùshī m (plural akusā̀, possessed form akùshin)

1. a type of blackened wooden bowl

References

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