biyu
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Hausa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An early Chadic borrowing from Benue-Congo. Compare Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́ (“two”) (Swahili wili, Zulu bili). Cognate with Miship vɛl, Saya vul, Tal vwel, Bole bòlou.
Pronunciation
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Cardinal: biyu |
Numeral
[edit]biyu f
Adjective
[edit]biyu (feminine biyu, plural biyu)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.