kanumfari

Hausa

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful), via another language on the trans-Saharan trade routes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kà.núm.fà.ríː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kə̀.nɪ́m.ɸə̀.ríː]

Noun

kànumfàr̃ī m (possessed form kànumfàr̃in)

1. cloves