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Borrowed from Arabic مَقَام (maqām).
- IPA(key): /mù.kʼáː.mìː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mʊ̀.kʼáː.mìː]
mùƙāmī̀ m (plural mùƙā̀mai, possessed form mùƙāmìn)
- position (political or professional)
- status, influence
- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 157.