takunkumi
Appearance
Hausa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]tā̀kunkùmī m (possessed form tā̀kunkùmin)
References
[edit]- 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