tantakwashi

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg, e.g. Tawellemmet tătoɣăst (“buttocks and pelvis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tàn.tá.kʷà.ʃíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tàn.tə́.kʷə̀.ʃíː]

Noun

tàntakwàshī m (possessed form tàntakwàshin)

1. various soft parts of animal bones (head of the femur, caudal end of the backbone) used to make soup

References

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