taubashi

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Hausa

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Etymology

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From Tamasheq ăbabaš.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /táu.bàː.ʃíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [táu.bàː.ʃíː]

Noun

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taubā̀shī m (possessed form taubā̀shin)

  1. cross-cousin (child of a parent's opposite-sex sibling)
  2. someone with whom one has a joking relationship (established between two tribes whose ancestors are thought to be brother and sister)

References

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  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN.