yaƙi

Hausa

Etymology

Cognate with Mangas tlang, Polci ɮẽ̀, Ngizim zhà, Miya yákìy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jáː.kʼìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [jáː.cʼìː]

Noun

yāƙī̀ m (plural yā̀ƙē-yā̀ƙē, possessed form yāƙìn)

1. war
2. combat

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 223.