ƙunci

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼún.t͡ʃíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷʼʊ́n.t͡ʃíː]

Noun

ƙuncī m (possessed form ƙuncin)

  1. constriction, narrowness
  2. (figurative, by extension) bad temper, anger

Derived terms

  • ƙuncin zūcìyā (literally “tightening of the heart”)

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 132.
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