mafaka

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /má.fá.káː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mə́.ɸə́.káː]

Noun

mafakā m (plural mafàkai, possessed form mafakan)

  1. haven, shelter, sanctuary

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 144.
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