tantabara

Hausa

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from a Berber language, probably Northern Saharan Berber atbir (“pigeon”) (in its feminine form, tatbirt), but perhaps influenced by or compounded with the rarer Hausa form bàr̃ū (“pigeons”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tàn.tá.bà.ráː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tàn.tə́.bə̀.ráː]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

tàntabàr̃ā f (plural tàntàbàr̃ai, possessed form tàntabàr̃ar̃)

  1. pigeon, turtle dove

Descendants

  • → Dendi: tétèbérè
  • → Zarma: tántábál

References

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