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.
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