See also: bauna and băuna

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *ɓaknā.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɓáu.náː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɓáu.náː]

Noun edit

ɓaunā f (plural ɓakānē or ɓaunāyē, possessed form ɓaunar̃)

  1. buffalo

References edit

  1. ^ Newman, Paul (2000) The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar (Yale language series), Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 230