biyu
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
An early Chadic borrowing from Benue-Congo. Compare Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́ (“two”) (Swahili wili, Zulu bili). Cognate with Miship vɛl, Saya vul, Tal vwel, Bole bòlou.
Pronunciation edit
20 | ||
← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
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Cardinal: biyu |
Numeral edit
biyu f
Adjective edit
biyu (feminine biyu, plural biyu)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.