fitila
Hausa
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Songhay, from Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla, “wick”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfìtilā̀ f (plural fìtìlū, possessed form fìtilàr̃)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Charles Henry Robinson, Dictionary of the Hausa language, volume 1 (1913)
- Paul Newman, A Hausa-English Dictionary (2007)
Nupe
editEtymology
editFrom Hausa fìtíla, from Songhay, ultimately from Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfìtíla (plural fìtílazhì)
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Hausa fìtilā̀, ultimately from Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfìtílà
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- Hausa terms borrowed from Songhay languages
- Hausa terms derived from Songhay languages
- Hausa terms derived from Arabic
- Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa nouns
- Hausa feminine nouns
- ha:Light sources
- Nupe terms borrowed from Hausa
- Nupe terms derived from Hausa
- Nupe terms derived from Songhay languages
- Nupe terms derived from Arabic
- Nupe terms with IPA pronunciation
- Nupe lemmas
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- nup:Light sources
- Yoruba terms borrowed from Hausa
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- yo:Light sources