mamaye

Hausa

Etymology

From māmàyē (“to invade, conquer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màː.mà.jéː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [màː.mɛ̀.jéː]

Noun

mā̀màyē m (possessed form mā̀màyen)

1. military occupation

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 149.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

mamaye (n class, plural mamaye)

1. Contraction of mama yake: his/her mother.

Synonyms

• mamake