See also: bauna and băuna

Hausa

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Etymology

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From earlier *ɓaknā.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. buffalo

References

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