ambaliya

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔám.bàː.lí.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔám.bàː.lɪ́.jàː]

Noun

ambā̀liyā̀ f (possessed form ambā̀liyàr̃)

1. overflowing, flooding
2. congestion (of people)

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 7.