bindiga

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُنْدُقِيَّة (bunduqiyya), perhaps via Kanuri bəndəgə.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bín.dí.ɡàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bɪ́n.dɪ́.ɡàː]

Noun

bindigā̀ f (plural bindigōgī, possessed form bindigàr̃)

1. gun, firearm

Descendants

• → Nupe: bin̄diga

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Nupe

Bin̄diga

Etymology

From Hausa bindigā̀, from Kanuri bəndəgə ultimately from Arabic بُنْدُقِيَّة (bunduqiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bī.ŋ̄.dī.ɡā/

Noun

bin̄diga (plural bin̄digazhì)

1. gun; firearm