Hausa

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Etymology

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From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hán.kà.lì/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [háŋ.kə̀.lɪ̀]

Noun

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hankàlì m (plural hankulā̀, possessed form hankàlìn)

  1. good sense

References

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  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 85.