karuwa
Hausa
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from Kanuri kárùa (“prostitute”), itself borrowed from Arabic عَاهِرَة (ʕāhira, “adulteress; prostitute”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkār̃ùwà f (plural kā̀r̃ùwai, possessed form kār̃ùwàr̃)
References
edit- Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Yoruba
editEtymology
editFrom Hausa kār̃ùwà, ultimately from Arabic عَاهِرَة (ʕāhira).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkárùwà
- prostitute, adulterer
- Synonyms: aṣẹ́wó, onípańṣágà, alágbèrè, ọ̀dọ́kọ, nàbì