kwano

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba peno, from English pan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷáː.nòː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷáː.nòː]

Noun

kwānṑ m (plural kwānukā̀ or kwānōnī, possessed form kwānòn)

1. metal or enamel bowl or pan
2. corrugated iron

References

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