lafiya

Hausa

Etymology

From Kanuri kǝ́láfíà, from Arabic عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /láː.fí.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [láː.ɸɪ́.jàː]

Noun

lāfiyā̀ f (possessed form lāfiyàr̃)

1. health

Adverb

lāfiyā̀

1. safely

Descendants

• → Yoruba: àlàáfíà, الَافِا
  • → Krio: alafia
• → Nupe: láfíyà
• → Igala: ọ̀làáfíáà

Nupe

Etymology

From Hausa lāfiyā̀, from Kanuri kǝ́láfíà, from Arabic عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lá.fí.jà/

Noun

láfíyà

1. health

   Synonym: yéyè

2. peace

   Wo de láfíyà à? ― Are you not well? (literally, “Do you not have peace?”)

Adverb

láfíyà

1. safely; peacefully