taubashi

Hausa

Etymology

From Tamasheq ăbabaš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /táu.bàː.ʃíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táu.bàː.ʃíː]

Noun

taubā̀shī m (possessed form taubā̀shin)

1. cross-cousin (child of a parent's opposite-sex sibling)
2. someone with whom one has a joking relationship (established between two tribes whose ancestors are thought to be brother and sister)

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN.