kaciya

Hausa

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Kanuri kàjá (“circumcision”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàː.t͡ʃí.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kàː.t͡ʃɪ́.jàː]

Noun

kā̀ciyā̀ f (possessed form kā̀ciyàr̃)

1. circumcision

References

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