Pronunciation[edit]
baffa
- third-person singular past historic of baffer
Alternative forms[edit]
- bappa (reflecting the commoner pronunciation)
Etymology[edit]
From Fula bappa (“father's younger brother”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /báf.fà/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [báɸ.ɸə̀]
baffà m (plural bàffànnī, possessed form baffàn)
- paternal uncle