ƙunci

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʼún.t͡ʃíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷʼʊ́n.t͡ʃíː]

Noun

ƙuncī m (possessed form ƙuncin)

1. constriction, narrowness
2. (figurative, by extension) bad temper, anger

Derived terms

• ƙuncin zūcìyā (literally “tightening of the heart”)

References

• Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 132.