Category:Hausa terms by etymology

Hausa terms categorized by their etymologies.

• Category:Hausa borrowed terms: Hausa terms that are loanwords, i.e. terms that were directly incorporated from another language.
• Category:Hausa calques: Hausa calques, i.e. terms formed by piece-by-piece translations of terms from other languages.
• Category:Hausa compound terms: Hausa terms composed of two or more stems.
• Category:Hausa doublets: Hausa terms that trace their etymology from ultimately the same source as other terms in the same language, but by different routes, and often with subtly or substantially different meanings.
• Category:Hausa genericized trademarks: Hausa terms that originate from trademarks, brands and company names which have become genericized; that is, fallen into common usage in the target market's vernacular, even when referring to other competing brands.
• Category:Hausa inherited terms: Hausa terms that were inherited from an earlier stage of the language.
• Category:Hausa words derived through metathesis: Hausa words that were created through metathesis from another word.
• Category:Hausa onomatopoeias: Hausa terms that were coined to sound like what they represent.
• Category:Hausa terms by prefix: Hausa terms categorized by their prefixes.
• Category:Hausa reduplications: Hausa terms that underwent reduplication, so their origin involved a repetition of roots or stems.
• Category:Hausa semantic loans: Hausa semantic loans, i.e. terms one or more of whose definitions was borrowed from a term in another language.
• Category:Hausa terms by suffix: Hausa terms categorized by their suffixes.
• Category:Hausa syncopic forms: Hausa words that underwent syncope, thus their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable from their interior.
• Category:Hausa terms derived from other languages: Hausa terms that originate from other languages.
• Category:Hausa terms with unknown etymologies: Hausa terms whose etymologies have not yet been established.