fangali

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Likely from a Songhay language; compare Zarma fangal (“bed in a garden”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fán.ɡá.líː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɸáŋ.ɡə́.líː]

Noun[edit]

fangalī m (plural fangulā̀, possessed form fangalin)

  1. irrigated farm bed

References[edit]

  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
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