kwano

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Yoruba peno, from English pan.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kʷáː.nòː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷáː.nòː]

Noun[edit]

kwānṑ m (plural kwānukā̀ or kwānōnī, possessed form kwānòn)

metal or enamel bowl or pan
corrugated iron

References[edit]

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

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