Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /má.fá.káː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mə́.ɸə́.káː]
mafakā m (plural mafàkai, possessed form mafakan)
- haven, shelter, sanctuary
References[edit]
- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 144.