talaka

See also: tālākā and tālāka

Hausa

Etymology

From a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tá.là.kà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tə́.lə̀.kə̀]

Noun

talàkà m or f (plural talakāwā, possessed form talàkàn)

1. poor person, pauper
2. (often in pluralia tantum form) commoners, peasants, working class, proletariat

References

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

Nupe

Etymology

From Hausa talàkà, from a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tá.là.kà/

Noun

tálàkà (plural tálàkàzhì)

1. poor person

   Synonym: yàjìnci

   Antonym: ewódeci

2. the working class

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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• Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ka

Noun

talaka class IX (plural talaka class X)

1. divorce

Related terms

• -taliki (“to divorce”)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• tálíkà

Etymology

From Hausa talàkà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tá.lá.kà/

Noun

tálákà

1. poor person, pauper

   Synonyms: akúṣẹ̀ẹ́, òtòṣì