asabari

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg, e.g. Tawellemmet asăbăr (“mat made from Panicum turgidum”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔá.sá.bà.ríː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.sə́.bə̀.ríː]

Noun

asabàr̃ī m (plural àsàbàr̃ai, possessed form asabàr̃in)

  1. a mat made from doum palm fronds, often used as a windscreen

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