mutuwa

Hausa

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mú.tú.wàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mʊ́.tʊ́.wàː]

Noun

mutuwā̀ f (possessed form mutuwàr̃)

  1. death
  2. verbal noun of mutu

References
  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 159.
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