ƙanƙara

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼàn.kʼá.ráː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʼàŋ.kʼə́.ráː]

Noun

ƙànƙar̃ā f (possessed form ƙànƙar̃ar̃)

  1. ice, snow, hail
  2. flint

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼán.kʼà.ɽáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʼáŋ.kʼə̀.ɽáː]

Verb

ƙanƙàrā (grade 1)

  1. to craft something very well

References

  • Awde, Nicholas (1996), Hausa-English/English-Hausa Dictionary, New York, USA: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 97
  • Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 127.
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