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6 - Lexicon and Etymologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2022

Paul Newman
Paul Newman
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Indiana University
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This chapter gives a sample list of more than twenty Hausa lexical retentions from Proto-Chadic and a comparable list of basic Hausa words without cognates in sister Chadic languages. Also included is a discussion of interesting individual etymologies including boko ‘Western practices’, kasuwa ‘market’, laba ‘pound (weight)’, and zuciya ‘heart’.

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lexiconetymologyloanwordsback formationquestion wordsProto-ChadicKanuriNiger-CongoBoko Haram
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A History of the Hausa Language
Reconstruction and Pathways to the Present
 , pp. 212 - 220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Lexicon and Etymologies
  • Paul Newman, Indiana University
  • Book: A History of the Hausa Language
  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009128070.007
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  • Lexicon and Etymologies
  • Paul Newman, Indiana University
  • Book: A History of the Hausa Language
  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009128070.007
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  • Lexicon and Etymologies
  • Paul Newman, Indiana University
  • Book: A History of the Hausa Language
  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009128070.007
Available formats
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