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)
- 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 1618-1425