taliki
Hausa
Etymology
From Tuareg taxlək (“creature”), formed from Arabic خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, “create”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /táː.lì.kíː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [táː.lɪ̀.cíː]
Noun
tālìkī m (feminine tālìkā, plural tā̀lìkai, possessed form tālìkin)
- creature, being
References
- Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, ISSN 1618-1425