tunkiya

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably a suffixed form, synchronically analyzable as tum-ki-ya, from a putative root *tum, from Proto-Chadic *tmk.[1] Cognate with Warji təəm, Tal t'ɨm, Saya təm, Miya tə́máku, Duwai tùnko, Uldeme təmbàk, Bana tə́mbə̀k, Karekare tàmci, Mbuko tə̄mān, Lagwan tɨme, Dangaléat tamgi, Kirya-Konzel tə̀mbə́kə́, Daba tùmùk. Possibly related to Zaghawa tami.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tún.kì.jáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ́ɲ.cɪ̀.jáː]

Noun[edit]

tunkìyā f (plural tumāki, possessed form tunkìyar̃)

  1. sheep, ewe

References[edit]

  1. ^ *Jungraithmayr, Herrmann, Ibriszimow, Dymitr (1994) Chadic Lexical Roots. Tentative reconstruction, grading, distribution and comments. (Sprache und Oralität in Afrika; 20), volume I, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag
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