lafiya

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Kanuri kǝ́láfíà, from Arabic عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /láː.fí.jàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [láː.ɸɪ́.jàː]

Noun[edit]

lāfiyā̀ f (possessed form lāfiyàr̃)

health

Adverb[edit]

lāfiyā̀

safely

Descendants[edit]

→ Yoruba: àlàáfíà, الَافِا
- → Krio: alafia
→ Nupe: láfíyà
→ Igala: ọ̀làáfíáà

Nupe[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hausa lāfiyā̀, from Kanuri kǝ́láfíà, from Arabic عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /lá.fí.jà/

Noun[edit]

láfíyà

health
Synonym: yéyè
peace
Wo de láfíyà à? ― Are you not well? (literally, “Do you not have peace?”)

Adverb[edit]

láfíyà

safely; peacefully

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