talaka
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Hausa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
talàkà m or f (plural talakāwā, possessed form talàkàn)
- poor person, pauper
- (often in pluralia tantum form) commoners, peasants, working class, proletariat
References[edit]
- Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
Nupe[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hausa talàkà, from a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tálàkà (plural tálàkàzhì)
- poor person
- the working class
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file) - Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ka
Noun[edit]
talaka (n class, plural talaka)
Related terms[edit]
- -taliki (“to divorce”)
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tálákà
Categories:
- Hausa terms borrowed from Berber languages
- Hausa terms derived from Berber languages
- Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa nouns
- Hausa masculine nouns
- Hausa feminine nouns
- Hausa nouns with multiple genders
- ha:People
- Nupe terms borrowed from Hausa
- Nupe terms derived from Hausa
- Nupe terms derived from Berber languages
- Nupe terms with IPA pronunciation
- Nupe lemmas
- Nupe nouns
- nup:People
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ط ل ق
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
- sw:Law
- sw:Marriage
- Yoruba terms derived from Hausa
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- yo:People