alamci

Hausa

Etymology

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Particularly: “appears to be from alama (“symbol”) + a suffix, possibly -ci?”

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔá.lám.t͡ʃìː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.lám.t͡ʃìː]

Noun

alamcī̀ m (possessed form alamcìn)

symbolism

References

Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 5.