asabari

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg, e.g. Tawellemmet asăbăr (“mat made from Panicum turgidum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.sá.bà.ríː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.sə́.bə̀.ríː]

Noun

asabàr̃ī m (plural àsàbàr̃ai, possessed form asabàr̃in)

1. a mat made from doum palm fronds, often used as a windscreen

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005), Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN