aduwa

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Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔá.dú.wàː/
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Noun

aduwā̀ f (plural aduwōyī, possessed form aduwàr̃)

  1. desert date palm (Balanites aegyptiaca)
  2. a date, the fruit of this tree

Descendants

  • Nupe: ádúwaci

Nupe

Etymology

From Hausa àddu'ā̀, from Arabic اَلدُّعَاء (ad-duʕāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

àdúwa

  1. prayer

Derived terms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Adjective

aduwà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜏ) (dialectal, Quezon)

  1. Alternative form of adwa

Derived terms