dabino

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Hausa

Etymology

From dialectal Kanuri debína (cf. standard Kanuri difúno), from a Berber language; see Proto-Berber *te-βăyne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dá.bíː.nòː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key):

Noun

dabīnṑ m (feminine dabīnùwā, plural dàbī̀nai, possessed form dabīnòn)

  1. date (fruit)
  2. date palm

Descendants

  • Yoruba: làbídùn

References

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