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Hausa
Etymology
From Kanuri kǝ́láfíà, from Arabic عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya).
Pronunciation
Noun
lāfiyā̀ f (possessed form lāfiyàr̃)
- health
Adverb
lāfiyā̀
- safely
Descendants
Nupe
Etymology
From Hausa lāfiyā̀, from Kanuri kǝ́láfíà, from Arabic عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya).
Pronunciation
Noun
láfíyà
- health
- Synonym: yéyè
- peace
- Wo de láfíyà à? ― Are you not well? (literally, “Do you not have peace?”)
Adverb
láfíyà
- safely; peacefully