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Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
mafakā m (plural mafàkai, possessed form mafakan)
- haven, shelter, sanctuary
References
- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 144.