mafaka

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Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

mafakā m (plural mafàkai, possessed form mafakan)

  1. haven, shelter, sanctuary

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 144.