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Hausa
Etymology
Cognate with Mangas tlang, Polci ɮẽ̀, Ngizim zhà, Miya yákìy.
Pronunciation
Noun
yāƙī̀ m (plural yā̀ƙē-yā̀ƙē, possessed form yāƙìn)
- war
- combat
References
- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 223.