mutuwa

Hausa

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mú.tú.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ́.tʊ́.wàː]

Noun

mutuwā̀ f (possessed form mutuwàr̃)

1. death
2. verbal noun of mutu

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 159.