dabino

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Hausa

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Etymology

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From dialectal Kanuri debína (cf. standard Kanuri difúno), from a Berber language; see Proto-Berber *te-βăyne.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dá.bíː.nòː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [də́.bíː.nòː]

Noun

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dabīnṑ m (feminine dabīnùwā, plural dàbī̀nai, possessed form dabīnòn)

  1. date (fruit)
  2. date palm

Descendants

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  • Yoruba: làbídùn

References

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  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN