mafaka

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /má.fá.káː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mə́.ɸə́.káː]

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.