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kàfê
a word from vocabulary
Hausa
by
Ari Awagana
and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Doris Löhr
cite
Word form
kàfê
LWT meaning(s)
the coffee
Comments on word
tone pattern and word structure point towards borrowing
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Modern [4] (1900–2000)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
café
'the coffee'
French
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
French colonial [4]
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