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ná’àm
a word from vocabulary
Hausa vocabulary
by
Ari Awagana
and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Doris Löhr
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Word form
ná’àm
LWT meaning(s)
yes
Comments on word
glottal stop in mediate position characteristic for loans from Arabic
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Pre-modern Islamic [4] (1000–1900)
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Formal
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
naʕam
'yes'
Arabic
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Arabic Islamic [4]
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