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hánkícì
a word from vocabulary
Hausa
by
Ari Awagana
and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Doris Löhr
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Word form
hánkícì
LWT meaning(s)
the handkerchief or rag
Comments on word
short final vowel points towards borrowing
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Modern [4] (1900–2000)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
handkerchief
'handkerchief'
English
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
English colonial [4]
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