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bàntée
a word from vocabulary
Hausa
by
Ari Awagana
and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Doris Löhr
cite
Word form
bàntée
LWT meaning(s)
the grass-skirt
Comments on word
the lack of palatalisation points towards borrowing
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Modern [4] (1900–2000)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
areal: *bente Gwandara, Bole-Tangle gr, Nord-Bauci gr. be1nde1 Tangale benta Bura bante”ra NGude mbyeNtaNe Bacama bantere Fula bante1 Yoruba bente Nupe
Source words
panty
'panty (colloquial for pant)'
English
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
English colonial [4]
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