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bíyáa
a word from vocabulary
Hausa
by
Ari Awagana
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H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Doris Löhr
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Word form
bíyáa
LWT meaning(s)
to pay
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Ancient areal root [4] (-10000–-3000)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
4. very little evidence for borrowing
Comments
*p-n- ,give, pay’ (Proto-West Chadic) *bay-- „sell“ (OS) biya- (Kanuri) beaye (n.) (Daza) bya (n.) (Tuareg) b-y- „trade, buy, sell“ (Arabic) bäyi „cost, price“ (Harari) piyan „price, cost“ (Kofyar) payi „trade, sell, buy“ (Tangale) *b-’- „buy, sell“ (Bole-Tangle-gp.) *ib- „buy, sell“ (S.Bauchi-gp.) mbwa (Bacama) *pa- „buy, sell“ (Higi, Fali) pl (Mafa) v-l- „give, buy, sell“ (Mandara-gp.) belke, make „exchange“ (Dangaleat) po’o (Lamang) *bi (P.SC) *bih- „take out, give out, pay“ (P.Sam-gp.) ibi „buy, sell“ (Somali) bit- „buy“ (Oromo, Arbore) bu’a „profit, interest“ (Oromo) b’as „trade, turn over“ (Bedauye) tebi „payment“ (Egyptian) tby „pay“ (Egyptian)
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