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kóotù

a word from vocabulary Hausa by Ari Awagana and H. Ekkehard Wolff with Doris Löhr

Word form	kóotù
LWT meaning(s)	the court
Comments on word	short final vowel and feminine gender in view of high final vowel point towards borrowing
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	Modern [4] (1900–2000)

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	court 'court' English
Effect	Coexistence
Salience	Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation	English colonial [4]