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bànté
a word from vocabulary
Kanuri
by
Doris Löhr
and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Ari Awagana
cite
Word form
bànté
LWT meaning(s)
the grass-skirt
Word meaning
loin cloth meaning irrelevant to today’s speakers
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Modern [5] (1900–2007)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
areal reflexes in Songhay, Nupe, Yoruba, Tangale, Bura
Source words
bàntée
'skirt'
Hausa
panty
'panty (colloquial for pant)'
English
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Hausa colonial contact [5]
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