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kə̀lâ mâìbè
a word from vocabulary
Kanuri
by
Doris Löhr
and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Ari Awagana
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Word form
kə̀lâ mâìbè
LWT meaning(s)
the postage stamp
Word meaning
head of king
Analyzability
analyzable phrasal
Gloss
kə̀lâ mâi-bè [head king-of]
Age
Kanuri only [5] (-1000–2007)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Source words
kân sárkíi
'stamp (head of king)'
Hausa
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Hausa colonial contact [5]
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