Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔá.kàː.là/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.kàː.lə̀]
Noun
akā̀là f (plural àkā̀lai, possessed form akā̀làr̃)
- rope used to lead a camel
- (by extension) lead or control over a situation
References
- Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
Etymology
According to Potet (2013, 2016), could be from the following:
References
- “akala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 164-165
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 273