basasa

== Hausa == === Etymology === Originally the name given to the civil war fought in the 1890s in Kano, likely from Arabic بَسُوس (basūs), in reference to the Basus War. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /báː.sáː.sàː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [báː.sáː.sàː] === Noun === bāsāsā̀ f (possessed form bāsāsàr̃) a civil war; (more generally) any destructive war