fitila

== Hausa == === Etymology === Borrowed from Songhay, from Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla, “wick”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fì.tí.làː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɸɪ̀.tɪ́.làː] === Noun === fìtilā̀ f (plural fìtìlū, possessed form fìtilàr̃) lamp, light (electronic device) ==== Descendants ==== Igala: ẹ̀mùtúlà Nupe: fìtíla Yoruba: fìtílà === References === Charles Henry Robinson, Dictionary of the Hausa language, volume 1 (1913) Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 63. == Nupe == === Etymology === From Hausa fìtíla, from Songhay, ultimately from Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fì.tí.lā/ === Noun === fìtíla (plural fìtílazhì) lamp, candle, lantern == Yoruba == === Alternative forms === فِتِلَ === Etymology === From Hausa fìtilā̀, ultimately from Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fì.tí.là/ === Noun === fìtílà lamp