tantabara

== Hausa == === Alternative forms === tàttabàr̃ā === Etymology === Likely from a Berber language, probably Northern Saharan Berber atbir (“pigeon”) (in its feminine form, tatbirt), but perhaps influenced by or compounded with the rarer Hausa form bàr̃ū (“pigeons”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tàn.tá.bà.ráː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tàn.tə́.bə̀.ráː] === Noun === tàntabàr̃ā f (plural tàntàbàr̃ai, possessed form tàntabàr̃ar̃) pigeon, turtle dove ==== Descendants ==== → Dendi: tétèbérè → Zarma: tántábál === References === Kossmann, Maarten (2005), Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN