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Hausa|ˈhaʊsə|
Also Haussa, Hous(s)a.
[Native name.]
A widespread Negroid people of the Sudan and N. Nigeria, of the Bantu family with some Hamitic mixture; also, the language of this people, used, esp. in commerce, over much of W. Africa. Also attrib. or as adj.
1820J. G. Jackson (title) Account of Timbuctoo and Housa. 1853E. Norris (title) Dialogues and a small portion of the New Testament, in the English, Arabic, Haussa, and Bornu languages. 1879Encycl. Brit. X. 59/1 An armed police force, recruited..from the Mahometan tribe of the Houssas. 1923F. W. Taylor Pract. Hausa Gram. i. 9 Hausa occupies a position midway between the tone languages, such as Yoruba, and the stress languages, such as English. 1926Blackw. Mag. Nov. 666/1 The troops were Hausas—I don't think we had begun to call them ‘Waffs’ then. 1957M. Banton W. Afr. City viii. 158 Some blind Hausa beggars come from Nigeria to Freetown to sing in the streets. 1959R. C. Abraham Lang. Hausa People i. 3 In Hausa..each word has its fixed tone, no matter what the emotional context. 1962Listener 22 Feb. 335/1 A Hausaman, clad in a scarlet tarbush and flowing white robes. 1967Listener 24 Aug. 230/1 There have been several uprisings already among Hausas and Yorubas trying to take revenge on Ibos. 1971E. Afr. Jrnl. Mar. 8/1, I haven't worked and slaved..to have you give me a Hausa grandson. |