"basasa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Hausa]

IPA: /báː.sáː.sàː/, [báː.sáː.sàː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: bāsāsā̀ [canonical, feminine], bāsāsàr̃ [possessed-form]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor|ha|ar|بَسُوس}} Arabic بَسُوس (basūs) Head templates: {{ha-noun|f|bāsāsā̀}} bāsāsā̀ f (possessed form bāsāsàr̃)
  1. a civil war; (more generally) any destructive war Wikipedia link: Basus War Categories (topical): War
    Sense id: en-basasa-ha-noun-n5OOUWne Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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