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basasa: Arabic → Hausa · Lexodus

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basasa

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.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1700

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.