damisa
Hausa
Etymology
Unknown. Skinner suggests links to Proto-Bantu *ǹcímbá (“lion”) or Gwandara tamusu (“hyena”), but Blench rejects these in favour of a potential derivation from Tarakoid Benue-Congo; compare Pe ìdamu (“leopard”).
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