Adamu
"Man", or by another reading "red earth", from the Hebrew name Adam.
Meaning and origin
Adamu is the Hausa and Swahili rendering of Adam, the first human being in the Bible and the Quran, and it reached both languages through their long contact with Islam and, for some families, Christianity.
How to pronounce Adamu
| Hausa (Nigeria) | ah-DAH-moo /aˈdamu/ |
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