wahala

• wahalla

From Yoruba wàhálà, from Hausa wàhalā̀, from Arabic وَهْلَة (wahla, “fright, terror”).

wahala (uncountable)

1. (Nigeria) trouble; problem.
   • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 133:

     Oscar flashed me another bent grin, palmed a pistol from under the seat and said, "First time in Nigeria? No wahalla, you are always protected sa."

• halawa, Halawa, hawala

From Arabic وَهْلَة (wahla, “fright, terror”).

• IPA^(key): /wà.há.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wə̀.há.làː]

wàhalā̀ f (plural wahalōcī or wàhàlce-wàhàlce or wàhàlhàlū, possessed form wàhalàr̃)

1. trouble, problem, difficulty

• → Yoruba: wàhálà, وَهَلَ, wàálà
  • → Krio: wahala
  • → Nigerian Pidgin: wahala

• waala

From Yoruba wàhálà, from Hausa wàhalā̀, from Arabic وَهْلَة (wahla, “fright, terror”).

wàhálà

1. trouble, problem

• Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 383

From Yoruba wàhálà, from Hausa wàhalā̀, from Arabic وَهْلَة (wahla, “fright, terror”).

wahala

1. trouble, suffering, problem, bad luck

• وَهَلَ
• wàálà

From Hausa wàhalā̀, from Arabic وَهْلَة (wahla, “fright, terror”).

• IPA^(key): /wà.há.là/

wàhálà

1. trouble, problem, difficulty

   Synonyms: ìṣòro, gòòbe, rògbòdìyàn, yánpọnyánrin

• → Krio: wahala
• → Nigerian Pidgin: wahala