Gambaru

gambaru English Proper noun en town s/Borno c/Nigeria. en Ngala Killian Chimtom Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad take on Boko Haram at Nigerian border w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/20/africa/cameroon-chad-boko-haram 2015-02-20 A pickup loaded with Chadian troops crosses the bridge into Gambaru to reinforce their peers locked in an hours-long heavy exchange of gunfire with Boko Haram fighters. https://web.archive.org/web/20230329124603/https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/20/africa/cameroon-chad-boko-haram/ 29 March 2023 en Ngala Killian Chimtom Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/03/africa/boko-haram-recruiting-cameroon 2015-03-03 In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou, Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people. https://web.archive.org/web/20251021232228/https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/03/africa/boko-haram-recruiting-cameroon/ 21 October 2025 Baatonum Etymology Folk etymology suggests it comes from bba gam barum elsewhere language Language of elsewhere or bba gam bàru elsewhere adjective relating to anything Baatonu That which is not the Baatonu Pronunciation bba /ɡàm.bà.rū/ Noun bba nouns plural Gambarusu Gambaru focus Gambaruwa plural focus Gambarusa Hausa people Hausa language Usage notes g-class noun Descendants yo Gàm̀bàrí References Barassounon, Pierre; Biɔ, Sanu; Biɔ, Thébault; Goragui, Léonard; Soutar, Jean Dictionnaire Baatonum SIL International February 17, 2021 Philadelphia https://www.webonary.org/baatonum/ bba Languages Ethnonyms bba g-class nouns