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advice
noun
dabara, dabara, shawora
advisable
adjective
see advantageous
advise
verb
yin dabara
advocate
noun
(fig. = helper, defender) maitainmako; cf. f 79
afar
adverb
nesa, dag(g)a nesa
affair
noun
abu, abin, pl. abubua
afflict
transitive verb
yin wohol(l)a
afflicted
adjective
(= one who endures affliction and toil) maiwohol(l)a, pl. masuwohol(l)a
affliction
noun
wohol(l)a, maƙiba
afoot
adverb
akafà, da kafà
afraid
adjective
i am a. na yi tinzera, he made him a. ya bashi tsoro; to be a. jin tsoro
afresh
adverb
see again
afternoon
noun
laasar, laaṣar; see under rana
afterwards
adverb
(= after this) bayan wanan, bayan hak(k)a
again
adverb
kuma, hario, na sabo, dada, dai; the v. kara (add)
against
preposition
gab(b)a ga, ga, gan; to stumble a. tuntube da; a. his will (= perforce) da tilas
age
noun
(= period or time) yayi
age
noun
(= time that a person has lived) shekara or pl. shekarù
aged
adjective
(= of a certain age), see prec. 2
aged
adjective
(= advanced in years) tsof, fem. tsofuwa, pl. tsofi or tsofofi; he is a. yayinsa ya wuche, lit. his time is past
agent
noun
nouns denoting the a. may be formed from verbs, substantives or adjectives by prefixing mai or ma
agitate
transitive verb
see shake
ago
adverb
tun, tunda
agree
verb
γama, gamu, yerda, yin baki daia, tangas, saddu, jit(o), jet(o), damre magana; agreed to yerdade
agreeable
adjective
(= pleasant) da dadi, dadi, daidai
agreeable
adjective
(= willing)
ague
noun
see fever
ahead
adverb
gab(b)a
aid
transitive verb
taya, yin taimako, tainya, tainyo, koro sauki
aid
noun
taimako, taimakawa, sauki; (= a helper) maitainako
ail
verb
e.g. what ails you? mi ya sameka
ailment
noun
see sickness
ainhum
noun
i.e. a disease of the little toe, hambudiga, mage-duwa; cf. also kudumbia a disease which may affect all the toes
air
noun
iska, hiska; shan iska is the hausa idiom for to take a walk
air
verb
see to dry
albino
noun
zabia, pl. zabiyoyi
alien
noun
bare; see also stranger
alight
intransitive verb
sabka, sauka, sauka, soka, sabki, sapki, shid(d)a, shad(e)
alike
adjective
daidai, suasua; they are all a. duka daia ne, supasu daia
alive
adjective
da rai; to keep a. raia, raya
alkoran
noun
kuran, f 26
all
adjective
duka, duk, dukachi, jemaa, kull(l); a. together taasahi, tarasahi, tarasahi, tarare, fem. tarara, pl. tararu; a. of you dukanku, tarinku; a. men mutane duka or dukan mutane
allay
transitive verb
futasda, kwantasda
allegory
noun
michali, mithali, misali
alliance
noun
gaya
alligator
noun
kada or kado, pl. kadodi
allow
transitive verb
ber(r)i, ber, yerda
alloy
noun
hainchi; unalloyed babu hainchi, safi
allure
transitive verb
rude
almighty
adjective
maiiko da kowa, maiiyawa
almond
noun
chanza, lanza
almost
adverb
kus(a)a; it is a. finished ya yi kusaa kare or ya kusaa kare
alms
noun
zak(k)a, kurdin gurasu; almsgiving, n. sadaka, to give a. v. sadaka
alone
adverb
kad(d)ai, kawoi, abin followed by a personal pronoun, thus; he a. abinshi, i a. ni daiana or ni kad(d)ai; leave him a. bershi daiansa; they a. daiansu; a state of being a. kad(d)aichi
alphabet
noun
arufi; letter of the a. harufi or hurufi, pl. harufai
already
adverb
nada, dazu, wuri, tunda wuri
also
adverb
kua, usually placed after that which it connects
altar
noun
i.e. heathen a. daka-li
alter
transitive verb
intr. sauya
altered
participle
adj. sauyaye, fem. sauyaya, pl. sauyayi
although
adverb
ko, koda
always
adverb
koyaushe, kulyaushe, tutur, tutul, kull(um), dakull(um), yini, chik(k)in kowane yayi
am
verb
see be
ambuscade
noun
see seq
ambush
noun
kwanto, fak(k)o; hak(k)o; to set an a. yin fak(k)o, place of or for an a. mafak(k)a
amidst
preposition
tsak(k)a, tsak(k)an, tsak(k)anin
amount, large
noun
chushe
amuse
transitive verb
bada or sa murna
ancestor
noun
kaka; ancestors usalî, awali
and
conjunction
da, wa
angel
noun
malika, maliki, pl. malaiku
anger
noun
fushi, haushi, kankanchi, takaichi, hasâla, zafin zuchia
angry
adjective
da fushi; one who is a. maifushi
angry, to be
verb
yin fushi, fusata, yin tsewa; to be a. with chichik(k)a, yin chichik(k)a, jin takaichi; he feels a. yana jin haushi
anguish
noun
azaba, zogi, zafin zogi
animal
noun
bis(s)a, pl. bis(s)ashe or bis(s)aje; domestic animals bis(s)ashen gida, wild animals bis(s)ashen daji, abin daji or naman daji
animosity
noun
see hate
ankle
noun
dundunia, idon kafa, idon sau, pl. ijan sau; a. bone dombubu, dongudu, a. joint dongudu
announce
transitive verb
gaya, fadl(a)i, labari, laberta; to a. as a herald does the coming of some one gabato, gabatowa
annoy
transitive verb
dame, dama, haiyyet(a), wohalda, wohalshe, sa wohal(l)a, alale
annoyance
noun
alale, wohal(l)a
anoint, e.g. with oil or water
transitive verb
shafa, shafe
anon
adverb
sai anjima, jima kad(d)an
another
pronoun
woni, fem. wota, pl. wosu and wodansu; often rendered with kuma
answer
noun
amsa, jawabî
answer
verb
amsa, yin amsa, to give an a. karafafa
ant
noun
choka; different species are zag(g)o; small a. sar(y)i; small stinging a. tirmani; small black a. chinaka or chirnaka or tuma da gaia; large black travelling a. kwalkwas(s)a, kwarikwas(s)a or kwarukwas(s)a; black stinging a. tururua; very small black a. kur-
ant-hill
noun
suri, pl. sura; the ants called zag(g)o and gara construct the ant-hills sura
antelope
noun
barewa, pl. bareyi; young a. dan barewa; diff. species are: large a. gonki, mariri, kanki or kenki; small red a. gada, pl. gadu; a. leucoryx walawaji; male of a large species kisshini
anticipate
verb
tsaitse
antimony
noun
kolli, kwolli, kwalli, tozali; small skin bottle for holding a. tandun tozali, gid(d)an kolli
anvil
noun
makera
anxiety
noun
machiata, matamanche
apart from
adverb
bamda, dabam dabam
apartment
noun
(= room) daki, pl. dakuna
apparatus
noun
kaya or kaia, pl. kayayeki
appear
intransitive verb
bayen(n)a, god-(d)u
appearance
noun
kama, pl. kamanu
appease
transitive verb
lalashi, lilashi, yin dadi
appetite
noun
kodai, kwadaki