miya-english-hausa dictionary - UCLA Department of Linguistics

Miya-English-Hausa Dictionary 8
ay suffix transitizer of intransitive bases, causitivizer ex bay (< ba ‘go’) take, carry;
daway (< daw ‘get down, stay as guest’) unload; put up (guest); ts”ray (< ts”r ‘come
to a stop’) stop, bring to a stop | da
yerti (TL) n.m. old age | girma, tsufa
zk (TLH) n.m. maternal uncle (younger or older) ex zkwf” your uncle | kawu
zly (TL) n.f. (pl. zliyyw) thread | zare
zham (T) n.m. ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) | burtu
zhpiy (TL) n.f. tears ex zhpiywun my tears | hawaye
zhpiy (TL) n.f. striped sand snake | irin maciji
zwazhw (THH) n.f. musk shrew (Crocidura spp.) | jaa
zwry in ny zwry (TLHL) n.? relatives, clan members | zuriya, zumai
B
b” (HL) v. C (v.n. bwk” (f)) (form used in verbal TAMs; buw used in nominal TAMs;
, m.sg. imper. tku, f.sg. imper. tkam, pl. imper. twka) come | zo
bdlang” = blang” (L) n.m. gutta percha tree (Ficus platyphylla) | gamji
bdly” (TL) n.m. nettle tree (Celtis integrifolia) | zuwo
b” (H) n.f. (pl. baw) 1. navel, lower abdomen ex ahn ts”tsly b”aza
she attached cowries to her front. 2. before, in front of | cibiya; gaba(n)
baksh (LHL) n.m. gourd plant (Lagenaria siceraria) | duma
b”l (HH) v. A1 (v.n. blak) pop out, appear suddenly | ullo
b”la (HH) v. B (v.n. blak) say, tell ex b”la wk” he told a lie; b”lan lbr he told
me the news | faa
bl”nky (TL) n.m. (pl. bl”nkyyw) baboon (Papio anubis) | gwaggon biri
blang” = bdlang” (L) n.m. gutta percha tree (Ficus platyphylla) | gamji
bn (TL) adv.time 1. yesterday ex bn nk day before yesterday; tr na bn last
month. 2. time period preceding current one | jiya
bngna (TH) n.m. type of drum with large bottom and narrow top | azariya
b”r (L) v. A1 (v.n. brak”) help; save ex mn bryc I helped him with work | taimaka;
ceta
br”m (L) n.m. remainder ex br”ntln the rest of them; br”nn the rest of you;
br”mm the rest of us; br”m mr the rest of the money | saura
brb”tl” (L) n.m. (pl. brb”tltlw) tortoise | kunkuru
b”r” (L) v. A2 (v.n. brak”) hang | rataya
briy (L) n.f. the trees Piliostigma reticulatum & P. thonningii | kargo
b”rmay (bor) v.A2 bor (v.n. bmyak) cave in ex ryj nuwun brmy sy my well
caved in | bxurme
b”s” (L) v. A1 (v.n. bs” (f), bsak”) wash; bathe ex mn bs”sw kb”tuwny I
washed my gown; mn b”suwans I bathed | wanke, yi wanka
bsaka gn t”myr (L H TL) n.? washing superficially | wankin ido
b”ta (HH) v. B (v.n. btak (f)) 1. untie, release. 2. shoot, throw | kwance, saka; harba,
jefa
b”ts” (L) v. A1 (v.n. btsak” (m)) spit | tofa