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Miya-English-Hausa Dictionary 18
fp” (H) n.m. foam, froth | kumfa
fra (bor) v.B2 bor (v.n. frk”) 1. happen ex m frtln? what happened?. 2. start,
begin ex mn fr sy I started | faru; fara
fwfaw (THH) adj. light (in weight) ex sm fawfawna lightweight person; zkiy
fawfawya lightweight stone; kt” fawfawni lightweight things | mara nauyi
fay (L) v.A1 (v.n. fyak”) blow ex fay sw pary he blew the horn | busa
fy (H) n.f. (pl. fyayw) flour | gari
fn (L?) n.f. beehive | amya
G
g- … + imperfective aux. (in complementary distribution with gm, q.v.: g- is used only
with imperfective aux , gàm elsewhere; mutually exclusive with súw (… -áy), q.v.,
with which it seem to have functional similarities) 1. (aspect marker always used in
conjuction with imperfective aux ) functions as a logical operator particularly, though
not exclusively, associated with yes/no questions and concessive conditionals; as an
imperfective, it is associated with future and habitual, but not progressive senses ex t
g- zaraza wa? will he call her? (cf. corresponding statement t s-zrazay he will
call her); tn g- tluws” piy Kasham, t g- ma ban kwna ín my even if
Kasham is leaving in a hurry, he will take his leave of us; (non-verbal sentence) f g-
mr wa? do you have any money?; Ndwya g- mr = Ndwya s- mr Nduya has
money. 2. (with locative y) exists, there is ex mm wiy d gy, ngnuws” jy
Gwrama but there is another one, his name is Gwarama |
gdlamby (HH?) n.? bark (of tree) ex gdlamby dmb”r baobab bark | awo
gdlaniy (L) n.f. (pl. gdlaniyyw) woven tray used to serve tuwo (made of rw) |
faifai
ganzakway (L) n.m., n.f. (pl. ganzakwayyw) spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) |
kura
gga” (L) n.f. (pl. ggaw) zana mat | zana
ggal (H) n.m. jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana or Z. abyssinica) | magarya
ggaw (H) n.m. bug, insect | waro
g”la (L) v.B (v.n. glak” (m)) roast, grill ex mn gla tlw I grilled meat; tlwi g”lata
sy the meat became grilled | gasa
g”m (L) v.A1 (v.n. gmak”) join, meet ex my gm darh” we met on the road | haa,
gama
g”may (HH) v.A2 (v.n. g”mayak) intercept | tare
g”r (L) v.A1 (v.n. grak”) show, point out | nuna
g”ra (L) v.B (v.n. grak”) move aisde, get out of the way ex mn gratln say I got out
of their way | gusa, ba wani wuri
grnna (TH) n.m. Acacia senegal or A. dudgeoni, a source of gum Arabic | akwara,
arara
grdaku (L) n.f. lower legs of cow | gana
g”s” (L) v.A1 (v.n. gsak”) 1. accept, take thing offered ex mn gs” sw lbshy
nuwnay I received my salary. 2. take away from ex g”san swihi tuwnay he took my
things away from me. 3. answer | kara; wace; amsa