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Miya-English-Hausa Dictionary 20
gngangam ga”na (L L) n.m. large drum held over shoulder | aramin kia
gnya (L) n.m. communal labor | gayya
gra (H) n.? important (person) ex gra b sn gàra bá sn | babba
grab” (L) n.m. (pl. grabbw) ribs [Skinner ‘chest’] | haarari
grna (H) adj. (pl. gyruwni [gruwni]) (f. gyrya) big, important ex mbrgu grna
big ram; tmku gyrya big ewe; tmakw gyruwni big sheep (pl) | babba
Gsa (L?) n.f. woman’s name | sunan mace
gskwt” (LHH) n.? truth | gaskiya
gatl”gatl” (?) id. ideophone | amsa amo
gay (HH) v.A1 (v.n. gyak) wait for ex mn gytl say I waited for her | jira
gzam (H) n.f. (pl. gzammw) cat | kyanwa, mage
gy = jyy (TH) existential there is (see g-) ex tln gywa? are they there?; m b”l
m gynghm you didn’t say where you are | akwai
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ghd” (H) n.f. (pl. ghdadw) fish | kifi
gh”dza (HH) v.B (v.n. ghdzak) 1. (tr., intr.) turn, roll, look back ex gh”dza sw
ndwuly he turned the pot; gh”dzat say he turned around; ghdzak bng”
performing rituals, beginning a festival. 2. become ex saboda d” gh”dzatl”n wutl”
bazam in order that they become young men (referring to boys being circumcized) |
juya, waiwaya; zama
gh”ma (HH) v.B (v.n. ghmak (m)) climb, mount ex gh”mat s ghama dwaky he
mounted the horse | hau
gh”may (HH) v.A2 (v.n. ghmayak) lift up, raise | hawar, tayar
gh”na (L) v.B (v.n. ghnak” (f)) change into, metamorphose ex gh”n ganzakway
he turned into a hyena | rikia
ghnak” ta ghns (LLL L HL) n.f. storm (transformation of the sky/god) | hadiri
ghnaw (L) adj.pl. pluralizer used with some humans and animals which show gender
with dz@h@ and dzaku, q.v. ex ngwiy ghnaw twins; gmb” ghnaw Roan
antelopes; gjal ghnaw short people | jamíi
ghns” (L) n.m. god; rain; sky ex d‰s ghns” it rained; ghns” jt dwaw it is
raining | Allah, ruwan sama, sama
gh”nts” (L) v.A2 (v.n. ghmats” (m), ghntsak”) laugh ex mn ghnts” sy I laughed |
yi dariya
ghrs” (H) n.m. cane rat, grasscutter, cutting grass (Thryonomys swinderianus) | gyazbi
ghruw (L) n.f. (pl. ghruwiy) cow ex wna ghrw, wtl” ghrwiy calf, calves |
saniya
ghrwan (L) n.f. aardvark (Orycteropus afer) | dabgi
ghuw (H) n.m. (pl. ghuwww) wood | itace
ghj (TL) interr.adv.time when? ex nyn ghj? when will he see you? | yaushe?
ghjky (TLH) quant.univ. (only as the head of a generic clause; see k‰ghaj)
whenever …, anytime that … ex t nm gam ghjky, d t”rmy whenever he saw
us, he would greet us | koyaushe .
ghm (H) n.f. (pl. ghmamw) 1. head; on; -self; (with linked genitive) peer, age mate;
(with tool) handle ex kiya wyh ghamtl”n they took the load on their head. 2. (with
tool as possessor) handle ex ghma gti axe handle. 3. on ex tln ghma zkiy they
are on the rock | kai; kan; ota
ghm (H) n.f. (pl. ghmamw) 1. (with direct genitive) self ex my nay ghmma we
saw ourselves. 2. (with linked genitive) peer, age mate ex ghm tuwun/ghn tza ‘my
peer/her peer | kai;tsara, saía