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Miya-English-Hausa Dictionary 34
myaw (L) n.m. death | mutuwa
muw (T) n.f. (pl. muwaww) python, probably African rock python (Python
sebae) | mesa, muuwa
mku (H) n.f. (pl. mkwakww) sun, daytime ex tyak mku spending the day | rana
mkwa (H) adv.time at midday ex s‰ mkwa they rested at midday | da rana
mtsm (TH) n.f. tamarind (Tamarindus indica) | tsamiya
N
n aux. 1. formative of uncertain function that sometimes appears in negative imperfective
and negative non-verbal sentencs ex nj m nluw jf” nzw she doesn’t love her
husband; m d m n tsn? aren’t you going to give me any?; tard ían tuws”
m nkmw he will find that his wife is not at home; íiyk t” m n ímw
thereupon he no longer has a wife. 2. perhaps the same formative is see in t-n
conditional with non-perfective clauses--see tn |
nn (TH) adv.time today | yau
n”tsay (HL) v.A2 (v.n. ntsyak” (m)) submerge, dive under water ex n”tsya sw ˘
byay he submerged under the water | nitse
n (T) linker ( ny) (f. t) 1. genitive linker for masculine head noun. 2. head of
masculine independent genitive. 3. head of masculine ordinal numeral | -n, na
n (L) interr. (see = w for other types of questions) question marker, apparently
restricted to focused subject equational questions ex Ndwya/fy w jik n? who is
Nduya/who are you? |
na (L) v.D (v.n. nhy (f)) 1. (with ICP) become ripe ex natl”n sy they got ripe; zw
b nws” ripe corn. 2. (no ICP) be done (cooking) ex n sy it is done (cooking) |
nuna
na (L) v.D (v.n. nhiy (f)) be tired ex mn nwan sy I’m tired | gaji
na (T) aux. (directely follows relative pronoun, precedes subject pronoun and other
auxliaries within clause) imperfective verbal auxiliary in relative clauses ex sm b na
d buws the man who will come; ím m na d buwaz the woman who will come;
zhk” m na m”n d íaratl takn whi kn the donkey on which I will put this load |
ní” (H) n.f. bush duiker (Silvicapra grimmia) | gada
naa (bor) v.B bor (v.n. nk”) turban (a chief) | naa (sarki)
na” (HH) v.A1 (v.n. nak) sharpen (blade) ex na” srm he sharpened the knife |
wasa
nk”n (T) det.m. ( nyk”n) (f. tk”n) this, this one | wannan (namiji)
nka (T) det.m. ( nyka) (f. tka) that, that one (distant) | wancan
nnki (TH) n.m. (pl. nnkakw) saliva | yawu
nay (HL) v.A1 (v.n. nyk”) see; look at | gani, duba
ny = n ` (TL) presentative (invariable regardless of complement) here’s …, there’s …
ex ny ywun yka k there’s an elephant (over there); ny ywunnw yka k there
are some elephants (over there); ny knwan íykn k”n here’s my house | ga Ö
nd (T) adv. just, only ex Q: F tlafw kkwa? - A: Nd lfiy. (standard morning
greeting) Q: How did you arise? - A: Just fine.; Q: ín wtl”my? - A: Tln nd”
kwaray. Q: How are the children? - A: They are just fine.; yr nma nd- wty we