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Miya-English-Hausa Dictionary 40
sr (L) adv.loc, adj. distant ex kn k j sr ‘the house is far away; km srna a
distant house; vwagwahi srya a distant town’; kt” srni distant things | nesa, da
nisa
sar (L) n.A1 (pl. sr (m), srak”) 1. pour into ex sr by ‰ dk”man pour water into
the gourd bottle. 2. circumcise ex sar sw ly nuwny my son was circumcised |
ura; yi kaciya
saw (L) n.A1 (pl. swak”) rest, breathe, pant ex s˘ sy he rested | huta, yi numfashi
sw (H) n.f. (pl. swawaww) tail | jela, wutsiya
swkiy (H) n.? feeling better (after an illness) ex mn dky suw swkiyy I feel better |
saui
say (L) v.A1 (v.n. syak”) (intr.) be tired, (tr.) tire out ex saya sy he got tired; nk”
can saywan sy this work tired me out | gaji, gajiyar
sy (H) n.f. (pl. syayw) liver | hanta
say (H) aux. contraction of sw Ö -y, q.v. |
shg”d”l (L) n.m. calf; lower leg | sha raa
Shgin [Shgyin] (L?) n.m. man’s name | sunan mutum
shm (H) n.m. (pl. shmamw) penis | bura
shash”n (HH) v.A2 (v.n. shsh”nk”) smell, sniff | sansana
Shbiy (TL) n.m. man’s name | sunan mutum
shia (HH) v.B (v.n. shak (f)) 1. throw ex mn sha sw zkiyy I threw a stone’;
mn shf ˘ I agree with what you say. 2. lay eggs ex yt sh tsw she is
laying eggs | jefa, jefar, saka kxwai
shm (T) n.f. (pl. shmamw) farm ex shm tuwun my farm; shim ta Kasham Kasham’s
farm; Ksham shm Kasham is on the farm; vw shim ha bh” on father’s farm |
gona
shnk” (TH) n.m. (pl. shnkakw) tongue | harshe
shndr (TH) n.m. rust | tsatsa
shn” (T) n.m. cold weather ex rwun b shin” cold wind | ari
shinyi (HH) v.A2 (v.n. shnyk” (m)) suck ex tt shny shinyw he is sucking | tsotsa
shp” (T) n.f. spear grass (Imperata cylindrica) | tofa
shrh” (L) n.m. jealousy, envy | kishi, hassada
sh‰sh‰ (T) n.m. (pl. sh‰shwaww) rooster | zakara
shw (H) n.m. (pl. shwaww) oil | mai
shw (TL) adj. blue ex kb” shwya blue gown | shui
siya (L) v.B (v.n. syak”) move a bit ex siyata sy à siyata sáy | gusa
siyay (HH) v.A2 hitch up (child on back) ex siyya sy she hitched him up | zakudxa
skutiy (L) n.f. bellows | zugazugi
skwam (H) n.f. (pl. skwammw) honey | zuma
sw (Ö -y) (H L irreg) aux. (tones: If a vowel follows, suw contracts with the vowel
and imposes H tone; otherwise, súw has H and replaces the next tone with L. function:
Cannot be used in negatives, WH or yes/no questions, or sentences with focus;mutually
exclusive with, but similar in function to g- ~ gàm, q.v.) 1. (with a noun or
nominalized phrase, usually with -y) just, only, all that remains… (cf. meaning
#3 of gm) ex s-kidtl”n just the third one of them; a iyka suw yayahiyuws-ay all
that remains is weaning him. 2. (in sw k”n(ay)) (then) here is…, (then) here comes…
ex jy d sw k”n lakmiy ttsk”m when here was the giraffe; ny bza sw
kny when here comes her family (“father & Co.”). 3. (in perfective, VERB s-y or
sw NOUN y) sense of definiteness or completion of the verb ex nj s-y he
refused; mr suw mbrgw-y he got a ram; b”sama sw kby he washed a