miya-english-hausa dictionary - UCLA Department of Linguistics

Miya-English-Hausa Dictionary 45
tsyaku (L) n.f. (pl. tsyakwkww) ridgerow | kunya
tsoa (HL) v.B2 (v.n. tswa” (m), ts˘k”) carve ex ts‰ ji = ts‰ sw jay he
carved wood | sassakxa
ts‰h‰ (T) adj. old (thing) ex ts‰ho km = kn ts‰h‰na old house | tsoho
tsway (L) n.m., adv.time morning ex sw tsway until morning | safe
tugur (HH) v.A2 (v.n. tgurak) wither ex zway tugurtl say the guinea corn withered
| yanwana
tku (L) v. defective (v.n. bwk” (f)) (m.sg. imper. of b”, buw; f.sg. imper. tkam, pl.
imper. twka) come! | yaka, yaki, ku zo
Tkwal (HH) n.m. man’s name | sunan mutum
tuwr” (bor) v.A2 bor (v.n. twrk”) push ex mn twr” sy I pushed it | tura
tw (H) n.m. (pl. twaww) arrow | kibiya
twah”(-tuwah”) (L) adj. different ex Vnm n Wshir twh”-tuwah” Miya and
Siri are different (languages) | daban
twatw (HH) n.f. 1. body; ex twatws his body; my tb”na twatwma we
abused each other. 2. each other (reciprocal) | jiki; juna
tway (HL) v. defectice (masculine and feminine singular imperative of buway; pl.
imper. , 1st pl. imper. twiym) bring! (imperative) | kawo!
ty (TL) interjectiion exclamation of surprise or dismay | tabi
tykun (L) n.f. rain shower, esp. in the early morning | marka
tymtyam (TH) adj. odiferous, smelly, having a stench ex hm b ta tyamtyamni
smelly food | wari,oyi
tyan (HH) v.A1 stink ex tyantn say it stinks | yi wari
tywlln (TH) n.m. (pl. tywllmamw) cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) | balbela
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vah” (H) n.f. the potherb Ceratotheca sesamoides, false sesame | karkashi
vg”d” (L) n.f. (pl. vgddw) pants | wando
vn (H) n.m. (pl. vnanw) 1. mouth. 2. language ex vna my Miya language. 3. (with
expressed location) in front of, ahead of ex mn vna Kasham I’m in front of Kasham;
mn vnuws” I am in front of him; mn tsrwn vna km I stopped in front of the
house | baki, harshe
vn (H) n.f. (pl. vnanw) grinding quern | dutsen nia
vnah” (L) adv.loc. in front, first ex tln vnah” they are in front | a gaba, na farko
vna kw (H H) n.? flame | harshen wuta
vna mdz” (H T) n.f. riverbank | bakin kogi
vna sb” (H H) n.? language ex vna my Miya (languages) | harshe
vna sk (H L) n.f. story | tatsuniya
vriy (l) n.f. crying, cry (of various animals) ex tt vriy he is crying; vriya duwak”
neighing; vriya zhk” braying | kuka
v”rk” (HH) v.A2 (v.n. vrkk” (f)) give birth to, beget ex v”rk ly she bore a son;
yt vrka vrkw she is giving birth | haifa