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Mada dictionary: Main text Singular Plural PoS C English Hausa Examples, other information Cudè p.n personal name fetch and leave some behind cùmbwɛ̌ cúmbwɛ́ n. large edible fruit found on a The seeds are extracted and cooked like beans with guinea-corn tree that grows by streams. cumgbə̀ — n. aroma, sweet scent kanshi mə̀nyɛ̀n mē cumgbə̀ pomade this sweet scent cun cǔn n. forest kurmi cūn mə̀cùn, n. chief sarki mə̀cūcùn cūn cun n. la stream rafi nggə̄ là ywe cun I cont. go stream cūn v. not to do any work wə̄ là te cūn bə̄ nggwɔ̌ ? you cont. make chief with who? Cūnbə p.n personal name lit. ‘their chief’ Cūncɔ̀ p.n personal name lit. ‘chief of Ancho’ Cūnmwɔ̀cu p.n personal name lit. ‘chief of Mwɔ̀cu’ Cūnmgbɔ̀ p.n personal name lit. ‘chief of Kəmgbɔ̀’ Cūnndə̄ ywān p.n personal name lit. ‘chief of Ndəywān’ cuncwən n. droplets glō là te cucwən rain cont. make droplets cundɛ̀ adv. 5 days hence kwana biyar nan gaba cūn…gwɔn v. to release sake, bari cūn yə̄ ngwɔn leave it cūn v. to sigh sake lumfashi gu kùr də̀ là kpə̄ cūn he lies and cont. receive sigh cùn — v. to shake jijiga ngǔn shū də̀ man cùn mənggə̀rō sū nggə̀ climb up and shake mangoes put me Cūnjə̀ma p.n personal name lit. ‘chief of people’.
Mada dictionary: Main text Singular Plural PoS C English Hausa Examples, other information D. dǎ da n. c guinea-corn head kai dawa nə̄ yə man nan da tē nggɔnggɔn let them then make heads become big dǎ da n. ai cutlass ada < Hausa ? dān mə̀tərdān n. t copaiba balsam tree kadaura Daniellia oliveri dàn v. to say, tell gaya dan, dān- dan gu de nggə̄ kre ə sə̄ kànmē tell him that I am standing here Danbə p.n personal name lit. ‘tell them’ dàncà danca n. t tree sp. tààwátsáá Entada abyssinica dàncɔ̀ dancɔ n. hard ground (gravels) tswē te dàncɔ̀ the-place make hard ground dankū n. t tree sp. dankyū n. c sweet potato dankali < Hausa. Also kyūnkyū Danrɛn p.n personal name lit. ‘tell talk’ Dantsù p.n personal name lit. ‘head of maggot’ dar — n. mn lead darma/dalma < Hausa dârdār id. describing how s.o is walking gu là zər dârdār mwɔn he is walking faster more than, i.e he is always walking faster dàtso datso n. b green fruit-pigeon Treron australis de conj. that wai gu dan de he said that dē — n. tiredness gajiya ... mà dē də̄ te bə tswē zər ... when tiredness if make them place walking dè — v. to give way, get off ba da hanya doglò dè sə̄ kànmē get up get.off here dèbə̀ debə̀ v. to give way bada wuri gyə cī dèbə̀ you move give way dètswē detswē v. to give way bada wuri dan bə nə̄ bə dētswē tell them to give way dɛ̄ n — v. to cure bada magani bə lə dɛ̄ n gu they will cure him dɛ̄ n — v. to press danne dɛ̄ n nggə̄ tər press my waist dɛ̄ n … ngan v.p. to press dɛ̄ n gu ngàn press him down dɛ̀n dεn n. m large mammal dɛ̌ nywɛ̂ n dɛ n. dwarf chicken də — v. to be lost bata/bace gu də he is lost də̄ conj. when, if bə də̄ nyə nzɛn they if come then 9
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