NGIZIM-ENGLISH- HAUSA DICTIONARY - UCLA
NGIZIM-ENGLISH- HAUSA DICTIONARY - UCLA
NGIZIM-ENGLISH- HAUSA DICTIONARY - UCLA
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<strong>NGIZIM</strong>-<strong>ENGLISH</strong>-<strong>HAUSA</strong><br />
A<br />
a, � aux. (tone polar to following<br />
syllable vowel is long before<br />
monosyllabic low verbs and the<br />
verbs k�mau ‘hear‘, z�gau ‘know’)<br />
1. imperative prefix ex a b�nyi cook<br />
(it)!; � k�shi sweep (it)!; � m� take<br />
(it)! | Hausa<br />
� gen.linker of (genitive linker with<br />
nouns ending in vowels before<br />
pronoun possessors other than 1st<br />
and 3rd singular) ex z�y�c� < z�yi)<br />
your (m.sg.) rope (from z�yi) | Hausa<br />
n, r<br />
� = -�nai pro.1 sg. to me (indirect<br />
object pronoun); see also iy� ex a<br />
dl�m-� = a dl�m-�nai do it for me |<br />
Hausa mini<br />
� prep., aux. (tone polar to following<br />
syllable) 1. at, in, on (stationary<br />
locative preposition and auxiliary<br />
introducing locative predicate) ex �<br />
d�s in the bush; � rak�i on the bed;<br />
m�mau � v�d� the children are<br />
outside; k� gad�v�ksh�? were you<br />
among them?. 2. doing, will do<br />
(imperfective auxiliary with verb or<br />
action noun) ex m�y�m � raw� the<br />
boy is running; k� dl�m� g”m˘?<br />
what are you doing?, what will you<br />
do?. 3. going; carrying (used alone<br />
with Intransitive Copy pronouns to<br />
mean ‘go’, used alone with n�<br />
transitizing suffix to mean ‘carry’) ex<br />
n� ng� I am going, I will go; k� n�c�<br />
b�? are you going?; n� n� ka�� I am<br />
<strong>DICTIONARY</strong><br />
1<br />
carrying the load, I will carry the<br />
load. 4. at, during (with noun<br />
indicating time period) ex nd�wa<br />
g�wa � Ngwajin � z�man Mai<br />
Kw�na people were numerous in<br />
Ngojin during the time of Mai<br />
Kwana | Hausa a<br />
� num. (reduced form of ay�waw )<br />
precedes numbers expressing units<br />
less that 10 in numbers 11-99 ex<br />
g�m� � z�d� = g�m� ay�waw z�d�<br />
sixteen | Hausa<br />
�gga interjection (said holding mouth)<br />
expression of surprise, encouraging<br />
speaker to continue | Hausa<br />
ab�n n. (pl. abab�n) food, esp. tuwo<br />
(shar) and miya (dl�gw�n); see also<br />
b�kt� | Hausa abinci, tuwo<br />
�b”� n. puff adder (Bitis arietans) |<br />
Hausa kasa<br />
ab”rw�k n. the tree Cassia singueana |<br />
Hausa runhu<br />
ab�s n. a type of incense used to drive<br />
away evil spirits | Hausa turaren wuta<br />
�b”skiy�m� n. a white type of owl |<br />
Hausa mujiya<br />
�ba n. (pl. �b�ncin) co-wife | Hausa<br />
kishiya<br />
�bak n. (pl. �b�bin) bow (for shooting)<br />
| Hausa baka<br />
�b�ku�� n. fried peanut pulp | Hausa<br />
�arago<br />
abak�w� n. (pl. abak�w�win) cotton<br />
(Gossypium spp.) | Hausa auduga<br />
�b�nc�nkw�na n. being a co-wife |<br />
Hausa kishiyanci<br />
�b�r�pe n. white sorghum | Hausa<br />
faffaran dawa<br />
�b��ba n. pineapple | Hausa abarba
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