NGIZIM-ENGLISH- HAUSA DICTIONARY - UCLA
NGIZIM-ENGLISH- HAUSA DICTIONARY - UCLA
NGIZIM-ENGLISH- HAUSA DICTIONARY - UCLA
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her. B: Your grandparents said for<br />
you to come so that they might see<br />
you. | Hausa mana<br />
b� � part. isn't that so? (see b�, of which<br />
this may be a less common variant)<br />
ex n� iyu damt�gu b�n ba? it’s<br />
close behind me, isn’t it? | Hausa ko<br />
ba haka ba?<br />
ba v.D get, receive (completive form of<br />
b�u when not phrase final) | Hausa<br />
b�ba n. term of address to one's father<br />
or an older man (see also �f”k, b�ba,<br />
d�da) | Hausa baba<br />
b�ba n. indigo (Indigofera sp.) | Hausa<br />
baba<br />
bab�r”m n. curtain or screen in a room<br />
to hide interior from view | Hausa<br />
makari<br />
b�b�rakk�m n. African catfish<br />
(Clarias lazera and other Clarias<br />
spp. or Heterobranchus bidorsalis) |<br />
Hausa tarwa�a<br />
b�bangam n. (pl. b�bangancin)<br />
younger paternal uncle | Hausa kawu<br />
b�b�tu v.A2c (v.n. b�b�t�) deceive,<br />
trick | Hausa yaudara<br />
b�bazg�r� n. senior uncle | Hausa<br />
kawu<br />
bab� = babu n. (pl. bababin)<br />
copulation by animals, rutting;<br />
burbling of billygoat ex da �anji<br />
bab� � t”kak gazgarag”ri he (young<br />
billygoat) began burbling next to his<br />
older sister | Hausa barbara<br />
b�b�l� n., adj. (pl. b�b�l�ucin) bastard<br />
ex b�b�lok m�yim = m�yim b�b�lo<br />
bastard lad | Hausa shege<br />
b�bu = b�ci n.m. form of b�ci used by<br />
speakers of the Ngwajin area | Hausa<br />
mai.<br />
b�bu baci n. (pl. nd� baci) (f. m� baci)<br />
wealthy person | Hausa mai arziki<br />
b�bu p”rshi n. (m�<br />
p�rshi) back-biter, sower of<br />
dissension ex ama m� p�rshi � d�m�<br />
mb�s� � m�r”m w”nd�w� bai a<br />
woman who sows dissension cannot<br />
Ngizim-English-Hausa Dictionary 15<br />
live in a large household | Hausa mai<br />
yawan gulma<br />
b�ca n. heavy bracelet worn on the<br />
upper arm, worn by women in game<br />
where they bump against each other<br />
in a contest to show strength | Hausa<br />
abin hannu<br />
baci wealth | Hausa arziki<br />
b�ci = b�bu n.m. (pl. nd�) (f. m� =<br />
non-final form of m�i) 1. one who<br />
has… ex b�ci guz”p owner of a<br />
slave. 2. one who does… ex b�ci<br />
ruwai farmer | Hausa mai.<br />
b�ci dl�rb�d� n. court jester | Hausa<br />
wawan sarki<br />
b�ci gw�mpi n. soothsayer, fortune<br />
teller | Hausa mai duba<br />
b�ci n�nam n. drummer | Hausa<br />
maka�i<br />
bad��� n. (pl. bad����in) sorcery |<br />
Hausa maita<br />
b�d�d�m� n. heart palpitations ex<br />
badadima a ravan w”n Z”gan”sku<br />
Z’s son suffers from heart<br />
palpitations | Hausa �alli-�alli<br />
badaw�i n., adj. (pl. badawaw�n)<br />
someone who is always getting into<br />
trouble, the quality of such a person<br />
ex badaw�k m�yim = m�yim<br />
badawai naughty boy | Hausa<br />
bad� n. bustard (Otididae spp.) | Hausa<br />
tuje<br />
Bad� n. (pl. Badad�n) Bade person or<br />
language | Hausa Babade, Badanci<br />
b�d��i n. a variety of millet with<br />
medium sized heads | Hausa gero<br />
(iri)<br />
b�d�tu v.A2c (v.n. b�d�t�) begin, begin<br />
doing | Hausa fara<br />
b�fu v.A2a (v.n. b�f�) be dented, have<br />
a depression in the surface (a<br />
calabash) ex f�nau b�f”ngar� the<br />
calaash has a depression in it | Hausa<br />
koma�e, moka�e<br />
B�f� = B�h� n. name given to a child<br />
with a deformity (cf. b�fu) | Hausa<br />
sunan namiji