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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

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