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20 Ngizim-English-Hausa Dictionary b�y�ngu = b�tk”nd�u n. thingamajig; the matter at hand, the thing we’ve been discussing | Hausa abin nan b�y�ngw�tu = b�tk�nd�tu v.A2c (v.n. b�y�ngw�t�) do whatchamacallit, do the act in question, act in a way known to the listener ex M�l�m, ka b�y�ngw�t”n� b�y�ngu gu bi? sir, have you done you know what with the you know what? | Hausa b�yi n. (verbal noun of b�u) a find, something found or gotten | Hausa tsintuwa b�yi n. (pl. b�y�yin) boy not part of immediate family, living in a house and doing household chores for his keep ex b�yi k� k”r�g”mak a servant is like a lizard (epithet of b�yi, since he is tolerated around the house) | Hausa bara b�z� n. hairy goat | Hausa akwiya buzuzu b�z�-baz� n. fringe, as on an am��a dancing apron | Hausa b�za�� n. revealing someone's secrets | Hausa fallasa b�z��tu v.A2c (v.n. b�za��t�) treat contemptuously | Hausa wulakanta b�zhi n. (pl. b�zh�zhin) 1. belly (external area rather than organ) ex Ka�gun w��a �agai sa t”nu, �agai zuwa � b�zhig”rin, a wuna � mazgai. Medicine that one person drinks, if another rubs it on his belly, he will spend the night in heaven. 2. dross removed on second day of beer brewing; second day in beer brewing | Hausa (1) tumbi b�z�yu v.A2bt (v.n. b�z�y�) spray water from mouth | Hausa fesa b�zu v.A2a (v.n. b�z�) sweep along ground (such as gown or curtain), drag on ground | Hausa b�z�w�ul� n. gourd bottle with a long neck, used to give a child water or medicine | Hausa buta b� n. (pl. b�y�yin) (see also b�y�, b�, b�y�) 1. (used with indefinite referent--reduced from of b�y�) something, a thing, whatever; (in negative) nothing, anything ex aci a nci b� � kunuk �� he wants something in town; a dlam�na b� w��a kw� dlamaw do whatever you are going to do; aci �ka b� bai he didn’t see anything; aci z”ga b� w��a atu � kunuw bai he didnt know what she was up to. 2. (with a definite referent) the thing (that) ex b�, � n� daba�g� as for the matter, I have my own plans; tiye � japtak b� w��a Canduwa dlamu n� m�p”nd�wa� shirin t”ku everyone was amazed at what Chanduwa did to those to young men | Hausa abu, wani abu, (ba) kome B�c� n. a male nickname for the name Al�mb�ci | Hausa sunan namiji b�z� n. (pl. b�z�zin) white, granular salt | Hausa gishiri bi part. really?, is that so? (used at end of questions to indicate surprise, anxiety, confirmation) ex ka nci bi? you want it, do you?; ja � yuwan bi? so the dog is sleeping? | Hausa ko? b� n. (pl. b�y�yin) (becomes b� in genitive before low tone; see also b�y�, b�y�, b�y�) 1. thing of, thing for, the wherewithal for ex b�kta food (thing for eating); b�k ajap an amazing thing; b�k pata wild animals. 2. substance or thing found in or associated with ex wa baka b�k kunu let’s roast the innards; da dlamai b� kun�kshi they did what they felt like (the thing inside them). 3. affair, matter, that which one has done for ex b�kun t”ku, ai, zhirau n� what you did, well, it’s shameful; Bik �agai t”ta: a dlam ka mak” k”ci. (Trying to imitate) someone else’s way of doing things is hard; just look for your own thing to do.;
s� b�cuw! what kind of talk is that!, that’s just your silly idea! (“that is your thing”). 4. property, possession, that which belongs to ex Nda gumb” bici nda kk”m” miyaci na atu. One has grabbed your possession and hit you in the mouth with it. 5. (with quantified noun) about, approximately; a little, a few ex b�k t”�a kwan about three months; na nci dlamad �wa b�k rama I want to have a few words with you. 6. (anaphoric ‘thing’, with genitive pronoun co-referential with subject of a verb) on one’s own, by oneself ex a ji b�k”m go on your way; wa nawa b�wa let’s just stay the day here; a dla�in� b�kun n� m”s�k”m just stay with your husband | Hausa abu, wani abu, (ba) kome b� part. form of bai ‘not’ in the middle of a phrase | Hausa ba, ba.ba b�, bi v.D get, receive! (imperative form of b�u) | Hausa samu b� v.D get, receive (subjunctive form of b�u) | Hausa samu b� v.D get, receive (incompletive form of b�u when an object is expressed) | Hausa samu b�d�l n. male donkey | Hausa jaki b�di n. black horse with white legs from knee down | Hausa bidi, doki (iri) b�g�l� n. (pl. b�g�l�lin) the “little hot season” following the rainy season | Hausa b�k”li n. red horse with black forelegs | Hausa bikili, doki (iri) b�kt� n. food | Hausa abinci B�lan n. a male name | Hausa sunan namiji b�n = b� n”n = b� y� conj. (from bai ‘not’ + conditional marker) 1. otherwise, if not ex da yka gayim n”n, sai r”mau, b�n, gayim � d�man� akshi bal when they see a cat, they should run off, otherwise the cat will finish them all off. 2. or Ngizim-English-Hausa Dictionary 21 ex k� mai shimpe� b�n aw bring husked grain or guinea corn; d� baki jaunak v�� b�n z�d� he roasted five or six elephants. 3. except for, other than, unless ex Papiya bin, ngalte wuríyi fit” aka bai. Except for a lie (unless one is lying about it), a fart never fanned a fire.; gw�ng�rak b�n � z�b� duw�k�n tai? other than an old person, who would marry a woman with a blocked vagina? | Hausa (1) idan ba haka ba; (2) ko; (3) sai b�� n. (pl. bi�a�in) pillow, esp. a large, decorated pillow or cushion on which one reclines | Hausa b�t�lm�n n. (pl. b�t�lm�min) emirate treasury | Hausa baitulmali b�tk�nd�tu = b�y�ngw�tu v.A2c (v.n. b�tk�nd�, b�tk”nd�u) do whatchamacallit, do the act in question, act in a way known to the listener ex dlugungara na bai bitk”ndat”ngara i lardu her name had already become a known quantity throughout the province | Hausa b�tk”nd�u = b�y�ngu n. thingamajig; the matter at hand, the thing we’ve been discussing | Hausa abin nan b�w�k n. 1. mistletoe (Loranthaceae spp. and Tapinanthaceae spp.). 2. hemorrhoids, piles | Hausa (1) kauci; (2) basur b�w� n. (see also b�y�, b�y�, b�) the thing in question | Hausa abin nan b�w� v.D get, receive (incompletive form of b�u when no object is expressed) | Hausa b� ye conj. (from bai ‘not’ + concessive conditional marker; see also b�n) or else ex da kun�kshi, n”n gayi k”madun, � n�, b� ye akshi shirin cam da nn�kshi from among them, if one person heard, he would come, or else they would both come | Hausa in ba haka ba
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