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NGIZIM-ENGLISH- HAUSA DICTIONARY - UCLA

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d”mpu n. black horse preferred by<br />

praise criers | Hausa dumfu, doki (iri)<br />

D�mz� n. name give to a child who is<br />

born with feet emerging first | Hausa<br />

sunan namiji<br />

d”n”mn�m n., adj. (pl. d”n”mn�nin)<br />

sweet, sweetness | Hausa za�i<br />

D�nda n. a male name | Hausa sunan<br />

namiji<br />

d�n�u v.A2b (v.n. d�n��) plug up,<br />

stop up, be plugged up ex t”nga<br />

d”n�”ngara ga�a dafak my nose is<br />

stopped up because of a cold | Hausa<br />

toshe<br />

d�ng�l”s n. purling inside a thatched<br />

roof | Hausa<br />

d�ng�gu� n. forked pole used as roof<br />

support | Hausa gwafa<br />

d�nk” d�vu n. mosque stalk<br />

(Caralluma dalzielii) | Hausa karan<br />

masallaci, wutsiyar damo<br />

d�nk�lw� n. calabash used to pack<br />

goods for travelling | Hausa �waryar<br />

tafiya<br />

d���n n. draughts game played by<br />

women | Hausa dara<br />

d���nku n. (pl. d���nkw�kwin) ulcer,<br />

ulcerated wound | Hausa gyambon<br />

daji<br />

d”��ng�m id.adj. open ex arawi g”shi<br />

i ak”rak bana miyak sau d”rangam<br />

a thief is happy to find a door open |<br />

Hausa bu�a��e<br />

d��au v.B (v.n. d��i) wait for | Hausa<br />

jira<br />

d�rb�r� n. a type of men’s gown |<br />

Hausa riga (iri)<br />

d”��”s id.adj. indicates heaviness ex<br />

D”��”s c”kulab���. (Z�nig<br />

D�g�m.) Riddle: Something heavy<br />

sweeping the ground. (A king’s<br />

gown.) | Hausa amsa amo<br />

d���u v.A2b (v.n. d”���, d��”�) grind<br />

guinea corn slowly with water to get<br />

fine flour | Hausa<br />

d���b� n. (pl. d���b�bin) driver |<br />

Hausa direba<br />

Ngizim-English-Hausa Dictionary 31<br />

d��g�zu v.A2c (v.n. d��g�z�) squash<br />

(an insect, etc.); rub back and forth to<br />

remove dirt | Hausa cu�a<br />

d”�gum�k n. lying on the stomach<br />

ex wunyaw v�g”ngar� � d”rgum�k<br />

the girl lay down on her stomach |<br />

Hausa<br />

d�rmi n. the fig tree Ficus polita |<br />

Hausa durumi<br />

d�rmi gw�na n. physic nut (Jatropha<br />

curcas) | Hausa bi ta da zugu<br />

d”�n� n. anus | Hausa dubura, ta kashi<br />

d”�t� (kuk) n. midnight | Hausa tsakar<br />

dare<br />

d��tu v.A2b (v.n. d”�t�, d��”t) grind<br />

wet substance | Hausa marka�e<br />

d�r�d”r� n. barber | Hausa wanzami<br />

d���p-d���p id. action done clumsily<br />

ex b”dlamu sh�lu bai, s�<br />

suw�rigara d”��p-d”��p the hyena<br />

paid no attention, she just continued<br />

dancing clumsily | Hausa amsa amo<br />

d”�us quant. all, complete, completely<br />

ex d”�us k”ci all of it is yours |<br />

Hausa duk, duka<br />

d”�w� n. black and white dog | Hausa<br />

kare ba�i da fari<br />

d”sk� n., adv.loc. (pl. d”skw�kin) 1.<br />

sky. 2. above, on top of ex ��tatin �<br />

d”sku ssau the birds are on the<br />

house; ��tatin � d”sku n� ssau the<br />

birds are above the house | Hausa<br />

sama, sama da<br />

d�vi� n., adv.time (pl. d�v�vi�) night;<br />

at night ex d”vi� b”dlamu j� bara at<br />

night the hyena went hunting | Hausa<br />

dare, da dare<br />

d�vu n. (pl. d�v�vin) 1. road, path. 2.<br />

way, means of ex Ka k”ma ma nda<br />

kurun, nda bana d”vu kuru. If you<br />

hear that one rejects (something), he<br />

has found the means to reject it. 3. (in<br />

d�vu w���Ö) the way that, how ex<br />

na z”ga d”vu w��a w�t”shi � n� �<br />

�ag” n”n bai I don’t know how<br />

sneezing comes upon a person |<br />

Hausa hanya

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