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HAUSA-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
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DICTIONARY OF THE
HAUSA LANGUAGE by
CHARLES HENRY ROBINSON SOMETIME LECTURER
IN
D.D.
HAUSA IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
HONORARY CANON OF RIPON
VOL.
I
HAUSA-ENGLISH
THIRD EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED
Cambridge at
the University Press
1913
PL 9)3 X7 7 S5 F/;-.st
Edition, 1899
Second Edition revised and enlarged, 1906
Third Edition revised and enlarged, 1913
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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
HAUSA
is
Nigeria
it
probably the most widely spoken language continent of ..^Afiica^- Throughout ^^thern
in the
the language of the greater part of the inarea it forms a sort of
is
habitants and outside this wide
lingua franca throughout a large part of Africa north of the
who knows the Hausa language can walk from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea sure of equator.
The
traveller
finding in almost every market place which he
some with whom he can converse.
route
may
The
pass en
fact
that
within recent years that part of Nigeria in which most of
Hausa people
the
live
has become an English Protectorate
should serve to increase the interest of English students in this language.
Before referring to the methods adopted in the production of this dictionary
it will
be well to state under what
auspices the work has been carried out and to it is
what extent
based upon the labours of other students of the lan-
guage.
The task
of compiling this dictionary
was accomplished
under the auspices and direction of the Hausa Association. On the death at Lokoja, on June 26, 1891, of the Rev. John Alfred Robimson, M.A. (a brother of the author), who had attempted to start Christian missionary work amongst the Hausas, a committee was formed in London to perpetuate his
memory and
to carry
on his work "by providing
thoroughly scientific study of the Hausa language."
for
a
The
committee of the Association contained representative names,
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
Vlll
e.g.
those of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the
Commander
Royal GeographiGovernor of the Royal Niger Co., and the
in Chief, the President of the
cal Society, the
President of the London
Chamber
of
Commerce,
in addition
well-known philologists Professor Max Miiller Peile. The expedition which the author was
to those of the
and
Dr
enabled to make to the centre of the Hausa country for the purpose of studying the language and collecting native
manuscripts with a view to compiling a dictionary was carried out under the direction of this committee, first
and the
edition of this dictionary was published soon after his
return.
The first vocabulary of the Hausa language was drawn up by Mr Richardson, the leader of an expedition which reached the Hausa country by crossing the Sahara desert from Tripoli. The list of words sent home by Mr Richardson before his death was printed by the Foreign Office, but was so short
who
and incomplete as
to be of little value.
afterwards took charge of
Mr
Dr
Barth,
Richardson's expedition,
published in 1862 a series of linguistic notes on Hausa and several other central African languages.
considerable interest, though fi*om the point of
it
This work was of
was extremely incomplete
view of a vocabulary.
The next vocabulary
deserving of notice, and one which was a great advance upon its
predecessors,
was published by Dr
J. F.
Schon, a mis-
sionary of the C.M.S. in 1876, with an appendix published ill
1888.
Dr Schon may
of
Hausa
study.
slaves in Sierra
He
justly be regarded as the pioneer
learnt the language from
some
freed
Leone, and afterwards took part in the
Government expedition which ascended the R. Niger in Unfortunately he was never able to penetrate into the Hausa country and, as he afterwards spoke of himself 1841.
;
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
IX
as having reduced to writing a hitherto unwritten language,
he was apparently unaware at the time when he wrote that the Hausas possessed any kind of literature or that they had
long before adopted, with some modifications, a form of the
Arabic alphabet as their own.
which Dr
Another
difficulty
under
Schon laboured was his lack of acquaintance with In very
the Arabic language.
many
instances words and
expressions were entered either in his dictionary or appendix as Hausa, which are quite are
unknown
inability
to the
recognize
to
common
in Sudanese Arabic, but
Hausas of the
them
as
Dr Schon's when they were
interior.
Arabic,
suggested to him by Arabic-speaking Hausas, coupled with
want of opportunities for verifying them by personal contact with Hausas who had never come under Arab his
influence,
made
it
inevitable
that
such words should be
under which he work is deserving of the very highest commendation. The present work is the result of a careful study of that published by Barth and by Schon, and of independent study of the language in Hausaland, in N. Africa and in England. Before beginning the compilation of the present work and whilst living amongst the Hausas in the heart of their country, the author went through Schon's dictionary, verifying or rejecting every entry and adding a large proportion of new words. The MSS. which were obtained in Hausaland, some of which were subseinserted.
Considering
the
difficulties
laboured, his
title of Specimens of Hausa and which have been reproduced in facsimile, served to show that even the more learned Hausa mallams have not yet adopted a uniform system of orthography. At the same time they helped to furnish many additional woixls and to verify others.
quently published, under the Liter^ature,
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
X
The
first
In
in 1899.
W. H.
edition of the present dictionary its
was published
compilation I was largely assisted by
Brooks, formerly
Hausa
Mr
scholar of Christ's College,
Cambridge, and Student of the Hausa Association.
In the
preparation of the second edition, which appeared in 1906,
was specially indebted to the assistance received from Major For help received in preparing the present edition, which contains about four thousand entries additional to those which appeared in the second edition, I have been greatly indebted to Major Burdon (who has now become the Colonial Secretary in Barbados), Mr W. J. Gowers the Resident at Kano, Captain R. Fletcher, Dr Walter Miller, Capt. Tremearne, Dr J. M. Dalziel (Medical Officer on the West African Medical Staff), Mr E. J. Arnett, the late Hon. E. T. Stanley, and many others who have most kindly sent rae from time to time criticisms and corrections. To Dr Dalziel I am indebted for the identification of most of the plants, the names of which appear in this dictionary, and I
Burdon, C.M.G.
to Captain Fletcher for the correction of the proof sheets.
He
has kindly allowed
me
to incorporate the information
contained in his supplementary vocabulary which appears at the end of his valuable book lore.
I
would
also express
my
Hausa sayings and indebtedness to
folk-
Mr Adam
Mischlich for the help which I have derived from a study of his dictionary entitled Worterbuch der Hausasprache, which was published in Berlin in 1906, and which is a valuable and permanent contribution towards the study
of the
Hausa language.
In the
first
two editions of
this dictionary the
Hausa
words were given both in the modified Arabic character which is used by the Hausas, and in the Roman character. In view of the fact, however, that many of the users of this
:
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
XI
dictionary are not familiar with the Arabic script, and of the
Hausa scribes, it has seemed altogether. By doing characters Hausa omit the
lack of uniformity on the part of
better to
this it is possible to issue the dictionary in
without increasing
The system
its price.
an enlarged form of transliteration
is that which was originally propounded by the Royal Geographical Society, and which has been sanctioned by the British, and by most of the continental Governments,
adopted
for the representation of
geographical names.
The general
embodied is that all consonants are to be pronounced A further account as in English and all vowels as in Italian. of the system of transliteration adopted and of the modified Arabic character which the Hausas generally employ will be found in the Hausa Orammar to which the student of this principle
dictionary
is
referred.
The emphasis deal
in
laid
different
on different syllables In order to
localities.
differs
a good
help beginners
marks usually employed to denote long or short syllables wherever the emphasis to be laid upon a particular syllable is very pronounced or specially liable to be misplaced. These marks or accents do not denote any modification of the vowels on which they are placed, but merely suggest the syllable on which stress is to be laid in I have inserted the
pronouncing
it.
In the transliteration of the Hausa words I have employed
Roman alphabet, i.e. 6, d and k. b whether used as an initial or medial letter represents an explosive sound which is quite distinct from the ordinary b d is sounded with an expiration of the breath and in its three modifications of the
pronunciation the tongue touches the edge of the upper teeth, a sort of dt
a French or
sound being produced somewhat similar to
German
t:
A;
is
a sub-palatal guttural and
is
:
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
xii
called
by the Hausas the watery k (kam mairua) because the it puts his mouth into such a position be shooting out water from his throat.
person pronouncing that he appears to
have further tried to afford some indication of the There are four character and range of the Hausa dialects. or five districts in Hausaland which may perhaps be said to I
possess a distinct dialect, but as the
Hausas are inveterate
have become so confused that it is not possible to mark them off with any distinctness. The Hausas frequently maintain that the Katsena dialect which travellers these dialects
is
spoken in the extreme north of their country
On
the other hand the
widely spoken and
Kano
may be
dialect is that
is
the purest.
which
is
most
said to prevail generally through-
out the south and eastern parts of their country.
What
is
sometimes called the Sokoto dialect prevails throughout the western districts. In this dictionary the dialects spoken in the following towns or districts are denoted by the abbreviations contained in brackets (Z.),
:
Kano
(K.),
Sokoto
(S.),
Katsena
(Kats.), Zaria
Zanfara (Zanf ), Daura (D.).
There are many words the use of which
is
confined to
special districts whilst others are frequently found in different districts in modified forms.
One
commonest modifications is that of r in the eastern dialects' to / in the western. Thus we have in Kano and Sokoto respectively of the
Kano garma marka
Sokoto
galma malka
hoe
karkashi
kalkashi
heavy rain underneath
mafarki
mafalki
dream
harbi
halbi
to shoot
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Words denoting abstract ideas which end
Xlll
in chi in the
east are often found to end in taka in the west.
The
Kano
Sokoto
Thus
yaranchi
yarantaka
uhanchi
iibantaka
fatherhood
bakonchi
hakontaka
hospitality
which
letter
childhood
pronounced as /in Kano frequently Thus in Daura.
is
becomes h in Zanfara or p
:
Kano
Zanfara
Daura
fudu
hudu
piidu
p^l *^^ I
four
halasa palasa to destroy hansa panaa deliverance fansa Other dialectical variations may be illustrated by changes
falasa
such as
Kano wanan
Sokoto
wanga
this
sahuni
sabuli
soap
mana
muna
to us
makulli
makubli
key
The numeral Katsena and
five is
represented by biar in Kano, bial in
bial or biat in Sokoto.
/^^
h-
^^^c/..
.''->>-]
In addition to references to the Specimens of Hausa have included a few references
Liteixiture already mentioned, I
to
Hausa Magana, a volume of Hausa stories and fables by Dr Schon which has been revised and re-edited.
collected
by the S. P. C. K. and is a book which Hausa have found helpful.
It is published at 2/6
many beginners I
am
dictionary
language
in
fully conscious
and for
shall
of the
many
be grateful to
further help in view
deficiencies of this
all
students of
of rendering
it
complete. C. E^ister,
1913.
H.
R
the
more
"
ABBREVIATIONS A, B, C,
abstr.
etc. = no. of piece in " Specimens of Hausa
Gr.
Hausa Grammar.
id.
the same.
Literature.
i.e.
that
intr.
intransitive.
Hausa Magana. noun, also — note.
abstract.
is.
ace.
accusative.
M. H.
adv.
adverb, adverbial.
n.
aor.
aorist.
ord.
ordinal.
Ar.
Arabic.
p.
page.
cardinal.
particip.
participle or participial
compare.
pi.
plural.
constr.
construct, construed.
prec.
preceding.
e.g.
for instance.
prep.
preposition.
esp.
especially.
q.v.
which
etc.
et cetera.
redupl.
reduplicated.
card. ^cf.
see.
f.
feminine.
refl.
reflexive.
fig.
figuratively.
rt
root
Gk.
Greek.
seq.
following article.
* Cf. placed after
referred to
is
any word does not necessarily imply that the word
the same word or derived from the same root.
quite generally.
It is
used
Iaa
I
HAUSA DICTION AEY
R. H. D.
HAUSA DICTIONARY Words
to
which *
is
affixed are not in general use
a,
impersonal pronoun used as Eng. 'one' or 'they,' French on ; antafi one has gone, anakiranka they are calling they are you, anadarita laughing at me. Cf. Gram,
a,
of ke.
'
the prefix to the passive
;
it,
as this impersonal pronoun. is
dependent past and prewhen used with
A
of the passive voice, e.g. dka-
he will be killed. A short a is used to denote the sheshi
imperative sive voice,
mood e.g.
him be driven
of the pas-
akoreshi let
out.
kai
man,
all per-
(fern, ke)^ shi
(fem.
have ita),
is
the great
shi addaidai it is all
right, shi assarikinrmi
he
is
our king, shi a abokinmu he
sent tenses
a negative, e.g. ba akoreshi ba he was not driven out, ba azua da shi he is not being brought. long emphasized a is used to denote the future
used with
shi abbaba he
used as a prefix to denote
the passive voice of the perfect,
is
mu, ku, su addashi. It sometimes follows a noun directly, e.g. kura addashi the hyena has it. It is also used with nan, e.g. gari annan; cf. also
voice ought to be regarded
a
It
sons, e.g. ni addashi I
possibly the a which
39
is
a substantive verb used esp. in the Sokoto dialect in place
'
p.
the Havsas, Hausa.
amongst
or are Arabic words not definitely incorporated into
is
a,
a friend of ours, nia
aa, no.
form
is
is it
I
?
The reduplicated
that most frequently
used, esp. in expressing dis-
approbation. a, at, to, in.
It
is
almost equi-
valent to ga, but
is
frequent occurrence.
of less
It
is
very often prefixed to the prepositions gare, chikin, and bisa.
Prefixed to baya, gdba.
abu used adverbially,
and makelechia kulla arrang-
thus ahaya behind, agdha in front, akasa or akass on the
ing the cotton round the pin
ground.
the tsinki to the spindle
kasa^ it
a,
is
an exclamation of astonishment.
abada
(cf.
;
yin
wadari twisting the threads into yarn saka weaving.
Jukum
(a
word,
only used by Hausas in the
Binue
abin, see abu. abki, prosperity aboiyi, secretly
aboki,
bdki.
abakwariga
districts),
a
man born
Hausa
of renegade
parents,
one who has abandoned Hausa customs and has been brought as a
pagan
;
cf kamheri. .
abara*, a large canoe. abawa, spun cotton, yarn
kadi spinning from
tsinki;
;
Ar. jut, eternity), ever; hcd abada for ever. abakin, in exchange for; see
up
;
thin
zare
(cf.
It
thread).
;
see afki.
see boye.
abokia, pi. abokai,
fern,
abokin gdba enemy, abokin tafiata my fellow traveller, abokin aikina aboka, friend;
my
fellow worker,
M. H.
abu,
abubua, usually in con-
pi.
nective form abin 1.
(i.e.
followed
abuna),
by da,
it is
cotton
used as an ordinary relative
cotton
pronoun abinda ka ke so what you wish 2. followed by a ;
;
the white cotton embroidery
verb, noun, or preposition
on a tobe.
is
abdu
p.
192.
thing.
also applied to
is
etc. ;
(Ar.), slave, servant,
used
it
used as an indefinite pro-
noun
;
thus abinchi anything
in formation of proper names.
to eat, abinsha anything to
abduga, audiga, cotton before abduga the foil, it is spun,
drink, abinso a wish, desire,
;
are successive stages in pre-
paring cotton
chin abduga
:
abin
murna
a cause for joy,
abin baya that which
hind
;
3.
it is
is
be-
used of living
kada clean-
creatures
gurza hand-ginning, i.e. removing the seeds with the
anything
dan bida sutu thinning and combing with a kizauro^ sili
lowed by a possessive protaji abinka go about your business, ya taji abinsa he went off on his own ac-
gathering cotton ing
;
;
;
or thin stick
;
sebi or shibba,
carding with the bakan shibba
;
da rai
thus, abin living,
abin
creatures of the forest
;
daji 4. fol-
noun, ka
1—2
abude count
S,dua ;
for expression ahinda
na gani p.
see gani
cf.
;
M. H.
226; allah ya san abin nasa
God knows his own nature, cf. M. H. p. 228; a feminine form alar is also found abu kaza so and so, such and such a thing. abude, opened, openly; cf.
adalashi, a good quality ad3>na,
repairing,
n.
silk.
arrang-
ing.
adashi, a cooperative loan sys-
tem among friends;
cf.
tvu-
;
adSiWa, sometimes used for
dawa ink
(cf.
ta-
Ar. Slj^, ink-
stand); adawal allah a mole,
hude. spot.
S.bu kaza, see abu.
aburu, a grain like acha. abuta, friendship. abuya, pL abohana, f a friend .
addini, Ar. worship, ;
see also abokia.
beaten and made into a kind of porridge.
It grows about
eighteen inches high, and two or even three crops are raised
during the rainy season. achike, fem. achika^ pi. achiku, full
;
ada
i.e.
alada
(K.),
(cf.
Ar. I>U,
religious observance), custom,
manner
;
kamada adansu
ac-
cording to their custom ; alada is frequently used to express a woman's monthly periods ; see toAa (S.).
adakka* a sawaila.
(i.e.
prefixed),
dua
flint-lock
gun
;
cf.
Ar.
U> with
prayer;
to pray, ,D
article
yiyi
ad-
2.
adiko, handkerchief (a Yoruba word); cf. maiyani. adlla,
pi. ddiloli
or adilan kaya
(cf Ar. jj j^, equilibration of the two sides of a load), a .
heavy
see chika.
the substantive verb a when it precedes a word beginning with d ; see a.
ad,
dlni a religious person.
addua
S,cha (paspalum scrobiculatum), a small white grain, which is
^>, religion, creed, B 77, 136; maiad-
load, e.g. for
a donkey.
adilchi (Ar. Jji), righteousness, justice.
adili, adali (Ar.), right. S.do,
pi.
dddd% beauty, show,
splendour of dress; riguna na ado beautiful garments,
F
216, 238.
adu, smallpox.
adua or ad wa (balanites aegypa thorny tree from which gum is obtained, its
tiaca),
fruit
is
edible,
its
gum
is
; .
aduruku
agushi
5
kwalon adua^
wood is
bably a passive form of gage to be stiff.
used for making school slates. aduruku*, a tree something
agaisheka, hail a very common form of salutation cf
called
its
takes a good polish and
like a af, oh,
Spanish chestnut.
an exclamation
Why
lection.
afalalu, a 2,fi,
yin
of recol-
agaji, agaza, n. help, dgaje^ v. to
want you to help me; cf. maiagazawa helper, F. 106. help; ina so ka agajeni I
!
make a
slight in-
clination of the head, to it is
;
gaishe.
fool.
dji to
!
bow;
also used to denote the
^gala, a rope, see dkala.
huzu a mat), sheep or goat
for
the body and placing earth upon the head in token of
S.gana,
;
see auka.
da afki much, afkin life
;
see auki.
afko, desolation, destruction. afku, to happen. S,fo,
(cf.
Ar. rt ^a^), restora-
tion to health, becoming better;
2.
a horse
samu afua
afulaki, a young
to recover.
S.gara, tendon of Achilles.
ag^zere (Ar.) or ag^jere, the hot month at end of rains, about September or October cf.-Gr. p. 88.
women and children on entering a house, the ans. used by
is shigo.
afutu, a species of palm, leaves are used in
its
mat-mak-
ing.
B
p.
211.
ago, a small cowry shell used in chacha.
agola,
ass.
afuo, ahuo, a salutation esp.
agaga, tottering,
agannia, a kind of shirt {taggo) with narrow but long
agba*, agwa*, cask, M. H.
abortion.
afua
smallpox,
sleeves.
afki, n. mass, quantity, pros-
rai length of
1.
.
afka, to destroy, to collapse; maiafkawa about to fall or
perity,
skin.
disease ; cf zanzana^ yar-rani.
submission.
be destroyed
agalumma (Sokoto
Sigalami, pi.
native custom of prostrating
109, pro-
pi. agololi,
stepchild.
agua, a wild dove with dark ring round its neck, aguje, at a run ; see gudu. agulu, vulture ; see angulu, Siguru (S.), a castrated ass. agushi, a gourd the seeds of which are used in making soup.
;
agw^da
6
agwa,da, S,goda, rock rabbit, cony.
wild duck, probably
onomatopoeic;
So
of
satisfaction, or surprise. 3
aJiaifa
animal
;
-
Ar. oi».), claw of
(cf.
see akaifa.
aharus, aharashi,
f.
ai (Ar.
indeed.
:
also ex-
planatory-id est, or e.g. ground nut see aya.
aia, a
maaika
send,
labour
act,
at,
aikatawa working, doing, cf. da fddin woni abu ko aikor tawa by word or deed. aike, n. sending, yin aike to aiki, pi. ayuyuka, ayuka,
act
an abbreviated form of ayi
the passive of yi
also used gene-
messengers, F. 159.
ai-
aikuna, labour, work,
koki,
id.), verily,
all
send.
aharasa,
a brown horse. ai,
is
to
for
aikata, to do, to
talatalu.
cf.
an exclamation
!
aiko
there,
rally
agwagwa, aha,
3.3
my fellow
abokin aikina
;
M. H.
192 yi do this thing, M. H. ya yi addua da aiki p. 198 he prayed effectively, M. H.
labourer,
p.
;
ta aiki
;
;
aia aia, the name of a grass from which a poison for arrows is obtained ; cf. defi.
a hired
aiauda
to a slave, yin aiki to labour,
(Ar. ^^), to cleave
to,
B. 101. blemish, fault, used in regard
men
it
denotes a worthless
fellow.
it is just
cf.
idiom ya aika
the sort of thing he
would do. aika, aike (bef. a pron.), to send, aikawa aikewa sending, aiku to be sent, aikake sent, to send
the place
to
where the speaker
is;
aika
or aike to send forth from
thus ya aikoiii he sent here
;
aiki, to start
maiaikata
pi.
workman
as opposed
aimaka
centipede.
(S.),
aiman,
aimanchi
imani,
(Ar.), faith.
ainin, true, truly, exceedingly,
aika, to do,
aiko
198; kama
work, maiaiki,
to work, aikin raga net-work.
aibi, pi. aibobiy aibu (Ar.), spot,
to
p.
ya aikeni he sent
me me
very much;
d
cf. ai,
ainya, pi. ainyoyi, beehive amya, butumi.
aiwa
or
ewa, indeed,
;
cf
.
truly. 90
aiyari,
pi.
caravan,
airori
train
(Ar. of
j-j^),
men
or
animals.
ajaba, wonder, ^jali (Ar.),
day
of
1.
destiny, decree,
death
;
ajalinsa
na
«
;
;
ajami
akoshi
chika his time
which
due.
aje
is
ajiye (K.), part, ajaje
ajiymje{K.), pass, ajiyu,
1.
to put, place, lay aside;
2.
to hold
ya
;
aje kofa
put
he
nan
held the door; ajiyeshi here.
it
aje, truly
see ashe.
;
ajera or ajere, in
line,
abreast;
see jera.
become
ajerta, to
rich,
ajia, ajiya, pi. ajiyi,
secret
sures,
gidashen
|t
ajia
2.
l^k
tress of heart.
^H
A
44
storehouses
ajiar zuchia sighing, dis-
^^ningi, master
of
the
ship biscuits, properly a small
cake made of beans.
akawali,
akavjala,
f.
j
waloli
(cf.
Ar. J^a*^t black), ,
akayo, pieces of jingling iron worn on the ankles by boxers and public performers. akaza, a cream-coloured horse. akbar (Ar.), great, an epithet usually applied to God.
akiba (Ar.), end, result, reward cf. B 35 ; akiba maikeaii a fair reward, shina da ;
akiba
;
cf.
ajaba.
aka, verbal prefix to denote a
dependent past in the passive
it is useful.
akodi, box, drawer. probably a contraction
akoi,
akaifa, ahaifa, claw of animal, finger-nail.
Sikala ( Ar.
J^),
a rope such as
is used for tying up a camel, akan, above, on the top of, on the basis of a con;
traction
akai-n
of
at
the
head of cf goma jia akan yau better yesterday than ;
to-day.
.
is,
there are.
Very commonly used
as an
affirmative answer to a question.
Gr. p. 39.
cf.
aka-
pi. i.
a black horse.
of akayi, there
;
^
cere-
monies at the bori dance.
^^Ljub, anything wonderful
voice
akara, Nupe name given to
trea-
1.
stores,
Ik
akanza, tattoo marks, tattooed with blue pigment on each cheek.
(Ar.), foreign, B. 175.
(S.),
(S.),
the
2.
;
paying money
for
ajami*
come
is
set time
fixed
It
to
is
the
sometimes prepersonal
pro-
nouns ; thus akoishi he is, or he is there akoisu they are 7nai-akoi, a rich man. ;
akokari, divination;
see
ko-
kari.
akoko, grey
baft.
akora, a kind of acacia. akoshi, a wooden dish, pi. akocf. M. H. p. 72. sai, akusa* -J
;
akotia
8
akotia,
pistol.
akras,
yin
sharpen,
alSjoaari
alafa
akras to
file
Ar. t*A»., to go foot-
on horses' above the hoof.
a disease
sore),
a sword.
e.g.
(cf.
or feet just
aku, parrot.
akugwaru, a kind
of
white
European cloth with large
alagwami, a leather bag closed by two strings pulled in opposite directions.
black or blue check.
akumari, a pad placed on a
alajabi, a marvel; see ajabi. alala, pain, distress, leanness.
donkey.
akurike, akurki, pi. akurikai, a place where fowls etc. are kept ; akuriken kaza, a coop. akusa, pi. of akoshi, q.v. akuti, akwati, a box, e.g. of gin.
akuturche, leprous
see kutur-
;
alalache, bad, rotten; see
la-
lacke.
alale
(cf.
Ar. rt J^\), trouble,
annoyance; also used as a verb.
alama, pi. almnomi (Ar. i«^Lt), frequently pronounced hald-
chi.
akwara, a
rifle
;
Nupe word.
a
akwia, pi. awaki, bunsuru he-goat. al, in
the case of
goat,
f.;
ma;
1.
B 131
;
sign, instruction, cf. 2.
apparent intention;
cf. 3.
many words
a large white bead in a set
of black beads used for prayer, a book-marker ; cf alamta. .
which have been borrowed by the Hausas from the Arabs,
alamari
(cf.
the initial al represents the
task,
affair,
Arabic article;
where the
word has been regularly adopted as a Hausa word, be found under al; in other cases, i.e. where the word is an Arabic word pure and simple, it will be found under the letter following the e.g. albe7'ka, it will
in this dictionary
prefix
al.
Thus
relations, see
alada, custom
;
for alwali
under wali. see dda.
Ar. j^l), work, talk,
palaver
alamaringa behold something wonderful alamarin dunia !
the course or vicissitudes of
whereby the poor become poor cf. M. H. p. 198, kaka wonan alamarin yaki what about this strange war ? ya bada gaskia ga alamarin allah he believed in the providence of God, M. H. p. 210; hazo alamarin kaka the harmattan wind is usual life
rich, the rich
;
;
:
alambo
alera
9
in harvest time wani da tvuyan almari so and so is hard suka sa ma to get on with ;
;
nlamarin allahido they watched what God would ordain. alambo, a slender shrub with
narrow jointed pods common on river banks. Ormocarpum
spinosum = paiya paiya ivaken
or
raji.
alamta, to put a mark upon. alangaba, alankafada, collarbone.
alaro, a day's wage or hire
maialaro or dan alaro a carrier,
bartering
it is
equivalent to
'no thank you,' cf. use of French merci as an epithet ;
applied to a field fertile
it
means
yin alberka or sa
;
al-
berka to bless or to thank
kaza
alberkachin
prov.
cf.
kadangari shi kan sha man kasko thanks to the fowl, the lizard finds water to drink in the pot
this is said
:
when
a man gains some benefit through no virtue of his own cf.
ko jibi
ma
alberka ba
ku
kai gari ba you won't even
yin alaro to work as a carrier,
reach the town the day after
hada alaro to hire, sarikin alaro a head carrier.
to-morrow.
alashaf, mould.
alaura
gursuma. alayapo, alefu,
J X
a
kind
cf.
of
oil
obtained from
the kwakiva palm, any dark-
albada, (cf.
cloth of
;
alhadu or albadodi
rt ju),
the strips of
which a dress
is
com-
flower something like a waterlily
albdsa raaikiine, spring
;
albashi, advance payment. 9"
albishirinka !
leprosy,
white leprosy,
albarka or alberka
good news for
the usual reply to this
salutation i^^jj),
J
albishir (Ar. Sj-^), good news;
you
posed, a seam.
albaras (Ar.
J«-flu),
albasan kwadi a white
onion.
oil.
pi.
Ar.
gunpowder. albS,sa, pi. albdsosi (Ar.
onion
spinach.
coloured
see
albarus, albarushi (Ar. ^^jb),
alayadi, domesticated pig,
alayedi, the
B 20;
albarka.
pudenda.
(Ar.),
albarkachi, blessing,
is
goro;
2^jj), blessing, thanks
;
in
bisha-
two heddles which carry the divided warp threads.
alera, allera, the
Ar.
(cf.
cf.
ra.
of the loom
alewa
10
alewa, a sweetmeat made with
honey
(cf.
Ar. ^^>JU.).
alfSidari,
f. alfddara, daru, mule.
alhaji
alfin
modern Ar.
(cf.
O-jfJt),
two thousand.
pi.
alfd-
alfahari, boasting (cf Ar. j.aLi).
white cotton cloth.
alfinti,
alfowa,
game
gambling
a
.
alf^kani, interpreter. alfanda*, a title of respect for a king. alfarma, power, tyranny, a man
who
swaggers, pride
:
autho-
rity, leave, anhashi alfarma he was given leave also = force, ya nuna masa alfarma he bullied him, ya yi ahu :
ga alfarmansa he took advantage of his position. alfarwa, pi. alfaruwa (Ar. bisa
S^j^),
a tent,
made
of skins
or leather.
alfasha
(cf.
magana
Ar. Li.?), alfasha
blasphemous
or
played with a long piece of leather and a needle.
alfuta,
pi.
to bind
algaba,
pi.
shameless language.
ing chapter of the Koran), prayers said daily in the early morning, prayers said by a
mallam at a marriage or a cf fdtiha. .
alfawami
or
alhowami,
tin-
anything used to catch sparks, e.g. cotton of the rimi
der,
tree.
0^ alfijir (Ar. jj*^, daybreak), the first
glimmer of light in the
east
;
cf jijifi. .
shirt,
M. H.
206.
algaderia (Ar.
ojtj^), a small
pistol.
algaita or algaitu, a wind instrument blown in a some-
what
similar
pipe
a
;
way
to a bag-
flute.
algarib, algaru, the seeds of
the lausuru, q.v. algashi,
;
algabobi, a kind of
embroidery on a p.
women
round the head.
algarwai, a stick of honey.
alfatiha(Ar.Aa*JUjl, the open-
funeral
alfutai (Ar. A^^^), a
handkerchief used by
f.
algasa, pi. algasai
or algasu, green.
algideri or alkideri jjci),
a
brass
(cf.
Ar.
cooking pan
with a handle.
algungumanchi, gossip. algungumi, f. algunguma, an idle gossip.
algus, algusu or algushi, deceit, cheating at a game, yin
algushida to deceive.
who has been on the pilgrimage to Mecca.
alhaji (Ar.), one
alhaki
alkS,laini
11
alhaki (Ar.
w-a».),
condemnation,
judgment, oppression,
alhudahuda, the name
right or claim put forward
alibida,
by one who has been defrauded, B 11 ski ke da alhaki he receives judgment, ku dauki alhakin allah you will bring upon yourselves the judgment of God, M. H. p. 210 also just wage alhaki da ka dauka the rights you seized, i.e. the wrongs you committed ya dauki alhakin laifi he is responsible for the
tree.
:
;
alif (Ar. sjOt), thousand.
aljama
or aljima, story, nar-
speech
rative,
alhamishi (S.)
(K.),
(Ar. j^^a^jLJI), or mis, Thursday,
rana alha-
lit.
the fifth
day. j^j-ai.),
F
217 rigansu na alharini. X
alheri (Ar.^^^), kindness, free gift
;
aljan, aljani,
janu
aljana,
f.
!
allah
pi. al-
demon;
a
(Ar.),
cf.
jinnu. a i ^
(Ar.
aljS,na
;
iUcfc.),
cf.
a garden,
F 222
aljana ta
nima A 58 gidan aljana. The word suggests to a Hausa ;
Mohammedan
the
paradise
pictured in the Koran.
who
refuses to
listen or obey.
gypsum. aljifi, aljifu, pi. aljifaye, aljifai
(cf
.
Ar. w-^ts».), pocket, a small
yin alheri to do a kind-
ness, s«i alheri a form of greeting, all well
will
aljibus, alzibus (Ar.), chalk,
wart-hog (phacochoerus).
alharini (Ar. jj>».), silk;
aljaioia
profit.
aljanjani, one
alhanzir, hanzir (Ar.
B 153
;
maianfani words which
paradise
alhamis
rubber
a species of
:
crime.
of a
bird.
ya kaika
e ^ * J ©t
aljima,
jimua
(Ar. 4jt^a,JI),
Friday.
demons
alheri
aljinu,
ney,
alkafura, the position with the head bowed to the earth, so-
God prosper your jourem mutum ya zam,a tar
da makiyensa ha alheri there is no happiness living with one's
enemy.
alhowami, mi.
tinder; seealfawa-
called
;
because
see aljan.
regarded
as
distinctively pagan.
alkajia, reed stalk.
alkS-lami,
pi.
alkalamai, alka-
!
alkalanchi
12
lama (Ar. Jji)^
reed
pen,
alkalanchi (Ar.) or yin
alka-
lanchi^ to act as alkali
see
;
alkali,
pi.
alkalai (Ar.
u^^), judge; E 10 alkalai da masuzua sheria the judges and those who come to be judged.
alkama
wheat.
(Ar.),
grown
It
;
see
and white or black and white shawl made in al-
alkila, blue
dea) a
common weed Ar. ;
it is
cf.
kambori.
going on in the town, a wellinformed man. alkarif, alkaru, seeds of a plant
pi.
;
cf kororo. .
a snail
shell.
alakukai, shelf or
jit .
allah (Ar.
aJUI),
God the plural ;
only used of the gods
alkS,wali, alkS,wari, promise,
dauki alkawali
alkawali to
make
a promise, sdki alkawali to break a promise, chika alka-
alkebu
(cf.
wade ha ta komi da biri a curse does not affect a monkey at all, allah waden rashin iyo rua what a curse .
it is
Ar.
to be unable to
^^,
a cowl), a sort of burnous.
swim
alleluba, a tree resembling a in appearance with
fig-tree
sweet-tasting leaves.
white
earth,
the
white
ashes of burnt bones, used
by spinners
to rub
on their
make a
to
fingers
spindle
revolve easily, also used for
making a whitewash. alio (Ar.
tvali to keep a promise. alkawali, a black horse.
wadan-
wadarka, allah ivade forms of impreca-
tion, cf allah
alii,
used as medicine.
agreement ;
see
niche in a wall.
common
the
;
pi.
alkuki,
imported
a large town, prosperity dan alkaria a man who knows all that is
alkeba,
(S.),
ka, allah
alkaria (Ar. Suj^),
gama
alkoto
to be
from
;
woman who
(K.), a
sells corn, etc.
alloli is
j^,
Hausaland ;
alkororo
of the heathen ; allah (cf .
white), calico
into
resurrection
kiyama.
eaten
goats.
alkamura
alkiyama,
is
iu the north-east part
of Hausaland. alkaman tururua (= spermacoce stachy-
or
cooking-pan
ternate strips.
seq.
East
alkideri, a algideri.
used as pen.
by
alio
-.y a writing board, ),
made of a smooth piece of wood used for writing charms etc.
on
;
the ink
is
afterwards
washed person
and drunk
off
who is
b}^
the
to be benefited
by the charm. almajirchi, instruction. almajiri, jirai
ahnajira,
f.
pi.
Ar. rt ^».t
(cf.
almakashi
alwashi
alma-
viii,
to
(Ar. ^joJU),
scis-
almanani,
lintel or
beam
a-
bove a door or window, almara, a story which is not
an
almasihu
allegory,
the Messiah,
(Ar.),
to mis1. dis-
cussion preliminary to
mak-
2. threat to do that which is impossible 3. boasting, suna alwashinmu they
ness;
;
are fooling us with illusory
late
a small
knife,
almuda (S.), a woman who sells corn.
almugnib,
see ^'
alzibus, chalk
amadu maidauro
sickness, pesti-
horse
speckled white with black.
the Arabic cdif a thousand,
wa
mini/a 1100.
aluma (Ar. S-cl), people, nation, assembly, C 42. alwrai (probably from
Sjjl),
;
its
(Ar. J-o^m)? a large male
see lullo.
used for roofing,
made from leaves of palmtrees (a Nupe word 1).
amana (cf. ment
Ar. a3UI), arrange-
in regard to
sale
payment goods, earnest money part
of
for ;
cf.
E
15, 25 masutahin amana those who steal a deposit; trust,
needle,
alwala, ablution
humps
camel.
goods,
pi.
It
amagi, a kind of cloth = hunu, amai, sickness; yin amai to
amami, mats alshafa,
alu, a vocalised corruption of
alu
agato, an
back up when walking.
amale
lence.
fem.
see aljihus.
;
amache, dead see mache. amadeshi, a large hammer used
.
alshafi,
calico.
vomit.
magarub.
''
aloba ( Ar. Uj ),
white
grain of dauro.
J
9
^^),
(Ar.
(S.), fine
alyara, a tree with a milky sap.
ant with an abdomen like a
in the evening.
almosa
alwoyo
by blacksmiths.
almauru, almuru, very
Ar.
^^,
;
Jesus Christ.
alura,
Ar.
promises.
sors.
cf.
(cf.
represent or denounce),
ing a bargain or doing busi-
give alms), disciple, beggar.
true,
amana
13
almajirchi
goodwill,
security
;
cf
.
G4
confidence,
kasa
amana
;;
amara
;
chinye
amana
to betray con-
fidence.
amara
marker in book, land- mark, mark on (Ar.
Sj-«t),
ground.
amarchi, wedding the
festivities
a bride,
of
state
bridehood.
amare,
on bride,
brides-
maids.
amaria,
ambeche, water-buck. ambola, a gesture of
disap-
hand being
ex-
tended and all the fingers pointed forwards = clakua.
ambuta, a shed. amere, worthless,
vain.
arain (Ar.), amen, verily; cf. ya che ha amin ha he refused to accept the statement.
amina
(Ar. 3.^t,
faithful
lit.
a name given to the
hyena
when appear-
{kura),
ing at night as
bride, the latest wife
the
proval,
one),
bride, also used of at-
tendants
cf.
^mosani
14
ga mutane duka security of land-tenure for all; garin ainiana a town where peace prevails with another town
also
;
an
it
regarded
is
evil spirit.
aminchi, amintaka
(cf.
Ar.
kishia. ^>>-ot
faith),
,
faithfulness,
amasai, haversack.
amasani or amasana = won sainyi, q.v.
chi-
amawali, a veil, worn over the mouth and hanging down in front,
loose fold
hanging chest,
if
of turban
from mouth over white = a sign of
royalty. ;
.
tion
;
ambache, make known, men-
ambato7ii explain
allah
shina
tan yi aminclii ha the world is
not to be relied on.
ammi
(Ar.), friend.
amintache,
pi.
escaped from
amTm amma,
amintatu^ safe
a person
who
has
peril.
(Ar.), prince, emir.
but.
^imo, hum, buzz, noise, report
his friends.
amba,ta, ambS,to, to address,
D 98
;
dada aminchi may God increase faith, B 84 dunia ha
used of
amaye, to vomit cf amai. amba, a horse disease. ambarua, a feast for a bridegroom and
security
it
to
me, ya ambacheshi he made it known to him. ambato, a memorial, record.
of a of a
gun; dmon kuge sound war-drum or bell which
has several distinct notes, dmo
dmo to hum. Smodari, ophthalmia. or yin
^imosani, see amasani.
:;
.
!
anfani
15
amre amre, amri, amra or aure
of the continuous present, e.g.
Slj-«l, woman), marriage amre or yin amre to marry, ha ta amrua (or aurua) she is not marriageable cf. M. H.
Ar.
ana to the passive
passive and
(cf ;
ankoreshi he has been driven away, anakoreni I am being
driven away
;
cf
Gr. pp. 39,
.
;
175, kina so ki yi arimensa do you wish to marry him 1 maiaure a married person. auren so a love match, i.e. without pecuniary considerations, auro to marry a bride and bring her home, amra da
*^-
i-
p.
to give a
woman
in marriage.
*?
munjia mun
ance
3.
;
2.
anade, rolled up anago, dysentery. ;
I
|
\
|
receipt, accept-
deliverance,
amso to
taking,
snatching
away. confidence
;
an-
other form of aminchi, q.v. amurgude, twisted, distorted cf
.
M. H. p. 1 28
;
see murgude.
(K.), beehive;
cf.
ainya.
an, ana, verbal prefixes to denote the passive voice of the perfect and the present tenses
an
is
see^w-
Ar. rt^),
(cf.
evil-speaking, tale-
bearing.
ananan ananan, forthwith ananan liar ranan, so things went on till one day... anasara (Ar.), a Christian, lit.
aneshuwa,
amy a
;
anamimi, anamimanchi
amshi, amshe, to take, snatch;
amunchiwa,
nade.
dawa.
the Nazarene anche, see che. anche, enche,
anishiwa
cf.
anagudawa, dysentery
take again, amsawa, answer.
;
^),
;
amsa we hear and obey, mun amsa gaisua we accept the salutation
(Ar.
prophet, dnabanchi prophesying, the office of a prophet.
|
amsa, amshe, 1. answer; amsa or yin amsa to answer, accept, ac'ree to, ha ka amsa ha wilt thou not reply
dnahawa
S,nS,bi, pi.
prefixed to the perfect
;
cf nasdra. ,
verily,
indeed
livelihood, occupa-
tion.
anfana, to confer a benefit allah shi anfanashi upon ;
may God
bless him.
used before a pron.
anfani, benefit
n., ;
1.
is
is
use, advantage,
e7ina
what use
anfani obj.
anfaninsa of da anfani
it?
hahu anfani useless, anfaninsa dayawa it is of great use ; maianfani useful,
useful,
;
anfani
B
16
addua inaianfani
44
prayer that shall be
the profit of a crop,
2.
a
ejffective
a
pron.),
anfane (before a to make use of, gain
advantage from,
profit by.
angashe,
angaje,
slumber
cf
;
weariness,
muna yin
.
an-
gaje we are nodding cf gaje. angamia, f. angarmia, a large ;
stallion
;
pi.
.
1.
;
cf.
Gr.
see
Lat.
(cf.
f.
an-
Italian
aquila),
vul-
eagle.
anguria, seeds of the cotton
raw cotton
from which the seeds have been taken out. It is sometimes spelt yanguria and is 9
coin which
is
penny
in circulation
anta, hanta, gaining offer
;
offer
:
expression of incre-
dulity, really
!
anza(S.), bush with edible fruit. ap, an exclamation of wonder. a pit for catching animals, a pot for catching fish.
2,ra,
borrow; see dro.
a large Bornuese ram with conspicuous horns.
S,raS,ra,
aradu, clap of thunder, thuuderbolt
haste, intention
liver.
made in Vjarnawa antaya what has been made 1 cf. tdya.
antaya, an
;
fulako. SjUe),
p. 39. ;
S,ra, to lend,
0^
probably the Ar. j^, cotton. anini*, button, used also to describe the eightli of a
the
this prefix is
annabi, prophet see dndbi. annasara, see anasdra.
any a, an
plant, also used of
For
ansaki, pincers; see hantsaki.
ungua.
ture ; a7igulunkwagwa,cr ested
show
past.
cf.
agula
(Ar.
dependent
used
or
aguglia,
tive or
which
angulu, agulu, augulu, gula
the passive voice of the narra-
in
;
to
!
way
bridegroom.
is
your corn. anjima, by and by; sai anjima good-bye for the present see jima. anka, verbal prefix to denote seize
anguna, angaye, a of a
Gr.
aniyansu chin
41,
explanation of
angTia, hamlet
to
p. 131,
further
angonchi, the condition
aniya
lb ku dau aniya take to
see ingarma.
bridegroom.
cf.
T>
yourselves diligence
hatsinku their purpose
crop.
anfani,
ango,
arafia
diligence,
yin aniya
diligence, to hasten,
(
Ar. js.j)
ya yi aradu
;
or aradu tafaru
it
thunders.
arafia, very fine (thread) (Ar.
;.
;;
ark&ne,
arafichi, fineness.
araha, arha, cheapness
da
;
araha cheap (probably from the Italian arra, Lat. arrha
emaciated
lean, thin,
aranfaki lying dropping
in wait, eaves-
of cattle.
aras, brittleness, breakage
yan aras a load crockery
kanka you
;
da armashi
;
beautiful, fine.
ama
or azna, heathen,
the worshippers of idols
i.e.
E
atry
6 addini
na asna
idol-
ariian kasa aborigines,
;
no necessary reference to
see rafake.
arangaza, a disease
e.g.
armashi, beauty
cf.
see rama.
pain; jin arkdne
n.
to feel pain,
ame,
earnest money).
arame,
arziki
17
arafichi
;
ka-
S,ro (Ar. Sj^), loan,
hada aro to borrow ; cf
of breakables,
lend, yin aro to
zaka aras da
ya karbo aron he took the loan of ya ara doki or ya yi aron doki he lent a horse, maiaro
will get
your head
broken.
arataye, hanging
;
see rataya.
arausa, bumping shoulders, a children's game.
;
a tenant arr, be off
;
!
see ara. == tdfi
chan.
arradu, see arddu. arrafia, very fine thread
arbaa
or arba,
i.e.
Ar. iauj!,
four, often used for four thou-
sand
cf.
;
Gr. p. 66
;
arha mia
four hundred.
argini (an Asben word), an
animal of the cat tribe, small leopard with white skin and
marsh grass
see
;
arsas,
pi.
arsashi (Ar. ioLtfy),
bullet, lead for bullets.
dung, excrement;
yin
artai to beat, drive away.
aruwa, arwa,
soothsaying.
arwala, ablution (cf.
;
see alwala.
Ar. ^Jj), prosperity,
riches; a euphemism for death:
also used for chance, luck ;
see rigingini. (S.),
harm,
tor-
yin arja to injure.
arkSjia, to cause trouble. R. H. D.
thick
arziki
black spots.
arigingini, prone on the back
;
of
made
asberi, mat,
arsaberi,
artai,
northwards.
ment
see
;
arafia.
Sahara.
arbain (Ar.), forty. arewa, ariawa, north. arewachi, the northern region,
arja (K.), alja
re-
ligion.
65 allah ya kan
A
gama
arzi-
give
thee
kinka God
may
prosperity;
ya yi arziki a 2
;;
!
common was
expression for
*it
fortunate.'
ashibi (Ar. origin,
Saturday.
i{-JI),
ancestry
race,
(cf.
Ar.
a rush), a
^J-Jl,
round mat made of plaited grass.
Ssalwayi, S,salawi, S,salwai, ^saulai, halter, leading rope of a horse.
asanchi, azanchi, azenchi, meaning, explanation, know-
;
pi.
ashendwa, the
name
Tuareks in the Sahara Desert. (cf.
pieces),
Ar-^*;^, to cut in
round
twenty;
(Ar.),
see
ashuta, ashibta (S.), a bird snare made by a line of running nooses supported by a row of spikes. ashiri
asiri,
secrecy
(cf.
Ar. rt
buden
;
j^\
asiri
(lit.
flat
;
to a superior.
pieces of
see azirka.
;
asirta, to
secret, to dis-
aska, 2.
pi. asaki,
askake,
ashar, disrespectful language, contempt of court.
askar,
salt
used
razor;
broidery on a tobe.
askalaye
ashara, abortion. ashasha, a kind of bag made of grass with narrow opening.
1.
a triangular piece of em-
aska, aske, aski,
salt.
ashauma, ashoma,
make
cuss secretly.
asha, an exclamation. Oh ashana, matches; aNupeword.
medicinally.
shege.
.
see ashuta.
ishirin.
ox
of a tribe of
aserimi
ashirin
cf
;
;
asirka, a hole in the nose of an
asasaji*, girth strap.
asben,
statement.
ashegi, profligate
see hasdra.
enna azenchin wdnan what the meaning of this ? asara, misfortune
is
receiving a
of
is
yin asanchi to devise
;
way
open secrets) scandal allah ya rufe asirinka God preserve thy secrets: a salutation
ledge, understanding, clever-
ness
and
implies incredulity
a rude
ashibta, a snare
see usali.
asalo
ashe,ashioraje, surely, indeed, it
Sisabat, 3,subat, S,sabar, asibit,
asali,
askunia
18
3>sabat
(S.),
v.
to shave.
a kind of green
grasshopper. pi.
askarawa (Ar. j.iL^)
(Turkish, Persian lascar), soldier
word
;
id.,
(?)Eng.
the ordinary
for soldier in
Hausa
is
dan-yaki.
askunia,
anything
used
to
cover the opening of a door-
;;
asna
way
window opeuing, e.g. windows proper
or
grass-mat
;
do not exist in Hausaland. asna, heathen see arna. a moth from a
pi. asoshi,
black
larva
caterpillar,
its
very destructive to
is
cloth, wool, etc. S
asuba
X
(Ar. Aa.
often pro-
assicsuba very early;
cf.
asurimi, a sphere;
see
azu-
rutni. ass.
aswaki, a
stick
for
cleaning
kwakwan
coco-nut
palm.
dtagara
Atagara
is
home
of
said to be the old
the Arago tribe. ^tajirchi, riches. ^tajiri, (cf.
dtajira, pi. dtajirai
f.
Ar.
jj».lj),
a person of
rank or wealth, a merchant. S-tanin
(S.),
ran' litini
Mon-
day.
aturkiunami, f aturkurrmmay a two humped camel. audiga, cotton; see ahduga. augulu, vulture ; see angulu. auka, to collapse, subside, of a animals,
to
close
up; i.q. afka, q.v. auki, expansion as of rice when boiled, abundance, prosperity, aquantityof salt i.q. afki,c{.Y. ;
F
to measure;
to weigh,
139 ayuka
awunsu
actions are weighed measure length or width; rmi, auna guzunsa we measured the bottom (of the tree) auna ma to weigh out, i.e. to sell; maauni scales ; rnaaunia a corn dealer (a woman's to
trade).
aura, a red ass. aure, to marry see amre, auro, to marry see amre. ausigi, half a piece of cloth, zane, i.e. about 2J yds. auta, smallest, youngest; autan ;
name given
ataras, a
to kola
nuts newly imported
from
Gwanja, also used generally nut see under goro.
for kola
atatare,
atuni, dysentery.
auna, awuna, auni,
teeth.
Sitagara,
to sneeze,
attabibi, ettabibi (Ar. UjJ*), doctor, witch doctor.
trap for
rarta.
S,suwa, an
j^^-lxfr),
.
J
.^.o),
nounced azuba, dawn, the time between jijiji and hanchi',
a large tree with edible
fruit.
atishawa sneezing. atsabibi (Ar.), doctor.
asnanchi, heathenism. small
atile*,
atis]ia(cf. Ar.
;
asu,
aula
19
;
completely, collected
together
;
see tatara.
;
2/asathe little finger; p.
cf.
M.H.
167, tumfafia ta auta the
2—2
!
auzu
20
smallest
pumpkin
autan
;
ji-
kafiki the small feathers in a bird's wing.
auzu, dog.
awa, awada, how,
like
as,
awai*, a species of rubber tree. awaki, goats see akwia. awart^ki, tongs see awortdki. awarwaro, a convolvulus with small white flowers, eaten by sheep and goats. = yeriadi and yamhuTuru. ;
;
awS,za, a rib
;
see awoza.
has a yellow pea-shaped
flower
;
:
weighing ya kawo mata awo
specially used of cf.
pods contain from
its
;
two to four reddish seeds, from which an oil, e.g. the oil used by watch-makers, is ob-
ay a,
;
cf.
plied to the points
a
as 2.
sign
wonder
sign,
^yaba (Yoruba 2.
;
outside;
see
aworta,ki, awartS,ki,
hawor-
tS.ki, tongs.
awoza, awS.za(S.),
pi.
awozaij
rib, side.
Yoruba
banana
name
for the
people.
ayari, caravan
ayu (Fulah
;
a mythical
aiyari.
cf.
id.),
the
man
name
of
or creature
supposed to live in water and
anyone in who hap-
to drag
ayu
it.
name
used as the
from which ;
cf
.
M. H.
also
is
of a riveroil
is
ob-
p. 37.
ayyareye, a meaningless word with which nursery rhymes sometimes begin. §.za, to put a thing on another, e.g. on a pack horse, distinct from aje to put down, cf M.H. p. 206, shi kan aza tsaranka .
awuna, to weigh see auna. ay a, an interjection, well ;
hizhiz
S,ya (arachis hypogaea), a kind of
an ex-
fruit.
ayagi, the Hausa
tained
woje.
id.), 1.
banana
fish
awoje, abroad,
3.
;
pression of incredulity.
used of a gun, to aim
cf.
used
o°o
punctuation;
of
pens to see
;
La
ajI),
verse of the Koran, also ap-
he brought corn for her to yin awo is sometimes buy. auna.
guchia.
ayoyi (Ar.
pi.
tree
awo, measure, weight; abin awo anything to measure or weigh with; yin awo to measure, to weigh awo shi tukuna there is a remainder awo corn;
it
tained
about.
is
§,za
ground nut, sweet
inside, a
quarter of an inch in length
;
dakai
it
places
companion above you.
ma
your aza
to place on, used of taxes,
to assess.
[
azaba
ba...ba
21
azaba (Ar. ^J^)y pain, punishment, illness wurin azaba a
prayer at that
the call
to
time;
rana.
I
cf.
;
dark place in which criminals are confined, a place of exe-
azuji, a gossip,
ftzumaki, a.zurniaki, worms in horses or asses.
cution.
9 » ^
^zumi
azabta, to cause pain.
Ar. j>yci),
fast,
yin
azmni to fast, D 22 kuna azumi kuna zaka da haji you fast and go on the pilgrimage.
^ "
azakari (Ar.j^>), penis, word used by educated men for biira.
(cf.
S,zurfa or
a,zurufa
(cf.
Ar.
azalia*, misfortune (Ar. Jjt).
azalumi, deceiver see tsalimi. azanchi, cleverness see asan-
vJLjj-o), silver.
;
;
chi.
S.zara, a cross-beam
on top of
a doorway, also rafters of deleb
(e.g.
palm) used for ceiling
S,zunnuki, see dzumaki.
azurumi, asurumi, a large pyramid (of salt), a sphere, azuzanchi^ gossip cf. azuji. azuzuka, to be lucky. ;
a flat-roofed house. azS-ra,
segment of kola nut.
azargagi, azazargi
(S.),
b.
ma-
zargi, a noose for catching
zin azargagi
animals with, to tie in a
azawa,
bow.
treasures,
F
dictionary this explosive b
94 alaza-
written
wa.
azbin, Asben
made
b.
is
The following are
a few instances
see asben.
;
:
barao, bare,
bdri, bdtdy bdchi, bdta, bdche^
azenchi, meaning; se>Qasanchi.
azirka
There are a number of Hausa an initial or medial b has an explosive sound and is quite distinct from the ordinary b. In this words, in which
batasda, bauta (a dance), bera, (cf.
Ar.
AijJs),
in the nose of
a hole
boye. Instances of
an ox to
medial
explosive
put a rope through, a nose
(forearm),
rope,
yimbu.
azne, heathen
;
see arne.
azuba, dawn see asuba. azuhur, azSJaar, az2,far
b
sdbo,
(S.)
time about 2 p.m..
lebo,
—for interchange of sounds, cf. burfumi
;
(Ar.), the
words with are gdba
rubsa
—
b
tabo,
and
f
—-furtumi,
rufsa,
ba...ba, not.
It
is
placed be-
;
.
ba
babaki
22
fore
and after the verb or the
sentence which
negatives,
it
we may have ha ya gani mutum or ha ya gani mu-
When
thus
rank.
ha
the noun which
tum ha he did not
man;
see the
is the more In the case of a
the latter
idiomatic.
negative interrogation the
se-
cond ha is frequently omitted; ha ya and ha ya yi are usually abbreviated to bai
ha na
;
is
abbreviated to han, thus han sani ha I do not know.
origin, ancestry,
etc.
;
thus
hahaushe a Hausa native, halaraha
an Arab,
hature
a
white man. ba, to give, to cause
;
ya hani
made me laugh, ya hashi tsoro he made him af raid, han hanu clapping, han magana flattery han kwana daria he
placed before it
qualifies
usually written hahan;
it is
thus hahan kai great head
common Hausa
(a very
= horintumki reka = gaskiarka, children
to
;
haba gaused
The use
of -n after
haha suggests that the word
was cf
.
originally a substantive
hahan gari, hahar saraiUa.
bSiba,
pi.
hahdnij eunuch.
baba,
pi.
hahobi, hahuna, hahai-
bai (indigofera endecaphylla),
grows
wild
in
many parts of Hausaland.
It
Indigo.
is
It
also cultivated for the sake
of its
dye which
is
obtained
saying good-bye, ha lahdri to
by the fermentation
bring news, pass. part, hayu
leaves in water
of ha
For distinctive uses and hada see hada cf
;
of its
for descrip-
tion of the indigo plant
M. H.
cf.
p. 56.
;
baba-juji, a
hayes^ hayasda.
by
confirm an as-
sertion ; han Tnagana big talk,
:
given.
sur-
name) ; haha dajeka marabout stork
flattery.
ba, a prefix to nouns to denote
used of
ha, great, large; as
persons, important, of high
common weed with
small pink flowers, so called
baa,
n.
mockery
(cf.
Ar. Uj, to
attack with evil eye), yin haa to deride, to scoff at, haache
to
mock
at.
babS,, father.
baba, babba, pi. mainya or maiya^ often pronounced hab-
because
it
grows on dung-
heaps.
babake, to become black
;
see
haki.
babaki, to
singe, blacken at a used of the growling of a lion, or of the crackling of fire,
H
babaku
A 31 rana kiama kan wuta ta hahaki. babaku, black, pi. of bak% q.v. hell-tire,
babambade hade
bSda
23
fool),
or bade
great
(lit.
jester, buffoon,
a
No
baby won't take
for
an
answer. bS.che, to lose, see bdta^ yaki ya
bache the battle
is lost.
bache, bachi, to destroy, to be spoiled, su bache
king's singer, a public crier,
spoil, to
M.H.
tare they perish together, daji
303
p.
;
cf.
hamhada.
babani, uncle, father's brother. babania, aunt, father's sister. babarkiya, a special kind of earth used for making the
cement which
is
placed on
babauchi,
baubauchi, bad Hausa, patois see hohowa. babe, f. babania, pi. babaye, ;
a
large
species
of
(i.e.
my
is
me),
ceive
bache before
bdchin
often used idiomati-
kajina duka babu
fowls are gone
M.H.
!
ba abin da babu there
nothing lacking,
cf.
prov.
household servant
goes
;
cf.
who
could
dimajo,
without.
(S.),
to give, to give up, usu-
ally joined
word
;
with some other
thus bada girima to
honour, bada gaskia tohoiiQwe to acquit, bada laifi to condemn, bada wuri to give place to used with hainya it means to lead, hainya ya ba-
or
;
damu the road led Where the accusative
follows
the verb directly bada
is
in preference to ba,
indirect
object
us
to.
used
where the
follows
the
ba-
verb directly bada must not
wrong
be used. Ex. ya bani kurdi he gave me money, but, ya bada kurdi ga mutane he
komi ya bache hankuri a bu everything
do not dechuchenawa,
(lit.
pi.
the bachucheni was a sort of
bada
cally, e.g.
p. 170.
hata.
cf.
n.,
ba-chuche-ni
bada,
not,
something, and bago nothing).
all
196;
p.
pron. obj., to curse,
without;
no,
babu wonda no one, babu komi nothing, or there is nothing the matter, babu keau it is not good, babu wawa F 137 without doubt (cf. similar use in Kanuri of ago is
M.H.
bachi before
ba abu not anything),
nothing,
babu
spoilt
is
nothing can be obtained),
not be sold
locust.
babu
(i.e.
zuchia quarrelling.
flat roofs.
babuiia,
ya bache the bush
where patience is lacking. jinjiri ba ya san babu ba a
;;
.
badada gave money to the men, ya haslii ita he gave her to him. hddaj before a pron. oh^.ha.she^
away, betray cf. badada, badabada, a fool to give
ha.
;
;
cf
bafade, bafadi, a king's minister, a hanger on at court T^\.faddwa, q.v.
bafayu, parents, relations. bafulatana, 1. a plant like a dandelion with edible
hade.
badS.de, badede, some day. ko
hadade some day or other, prob. connected with dede.
bird like a small heron
cf.
da moshin woni O by the move-
helhela chi
—
;
you b ments of
live
off ticks
found on other ani-
others,
i.e.
it
2.
feeds
mals.
called
;
see hahamhade.
Kanuri
next year; B 1 20 makada maizache (cf.
hali),
from
made from
colour.
its
gum
used as incense
roots of the taura
tree.
ba-gabazi, one who has come from the east. bagare, a chieftain pi. garewa. :
bagarua, by metathesis for gaharua (acacia arabica), acacia tree, the bark of which is used for tanning it grows ;
near water is
bade, jester
fruit.
a reddish biting ant so
bafur, a
badai, a sedge. badagula, fooKsh talking. badawa, a kind of guinea-corn. badbila, belbela or bilbila (buphus leuconotus), a white
bad!
bahasi
24
;
made an
For use of it M. H. p. 57.
from
its
seeds
ink
or
dye.
in tanning h.
kasa
=
cf.
cassia
mimosoides, a low herb with
badi meditating coming next
spindle-shaped edible tubers.
hanna and hara. lily (nymphaea lotus), wasar hado a children's game in which the white petals are removed and the
bagashi, vernoniapumila (com-
year bSido,
cf
;
.
water
stalk peeled
down
to the ca-
lyx in strips which are
round
when
it,
top the flower
wound
released like a
falls revolving.
baduka, baduku,
pi. dukawa^ a worker in leather, a maker
of shoes
;
cf.
M. H.
p. 76.
positae).
bagidaje, a stupid or rustic yokel (cf. gida). bago, ambush, lurking place cf. mahdga watch-tower. bagwonja*, a brass pot. bahago, a left-handed person cf.
;
hagum.
bahar ilnial,the Mediterranean Sea,
M. H.
p.
207.
bahasi, enquiry, investigation
;
used
an
of
alkali's
investigation.
bahilchi, shirking, greed;
cf.
baiwa, generosity, gifts A 83 maibaiwa generous, M. H. ;
p. 194.
bajajache*, light coloured.
seq.
J^\
bahili* (Ar.
a miser,
cowardly person. bai, a contracted form of ba ya or ha ya yi, also a contraction of baya back, M. H. p. 223 etc. an
bakache
25
bahilchi (Ar.),
;
idle or
baia, after
;
see baya.
baji, baje, to raze or destroy a
town, to level a road,
bazu
it is
made
ya
level.
baji, applied to large hips in a
woman. bajini (K.), bajimi (S.), bijimi, a bull also used as an ;
baibai (a contraction of baya backwards, akandar-
baya), hiishi
was bound
baibai he
with his hands behind him. waclanan abaibai those about (or
who
followed) him.
baibai, baibaiya, pi. baibaiyi or baubawa, barbarous people, people who only wear
adj.,
very strong.
bajinta, complaisance
;
yin ba-
jinta to comply with.
bajumba, a
red coral bead.
b^ka, pi. bdkuna masc, bow bakan kibia bow and arrows, bakan allah (lit. God's bow) or bakan gizo (lit. spider's bow) cf. also mashan a rainbow ;
grass clothes.
rua.
baibaiya, bebeya, to thatch a house with grass = yin jinka. baibaiyi, a ring put through a man's lower
lip.
baichin = bayan luonga after baiki, roar,
;
see babaki.
;
kurdin baiko a
dowry.
baini (K.), a very small baiso, a drink,
bird.
allah,
arched roof of house, also of white turban with
name
slave
lit.
of
God, a bird rather smaller than a sparrow cf bawa. ;
.
bakan shiba a bow-shaped instrument used for cleaning cf. and preparing cotton ;
ganderi, masabi.
baka, bakan gishiri a load of salt after it has been cut up into small pieces
i.q. beso, q.v.
baiwa, bauya, female slave baiiuan
hunter, bakan gizo used of
several colours on its edge; after, baichin
this.
D 72
baiko, a gift
baka a good
sarikin
bakache,
now
;
1. v.
2.
kache one
n.
;
cf.
kanto.
to fan, to win-
a fan
who
;
maiba-
fans or win-
;
bakanta
26
bakanta, bakanche, to idle, useless life,
live
an
bakanchi a
pi.
hakuna, mouth, edge,
hakin kofa doorway, hakin rua the bank of the
brink
;
hindiga da baki biu gun
river,
with two barrels, bakin wuta stick
on which meat
to be cooked over a
placed
is
fire,
torch,
bakin gatari the handle of the axe, yin baki to promise, yin baki daia to
make an agreegama baki
ment, to conspire, to speak the
same language,
to agree together, baki daia in
drill,
altogether,
at
one
stroke, bakin dutsi foot of a hill,
abakin in exchange
for.
b^ki, often pi'onounced baiki, f.
bdka,
pi.
dangari stranger and
bdbaku, babake,
; A 21 sun sanfari sun san baki they knew the difference between black and
black
white, bakin zuchia
(lit.
black-
citizen,
yin bako to have a stranger staying with one,
gambler, cadger.
baki,
bS,lanta
131,
cf.
Gr. p.
44 gobirawa kun yi
1.
baki ye
men
of
Gobir ye have
guests with you; bakuar mache
a strange woman.
bakon dauro, bakonchi
see bakwondoro.
(K.) or
bakontaka
the service done to a
(S.),
stranger; yin bakonchi
is
to
show hospitality. bakua, a glittering earth or sand
(?).
bakurme prison
;
(K.), cf.
chief
of
the
sankurmi.
bakuru, bukuru, a kind of saddle; dan bakuru a donkey. bakwondoro or bakon dauan eruptive skin disease which usually appears when the dauro is ripe. ro,
balaga
(Ar.), to arrive at the
age of puberty,
balagage,
pi.
balagagu, onewhohsifi reached
ness of heart) evil disposition,
the age of puberty
thought ; bakin chiki sorrow bakin rua plain water with no meal in it ; babake
balagage the age of puberty,
evil
;
to
become black
;
bdki baki
M.H.
p.
;
lokachin
228.
balagande, a plant from which a yellow dye is obtained.
blackish or dark blue, baki
balagiro, cattle sickness.
kirin very black.
balaguro, a bachelor. balami, a large-nosed ram (?). b^lanta, ba,lante, much less
bakintaka, blackness. bako, f bakua, ^A.bakuna, baki or .
bakokuna, strange, stranger, guest, visitor;
A 15
bako da
usually preceded tive
;
cf. bale.
by a nega-
;
bambare
27
balas balas*, a kind of trousers. balasana, a small plant or grass.
balatache, worthless. balausara, a plant with small blue flower
balbadu, barbadu, to spring up, of
water
see hadhila.
;
It
bale (usually preceded by a
much less, much more
who accom-
chief;
different,
distinct from;
up as
of
F
separate,
146 tamhaya
bambam ga kowa
the ques-
tions at each are different,
ya
bam.bam it is different, bambam ddga different from. bambami, the name of a small yi
hallu.
ma-
balle, to unfasten, untie; halli
babam-
cf.
bade.
fornicator.
past part.
ma-
bambadawa,
bambam,
;
.
plur.
bambagi,
a button or loop
cf
;
singers
negative particle),
therefore.
among usually
jusi.
not to mention,
balla, to fasten or tie
is
applied to pagan Hausas in
mounted pany a
balbalnia, flame. balbela, a bird
inaguzawa^ hea-
Mohammedans.
bambada,
barhadi.
cf.
;
pi.
then, esp. those living
Kano and Katsena
lausurii.
cf.
;
bamaguje,
loop
fastening,
of
:
a
bone, to break. balli, a large
It usually builds its
bird.
balle, balla, to sting.
bony
nest of cotton.
bambSjui, macaranga
fish.
a
sp. (eu-
woody
balli balli, sores, scars, scabs.
phorbiaceae),
balma, an
creeper used for dyeing the
inferior
kind of
salt,
= the
salt
perhaps originally
from Bilma, the
salt
mine at
the south of the Sahara,
balshe*, but
cf
;
.
tea ?)
harshe.
buza leave off drinking in-
The wine
is
ob-
tained by direct incision into
the steins of the palm-tree (tukurua),
it
begins to fer-
ment on the second or third day.
dark strands in mats.
bambana,
1.
a large tree, with
edible fruit (asclepias gigan-
bam, bami, bumbi, palm wine D 1 aher sha gia da hma da toxicants.
tall
2.
;
an aquatic
plant.
bambanche, to differentiate. bambanchi, bambanta, difference, distinction
;
cf.
da-
bamchi.
bambanta, bambamta, differ,
v.
ba su bambamtathere
to is
no difference between them. bamibara, roasted maize. bam.bare, to loosen or drag
;
bambaro b.
hanu
they tried to set the hand
;
scab, or boil.
binding up (of corn). besides, apart from, in
addition to
bamda wanaii
;
in addition to this.
name given to M. H. p. 201.
the
2.
;
a famine;
cf.
or ba-na.
ban-gaskia,
faith, e.g.
covers the
ina da
ban-gaskia da abokina, I rely
upon my friend see ba. ban-hanu, clapping; cf. ba. bana, the name of a fish. bana, a small tree with edible ;
fruit.
falsely;
to
cf.
mock, to declare banna.
bananchi, jesting, horse-play M. H. p. 229. (for
bante),
a
loin-
mud
bamda. roasting, drying; ban-
besides
;
see
the noise of
a rushing torrent.
bando, a preparation of food. banga, a drum, banga banga, bunga bunga, 1. a royal pro-
the
stiff
cover of
bango
(K.), the head of the market or prison. bangori, piece, lump. ba-ni-da-mugu, a pimple.
bankada, bankade,
to turn
round, turn over, push aside.
bankami, bankare,
very large. to tie the
hands
to-
gether behind, to stretch out. 1.
a patch on cloth;
to patch, to
2. V.
mend,
bankuru, bamkuru, a cake made with oil and meal.
banna (Kanuri ;
2.
id.),
waste,
1.
adv. to no purpose, in
B 133 wonda ya zazari banna he who hastens after
vain,
evil
data to roast.
bandam bandam,
2.
;
a book.
evil
cloth.
in the
season.
banke,
bananche,
which dry
of earth
yam
bangai*, ribs, bangaje, to knock, kick, bango, bungo, pi. bangaye, banguna (cf. Kanuri bongo), 1. the wall of a house built of
bami, a beginner, learner. bamota, bamawuta, butterfly. ban, a contracted form of ba-ni
banda, banda,
cession
banga, the heap
free.
bambaro, to peel off; cf. bare. bambarokai, dimness of sight. 2. bambaroki, 1. egg-shell
banche
banna
28
gently oif, su ka yi su
bambu, bamda,
;
;
banna,
3. v.
to destroy, to waste.
this year
;
when used of sa na
age of cattle - a year
:
banna uku a three-year-old bull, banna daia a yearling cf. bara and badi.
bannai* i.q.
^, harm, evil;
B
bara
12,
banna, q.v. children (of both approaching the age
sexes)
(Nupe
man's loin-cloth. =fatari.) hakin
plural bdrurua implies a large number of servants such as
the
badge
of a thief; the usual
colour
is
sariki
bante, to give short measure. ban-tsoro, a fearful or terrible
;
2.
bara, baria, last year; bara wonchan the year before last. bara, a charm cf sha bara ; maida bara the name of a
less,
Hausa song concerning the
vain, use-
guinea fowl.
worthless, evil, without
reward, gratuitous does not bring ;
D
banza leave
20
aber- rikichi
off
barage, a narrow
hare to
a
cf.
na
C
silk (cf
cloth) 1
na bdra dominka tsarsheni I supplicate that thou would'st maibdra a beggar. save me. bara, masc, the swoop of a hawk. bara, point aimed at yin bdra :
or barata to aim at. ;
cf.
seq.
;
.
made with
saki a broad line in it is
also applied to
the whole garment which usually white and red;
M. H. p. 100. baraka, a slit or hole cf.
in a
;
is cf.
seam;
barke.
barakonchi,thieving ctbardo. ;
baramchi*, the name
bara, to recover after sickness used esp. of vomiting after drinking poison (Ar. f^jj)
line in a piece
of cloth, usually
vain deceit.
bS,ra, to beg, supplicate,
baran-
cf.
baran.
zomo kasua idleness
shi kai
market
barabara, single;
banza ba
;
.
;
let
to admit, acknowledge. id.),
an
officer of the king's
household,
thing.
banza (Fulah
baran
a king would have,
blue and white.
banupia, a kind of bird, banya, banye, 1. to loose,
be
The
not lawfully be sold.
(A woman's bante
guiltless, to
A
towel, apron, a
id.),
be
as distinguished from bawa a servant [bara) could slave.
hantnna
pi.
Ar.), to
bdrori or bdrurua, a servant
of puberty,
bante, banche,
(
discharged from the court. b§,ra, to divide ; see bare. bS,ra, f. bdrania, baranya, pi.
bannawa,
go
baranchaki
29
bannai
large
of
a
fish.
baran-baran, separation,
vari-
ance,
baranchaki, a creeping plant
;
baranchi
:;
barewa
30
the fruit of which
is
used by
children as a rattle.
give seller a fixed price, keep-
ing for himself any profit and risk
of
to scatter
spilling,
baranchi, stealing; cf. harao. baranda, a system of sale under which the broker arranges to
taking
barbada,
dan
loss.
haranda a broker who accepts business on these terms.
;
harbadua corn
of
e.g.
barbadi, berbadi, crumbs of food, grains of sand,
barbaji, a blood-sucking
barbara, berbera,the coupling of animals or birds, not used of a horse
see haye.
;
Ar. jjj^,
an old sword), a hatchet with
bardinuwa, birduduwa
(cf.
(?)
fly
see herhaje.
barbaro, a kind of cloth, barde, pi. harade, cavalry,
barandemi
or
sand.
(cf.
broad blade.
barankana,
sticking
trance,
ya yi
passage, fast,
a
in
fast h.
en-
of
difficulty
he stuck
used of a dog trying to
get through a hole in the wall cf.
hokoto.
barantaka,
service, yin haran-
baranya, servant f.
;
baraunia,
see hdra. pi.
hardy e,
;
bSrata, barache, to aim at;
=
hale, q.v.
in half
to peel, to divide
1.
2.
;
hare, the half of a
goro nut.
1.
off"; 2.
ya haru
cf.
guda ha
;
whole not a
see hdra.
baraya
the f.
(S.),
sleeping
servant.
hari ha the
mu
half,
private room or
apartment
head of a household;
of cf.
the tu-
baraza, barasa, an intoxicating
name
imported gin.
esp. applied to
hareshi
used as
turban, this by
metathesis becomes harmushi.
bare*
(cf.
Ar. ^ij.j), an alien.
bareshi, a shrub
barewa,
rdka.
drink, a
name of a
it
also half a piece
'let us divide it' is
baraunia,
about
;
of cloth
see hara.
flies
frequently at-
it is
tracted by a light. bardo, a pigeon see herdo. bare, much more therefore
peeled
harai, thief.
barS.ra, freed
at night,
bare, bara,
tdka to serve.
barao,
Ar. ^^j^, locust's wing), a black locust which
pi.
;
see duruku.
hareyi,
antelope
properly applied to Thompson's gazelle.
The following
are some of
the antelopes
barga
basa
31
found in Hausaland. gwenJd, antelope. roan-coloured a kanki, hartebeeste. mareya,
barkatai, ness
confusion,
untidi-
magana
barkatai
shina
;
cob antelope or oryx, deri or
he talks nonsense, or, he is confused duka gidansa bar-
ddri, a Senegal hartebeeste,
katai ya ke everything in his
Senegalensis daraaliscus, kor-
house is in confusion. barke, berke, barka, tr. and intr. to tear dan barki a rag
hezia or betsia, a very
rigum.
small antelope, dinker. gada,
a small red antelope, oribi. do(/wambaza, water buck,
doka resembles
last
defassus unctuosus. rafij
cobus
kwantawalwaji,
buck.
reed
=
antilope leucoryx.
kishimi,
a solitary male of
q.v.,
any
niazo bush buck.
species,
barga, burga, lines, stable
stable,
horse-
master.
bargo, burgo, marrow. bS,ri, to dry in the sun, to cast the young, to miscarry hai;
fua of
bdri, still-born
:
also used
a water-pot
letting
slip
from the head and break. baria, hole, opening (a Kanuri
word
?)
;
cf
.
dambaria.
baria, last year
barka
(cf.
;
ii),
1.
to
thank, to bless, to congratulate,
F 2 1 5 suna barka dajiuna
they
congratulate
other; n.
2.
an expression
lation;
one
barka or berka
cf.
an(q.v.)
of congratu-
albarka.
barkata, a herb used in making soup.
;
or piece of cloth
barkonchi,
;
cf
.
baraka. daft-
foolishness,
ness, deceit.
barkua, a tear, e.g. in cloth. barmakai, young of hyena. barmushi, a turban ; see bermushi.
bama, damage bama, twisting ;
see berna.
of a double turban round the head ; see
berna.
bamatS.da,
to injure.
bS,ro, plenty.
baroro, a bird's crop. barra, to beg ; see bdra. barshe, so much the more ; or following negative, so
the less
see bara.
Ar. i)j^
;
;
cf.
much
balshe, bale.
bartaka, to point a gun or aim an arrow. baru, see bare. barwa, sand grouse. barza,togrind flour thoroughly. barzawa regrinding flour. barza, outer ditch round a
town
;
see berza.
barzo, badly ground
flour.
basa*, the name of a vegetable
;
;
bauchi
32
b^sara poison used for smearing ar-
bata, bachi, spoilt
rows.
batache,
b^sara, the hottest part of the dry season see hdzara. basasa, raiding, civil war.
batachi, destruction.
bashasha,
ba-taka (do not
;
joy.
bashe, to betray, seduce; see hdda.
bashi,
pi.
basusuka, debt, credit
be
destroy,
to
see bdchi.
;
f
.
bdtachia^ pi. bdtatUy
spoiled, destroyed, wasted.
of
tread),
used
place
into
a prohibited
which no one may enter, bataka, to defend, protect,
shina da hashina he owes me; this might also be expressed
batas, to destroy, to waste, to
inabinsa bashi; cf.Gr.
b^tasda,
p. 131,
kun dauki bashi ye have come to collect 1.
kun
47.
tdfo
maibashi a
a debt,
wants to buy on
man who mai-
credit,
Sj-j-aj),
prudence,
a
basur,
basiru,
B
152.
venereal
disease (Ar.).
baska, a kind bS,so, batso,
of gourd.
dodowar
from
fruit of the
conversation
to converse
a small box usually
tree.
made
of
na
be
lost.
na yi bdtankai, I na bdche hainya the road, hainya ta
bdta, or
lost myself,
I lost
bdche the road is lost,
or batta losing
;
with
prep,
reference
to.
bature, baturi (Kanuri id.), Arab, lit. son of Arab {ture\ a word applied to any white
out
stranger
or
without
;
baturen
man who pays
counting;
cf.
ture.
baubauwa,
unintelligible talk
see bobowa.
bS,ta, to talk, converse; see bdtu. lose,
yin bdtu
;
cf . bdta.
chacha a foolish
a snufF-box.
b^ta, b^che, to
;
man
yakua
see betsia.
bdso.
made
bS,ta, barta, pi. batochi^bartochi,
skin, e.g.
;
batso, a kind of dodowa; see
baso,
a kind of dodowa (q.v.)
to
way.
batsia, antelope
bS,tun, sagacity, discernment;
hainya,
bdtasdct
lose the
b3,tu,
chin bashi a debtor.
basira* (Ar.
spend.
bdchewa
see bdche.
bauchi, the land of baibdyi, i.e. of pagans who cannot speak
Hausa
cf.
;
bobowa.
bauchi, slavery
;
cf.
bauta and
bawanchi.
bauchi,
1.
speech,
a strange or foreign
2.
the
name
of one of
;
bauda
;
baya
33
the provinces in N. Nigeria
baushia,
where Hausa is little spoken. bauda, used with hainya = to deviate from a straight course
bushia.
hautlua deviating. to one side,
baude, to dodge haudia dodging,
e.g.
to avoid
an arrow; havdiwa causing to deviate C 23 taiia baudiwa koiva she makes everyone to ;
deviate (from the right way).
bauderi, a small bad-smelling cat
see hitdari.
;
;
see
;
bauta, a dance performed by young men. bauta, 1. slavery; 2. bauta or D 42 yin bauta to serve bawa wanda ke bauta ta banza a slave who has served a vain ;
service.
bawa,
baiwa, bauya or ba-
f.
bayi,
vxtiya,
pi.
bawan
allah
God),
or
bai,
slave
a slave of simply bawa, a (lit.
servant of God.
baudi, to avoid. bauji, girth
hedgehog
a
baujin doki horse
bawali, boali, boli, urine (Ar.
girth.
bauna,
pi. bakani mbauna), buffalo. bauni, pi. baunuka
(cf.
Fulah fore-
(S.),
(S.),
a block of potash or
salt.
baura, a proper name, dan baura the jackal cf. M. H. ;
p.
ficus
which yields a milky juice rubber,
and
has
an
bauri*, bitter taste, da bauri bitter.
baushe(terminalia macroptera, combrataceae), a large tree
with
flat,
and
sticks
R.
H. D.
slavery.
bawa
(bawon being
the connective form), rind,
bawon kwoi
eggshell,
bawon
doiya peel
of
yam,
bawal
kamanu
(lit.
the outside of
winged are
fruit,
things.
M. H.
p. 227.
baya, baia, the back, the hinder parts, used also as preposition,
beyond, below, bebay an hanu the palm of the hand, abin baya the past, behind,
edible fruit; see gamji.
it.
or
to a
appearances) the colours of
198.
baure, bore, a species of like
bawanchi,
bawo
arm.
baura
bawan-allah, esp. applied learned man.
bows
made from
sides;
that which lies beyond, bayan hdka moreover, after this. baya is frequently followed by ga, baya ga chin tuo after eating food, chimbaya back-
baya nabaya
biting,
is
used ad-
haya
33,
cf.
J
'
creeping,'
an
expression applied to a cat.
hayansa in his absence, ddga hay ana while I was away, bayan daki away from home;
M. H.
jin haya
198.
p.
ka ha dokinnan dusa kada ya ji hayan dawa give this horse bran lest he miss his corn, to miss, feel the loss
baya, to give giver,
F
bayala, 2.
;
cf.
of,
mahaya a
14.
of a page;
a sufficiency of goods.
bayan mareya*,
a grass used
in thatching.
bayS,na or bayena
4jG
ii),
1.
Ar.
(cf.
to declare,
make
manifest, spread out, appear;
F
203 masuriha akahayenasu those who have made unjust profits are
made manifest;
2.
pi.
yarawa
(S.),
prison
officer.
re-
when
followed by an da is added, e.g. na hayes or na hayas da shf I
object
gave
baza*, a girdle made of baza, moat,
it
bayasda,
fibre.
fortification
;
cf.
berza.
baza,
to
spread out,
e.g.
to
spread out wheat to dry. haza doki to spread out horsemen
an army,
in front of
spread out
bazar a, the
cf
;
hazaje
haji.
.
hottest part of the
dry season just as the rains are beginning the dry season :
about eight months then follows darndnd the wet season ;
which lasts three months, then kdkd the harvest season which lasts one month. bazawara, a woman without a husband.
baz aware,
courting.
bazere*, a tree the root of which is used as a charm in
bazu, to be
level
bebantaka,
bayas, bayar, to give up, store;
godia
7na
childbirth.
n. manifestation.
bayare,
anyi
stallion,
ranij including hazara, lasts
margin
1.
a
hay a
verbially, 'afterwards.'
cf.
begi
34
pi.
dumb
see haji.
hehaye, a
deaf and
person.
bebey a, to thatch
;
see haihaiya.
begeyi, a tree the fruit of which
when eaten acts
up. to give, restore,
bebe,
;
deafness.
cf.
prec.
baye, the covering of a mare by
reconcile a
begi,
bege
as a charm to husband and wife.
(cf.
ing, e.g. for
Ar. ^Ju), long-
an absent
friend.
;
begua
berkono
35
begua (Nupe
id.),
porcupine.
belbela, a bird ; see badbila. beli (K.), a disease on the under-lip.
berdo,
much
bere,
a two-storeyed house, a
berere, freed
soro, q.v.
feathers.
a form of
less,
bale,
q.v.
two-storeyed house, used with
in
wild
red bird with black beak and
some white
belu, uvula ; cf. haJcin wuya. bene, a tower, the upper room
a
berdaye,
pi.
pigeon, also applied to a small
bereria,
f.
cf
;
.
bereru,
pi.
beri.
berewa, antelope see barewa. bergima, to roll over and over, used of a horse or donkey; ;
benema,
a small white diving
bird.
benue, the river Benue or Binue. According to Dr Barth the word belongs to the Ball a language and means mother
cf.
birgima.
bergo* burgo a veil
(cf.
Ar.
aijj,
covering, blanket.
etc.),
'
K
bergo, cutting
of waters.'
prisoners of
ber, to leave
;
bera or bira,
see heri. pi. heraye,
masc.
(cf. Ar. 5^1?), mouse; heran kamro a reed-grass (water)
mouse,
heran
hisa
a
field
mouse. bera, bira, a young maiden. berau, barau, the sole survivor of a family.
;
arms cf
.
of
birgiji.
berho, knife with one sharp edge; cf. i^w^a with two edges. beri, ber, to leave, leave behind,
allow
suffer,
;
maiberi an epi-
thet applied to a carrier
who
keeps putting down his load bero to leave a thing and come back, ya beroshi wuri chan he left it
berbadi, crumbs; cf. harhadi. berbaje, a horse-fly, called damisan dawaki, because spot-
the
war
there and returned.
berichi, sleep
;
see berchi.
berikata*, fruit of yakua plant.
berima*
(Ar. i«J>:>), gimlet.
ted like a leopard tsetse-fly*. :
berberi, of
pi.
Bornu
:
bernawa, a native herherchi the
Kan-
uri (Bornuese) language.
berbira, a small black bird that eats mosquitoes.
berchi,
berichi,
berchi to sleep.
berka, used in greeting, berha da zua welcome a blessing on your coming, berka da !
welcome to you for the whole day see barka. berke, to tear see barke. yini
;
sleep;
yin
;
berkono, barkono, pepper.
3—2
;
;
bermushi bermushi, barmushi, a variegated cloth used for making turbans.
bema, barna, loss,
waste, damage,
mischief
cf
;
.
harnata to
damage.
bema, barna,
the folding of
two black and white coloured turbans round the head. bero, to leave see heri. bersa,birza,to grind thorough;
ly
berza, barza,
1.
mud dug
out
to
make a
D
28 idan ya fita hankalinsa
wall
;
da herza if he go remain at home,
2.
wall
;
cf.
out, his wits
also used of
glacis in a fortification.
beso,
baiso,
made
of
a drink
betso,
honey, pepper and
water.
very small.
For
of antelopes found in Hausaland, cf. under harewa. beza, biz a, a kind of salt brought from Asben. list
bi, to follow, to
obey
;
hiyo to
follow in direction of speaker; in the expression ina hinka
bashi you are indebted to me,
used in the sense of dunning a person for a debt bi
.
;
biyu, ta biyu it
is
pass.
followed.
1. to pay, to reward; payment, wages; bia bashi to pay a debt, biya bukata to meet the needs of, kowa ya biya bukata tasa each
bia, biya, 2.
n.
obtained what he needed. biar (Ko.), bial (Kats.), biat (S.), five.
betsia, batsia, bezia, dinker antelope,
wanda ta fandare they followed a path that was crooked ; bi dere to go by night cf. kdda abi guzunsa let not its cause be enquired into M. H. p. 161, also to go the round of, cf. na bi denginsu I went the round of their family cf idiom sunanka ya bika you are true to your name, biyeya following, used of loyalty to a patron,
see harza.
;
bida
36
is
kana hina bashi lam indebted to you. Used with hainya or tafarkij A 22 suna bi tafarki
biawa, following
;
see
6i,
E
Tnu ke biawa har bakura
39
we
follow the road to Bakura.
bibia,
1.
judge,
n.
to
judgment; discern,
2, v.
to
to
look
carefully into.
bibini, grumbling; see bimbini.
biche, to put out a fire,
light, of
a
to go out.
bichia (S.), a kind of tree. bida (S.), a large curved needle for thatching.
bida, small snake with
tail like
a second head, and with two mouths, dan bida pin used
9
for pressing cotton, so called
resemblance
from
this
to
snake.
bida, bide seek,
(bef. pers. pron.), to
to
after;
search
amhideka (wait) sought
till
hida
for.
as a verbal n.
is also
and
sai
you are is
used
either
masc. or fern, ina hidan mache, suna hidal alherka. bidl, the inside of a small ground
nut;
binchiki
37
blda
cf.
prov.
akansani bidi only is a fast
when a rout occurs horse known,
bidi is usually
applied to a roan horse,
bidi
kernel of a ground nut the
which
colour of
instead of
resembles
;
bijaji, plaits
under a woman's head-coverbijigi, to
trample down.
bijimi, bull
.
you and bring you back. bif, used of sound of a blow, or of a stone falling on
bika,
bigensu to their place.
bige*, bigi, seat, place on ground
duniarga
babu bigi ka zamna there is no place for sitting down in this world.
is
prosperous.
bikoka, baboon.
pi.
biki, purification of a
woman
after the birth of her child.
biki, marriage feast
;
see buki.
bikiki, wide. bikilli, a
dark bay horse.
bikira, a virgin.
biko, to go after a wife
who has home
returned to her parents'
to persuade her to return.
bima,
cf.
1.
badbila.
marks on cheek.
hole in the ground
used as a trap
;
2.
the falling
in of a well etc.
bimbini
a roof. bige, used as a preposition like
F 71
bajini.
cf.
;
bijinta, victory, prosperity; ya
bille, tribal
cf.
cf.
ing.
cry about going to seek for
;
;
buji buji, biji biji, or knots projecting
bilbila,
for sitting
bigerinsa
M. H. p. 227 allah ya yi bigeri God made everywhere.
brought here cf M. H. p. 2 1 kuka na zua abidoka the out;
;
in its place
biko, tribute.
that of a bidi horse.
bldo, to seek and return with abidota let her be sought and
imiri,
it,
yi bijinta he
cf. seq.
bidi, a strong horse; sai anfosa
bigeri, bigire, place
1.
or binbini, bibini,
grumbling, fault-finding;
B 54 rika binbini refrain from grumbling 2. to grumble, to examine in order to find fault ;
with,
B
18.
binchiki, binchike, f. questioning; anzo binchiken m,a-
'
bindiga
gana
;;;
;
38
came
it
nation
of
hinchiki
an exami-
to
the
story;
yin
enquire, to ask
to
for news.
bindiga,
birkichi bio, to follow and come here see biyo.
bira,
to hop, skip,
1. v.
n.
2.
skipping.
pi.
hindigogi,
gun
bira, a
mouse
;
see bera,
bindiga da haki hiu double
birane,
The word haiiduka is used by the Arabs in N. Africa for a gun. It is
birbira, coupling of animals
barrelled gun.
perhaps a corruption of the
word
Venedigo in former time guns were largely imported into N. Africa by the '
'
;
The
Venetians.
Egyptian-
Arabic for gun is d^jjj. hundaka in Egypt = bullet, in Hindustani hundak = gun. bindo, a sling. bindu, an edible reed, which grows in water. bingi,
a
large
dark-coloured
male donkey.
see barbara.
birbiri, a small species of bat
= kanen
birdudua, black
;
see
birga, to break a horse, to
drill
birga, reproach, abuse,
soldiers.
birgami
a large bag for
(Z.),
holding cowries cf.
buhu
birgima
made of skin
(K.).
or
birkima, rolling;
D 27 shina
birkima kamanda
chocha he rolls like an ant
note on harawa.
birgiji,
one who cuts
hands,
bingire
locust
bardinuwa.
cf.
bingira,
jemagi.
birbizo, dung-hill.
bingi, a large cistern, or a pond of stagnant water.
of birni, q.v.
pi.
of
e.g.
off
thieves
;
the cf.
pers.
(bef.
bergo.
pron.), to roll, to roll over in
sleep;
cf.
biri,
n.
yin biri to set free
birgima.
;
cf. berere.
bingiri, a cattle disease.
bini-da-zugu (jatropha
biri, pi.
curcas,
euphorbiaceae), a shrub used for hedges, the of the
West
'
physic nut
Indies
;
cf.
chini
da zugu. binjima, bijima, a kind of shirt without arms or pocket.
birai,
monkey
;
from bira to biribiri,
biraye, biruoia,
perhaps a
derived
skip.
yellow
-
breasted
pigeon. birji, hillock; see burji.
birkichi or birkiche, to upset, overthrow, to shake like a
;
birkida birkiche, usually follow-
leaf,
ed by da. is
birkichi or birkita
used of a path, to bifurcate.
birkida, to dance
D
;
3 ajashi
1
da birkidawa he shall be dragged and turned over and
or bisan doki on horseback,
G 7 wanait litafi ta chika bisa yerdan allah this account is completed by the will of God. abisa is sometimes used for '
in order that.' bisa gare con-
mi ka che bisa gareni what did you say in regard to me 1 bisa zancheff nan cerning,
over.
birkita,
tr.
to turn over.
birkonchi, trickery
see bar-
;
concerning
korichi.
bima, waste see berna. bima, to bury see bizne.
bisa, bishe, to bury, dig under,
;
birane, birnua,
pi.
[Kanuri
berni^
the word
only
town
Fulah berniol]
usually applied
is
and
large
to
walled
towns, smaller places would
be called gari,
e.g.
tnasuzua
ga kofqfin birane those who frequent the
gates
birnin kano
cities,
of
the
— Kano.
biroblro, a low coarse grass.
birtuntuna = o?«t^;« babu
ido,
pass, bisu (cf.
a curved sword worn by Arabs. bisaye (?), erect, an epithet applied to a tail; cf M. H. p. 94.
bishara or in 1.
bisa,
pi.
id.),
bisashe, bisaje
(Fulah
animal, beast; bisashen
daji wild beasts,
lit.
animals
of the desert, bisashen
domestic animals,
lit.
gida
animals
of the house.
bisa,
1. n.
top,
or abisa on,
(cf. II
Ar. Jh£j, to rejoice, bring tidings),
to
a letter or paper of intro-
shir.
grind thoroughly;
ii,
cf. biso.
to ripen. to
^JL*^
bisalami*,
joice
see barza.
Ar. rt
dig holes for planting trees);
wheat or guinea-corn which has gone bad, or failed
ie.
birza,
conversa-
this
tion.
;
bimi,
biso
39
2. yin bishara to re; with anyone cf. albi-
duction
;
bishe, to bury
;
bishi, a small
drum beaten
see bisa.
to
announce games etc. bishiga, helmet see bushia. bishimi, bull, M. H. p. 182; ;
see bajimi.
bisne, benne, to bury;
see
bizne.
summit; 2. bisa upon bisa doki ;
biso,
burial,
also
planting of seeds.
applied
to
;
biu
bore
40
biu,biyu, sometimes contracted to
two
bi,
nabiu,
;
f.
1.
hiu biu used idio-
second,
matically
express
to
10,
ya yi bobowa da kun-
fa he made much spluttering and froth. Another form
tabiu
babauchi
folly.
used of unintel-
is
na yi biu biu I threw away
ligible jabber, esp. of
the substance for the shadow.
cf.
za ayi biu two,
will be
it
made
there will be double
i.e.
labour or trouble.
biya, to pay
biyarana
cf. bia.
;
(crotelaria elata
(?),
leguminosae), a yellow flowershrub.
ing
leaves
Its
are
powdered along with honey or alewa.
biyaya, statement, declaration, biyo, to follow and come here. bio bashi to collect a debt and return here biz hiz = bisa
;
cf. bi.
bisa,
cf.
M. H.
206 talauchi shi kan aza tsaranka biz bizdakaipovertj places your companion above p.
biz a, a kind of
salt
;
see beza.
bizki, a careless person.
bizne,
1.
sow a bizo
to bury;
field
;
(S.) to
glish Govt, tax of 15 p.c. paid
by caravans, bodami, a kind
of fish.
bodari, see budari. boiya, secret; cf. boya. bojua, bujua, a contemptuous
who
carries his
own
load,
boka, f. bokanya, pi. bokaye, quack doctor, wizard, usually used in a bad sense. bokanchi, the profession of a boka] cf. bokoi, seven
prec. ;
nabokoi,
f.
ta-
;
bokoto,
difficulty of entrance, cf.
baran-
kam. bola, a horse with white face.
a dung-hill.
boli, urine pi.
bobai-
foreign or unintelligible
speech
bokoko, yin bokoko to blow up, e.g. an empty bag. squeezing through ;
bawali.
cf.
bobawa, bobowa, yi,
2.
cf. biso.
sepulture.
n.
(S.),
boali,
*
bokoi, seventh.
you.
bizni,
bobua, a large fly which attacks horses and donkeys. boda, lowing of a cow or camel. boda, kurdin boda, the En-
word applied to a small trader
before a judge.
e.g.
pagans
bauchi.
su yi bobawa they
talked foolishly; cf.Gr.p. 137,
;
bombegi (cf.
see bawali.
Ar.
t^^)^
harlot,
bora, a neglected wife, a concubine.
bore, a plant with edible
fruit.
;
bori
.
budari
41
bori, 1
;.
boruiUka, borwiiiwa,
pi.
demon, delirious an inspired dance.
evil spirit,
person
2.
;
masubori or masuboli, persons possessed with an evil spirit,
or in a condition of frenzy or ecstasy
;
kurdin bori tax or
by dancers rika borin kunya she
licence fee paid cf.
ta
was mad with shame,
ta hati
buaya, buwaya, buaye, to exceed, to be too
;
bube, a contracted form of the name Abubekr.
bori she (drank the medicine
btibe, way, road.
bubuga, an
the
marabout
equivalent
=
Kano
or roof to keep off rain
;
also
used for the conical grass top of a roof
;
kwadandemi.
cf.
botsari, kicking of a donkey.
boya, boiya, hiding, secret; maboiya hiding-place. boye, boiye, boiyi, 1. to hide, to be hid, B 140 munafadi ba mu boiye ba we tell you and it
not
secretly,
na
boiyi
;
2.
boiyi or aboiyi
cf.
kwa-
buda, bude, budi, to open; abude openly budu to be ;
open
;
budede opened hainya ;
way is way through the enemy ;ya budesu = ya kobudu
ta
(or budi) the
open, to open a
resu; budar kai the ceremony of taking the
a bride;
cf.
wedding
veil off
allah shi
buda
daji a salutation to a hunter intens.
form
bid>ucle, ta b. id-
anu she opened her eyes wide.
we
budebaki evening meal during
rejoice secretly
pass, boiyu, boiyo to hide one-
intens.
form boboye to
hide oneself right away.
bu, yin bu to bleat, bellow.
buaya, buwaya, ing.
a short-legged peli-
can, a Sokoto word;
B 163 muna da mur-
boiyeyahidden,boyiwahidmg, self,
intensive form of
strike.
sakwasa.
kota.
boto, grass covering to a wall
hide
buga to
bubukua,
stork.
bota, handle of knife.
for,
faskare^ fa.
and) became possessed.
borintunki,
much
ya buayeni he is stronger than I, na buayaka I am stronger than you, abiit ya buayeni it is too difficult for me, na buaya I could not do it cf
n.
overpower-
a
fast.
buda, the winter season, esp. the fog and wind in the winter season.
budari, bodari, bauderi, a small bad-smelling cat about the size of a weazel.
budi,
budi
made
opening.
n.
Ar.
(cf.
rt
to
iv,
^j.j
wisdom, cleverness.
excel),
bududugi, cf.
buki
42
budi
large species of frog;
hurdudugi.
durai
(cf. (V)
pi.
hu-
Ar. jjo, to be-
full
;
virgin child,
buduruchi, budurchi, buduruanchi, virginity. buga, to strike, to beat ambuga mata mundaye rings were ;
on
fastened
to
her.
bugi
before a n. obj. intens. form bubbuge.
buga buga to strike knock
repeatedly, buga kofa to
bitga,
to fire a
gun;
buga tambari to beat a royal drum ; cf. ya buga gaya he called for help,
tar a they
ambuga musu
were
fined,
buka,
carries his
own
see bojua.
bukoki, tent, tempo-
pi.
rary shed.
bukachi, to be in need
of any-
thing.
bukari* (Ar.
jULjj),
compass for drawing
1-
ii'on
circles
;
2. circle.
bukata, na,
1.
bukatochi, bukatu-
pi.
business, merchandise,
C
need, desire,
52 bai kula
domin bukata he cared not for merchandise 2. need, M. H. ;
228 allah shi babu bukatal gero God needs not to eat millet, abin bukatar rai the p.
at a door, buga bindiga or
simply
bujua, one who ;
I
kind of trousers.
(K.), a
load
grown), virgin from age of puberty C l^ yal budurua dunia the world is a
come
bujaji, a tuft of hair on front of a woman's head.
buje
budurua, budurwa,
skin {^birgami at
of
Kano).
buga
necessaries of
buke, helmet
life.
of chain
mail
buki, pride, luxury, power to do what you like da buki proud ; cf prov. wiyar buki rashin abin buki the difficulty of the feast arises from tlie ;
jangali to assess the cattle
.
tax.
buga, a small back entrance to a fox or rat hole.
bugaji, the slaves of theTuaregs (a race
bugu,
name T)
;
see buzu.
to be drunk, past part.
bugage.
bugu, bugo, a blow. buhu, a large sack (at Zaria)
wherewithal to provide the feast ; cf. M. H. p. 228 allah ne abin buki nasa. id.), marriage feast; abin buki anything good to eat, D 83 yin buki to make a feast.
rtiu
buki,biki (Fulah
!
buku buku
or bukui, folding the arms and hunching up the
bungo, cover
shoulders,
bungu* an idiot. bungula, to pour out. buniya, husk enclosing an ear
bula*
(cf.
JaC,
Ar.
(?)
be
to
white), a long white robe.
bulaka*, a hole or crevice
in
the ground, btilala (K.),
pi. hUldlai,
a whip,
usually made of hippopotamus skin.
bulbudi*,
crumbs
see
;
har-
bulbule, bulbula, to pour out
an ox with red body and
of corn.
raye, he-goat.
daji, a long stringy
grass from the root of which
buntu,
is
made. used
husks,
rice
bulma, the jump or
rise of a
writing boards.
bunu, pi. hunai, grass for thatch-
or frog.
bulo, to go round,
ing or for door-covers
bultu, name of a bird ; see hurtu.
prov.
bum, suddenly, lo buma*, a trap see hurma. bumbi, palm wine see ham.
out of thatch,
;
;
bumbu, back
child carried
times of famine;
cf.
hurhurwa.
intoxicating
palm wine buna*, eel (?). ;
bundi
eaten in
is
(S.),
cf.
drink,
i.e.
it
cannot
maihunu a gindi a kilt of grass.
black-striped cloth from
Ilorin.
is
over. 1.
a bee;
a kind of bat.
burburwa, bumburuwa (eraused
of
the splashing of water. see
cf.
as the pulling
bura, penis; cf. azakari. burbishi, brim, that which
2.
swan,
bunga bunga,
man with
is
burbura, birbiri,
ham.
bundum bundum,
be recalled, a
;
magana zarar hunu a
word spoken
bunu,
grass (eragrostis
tremula) which
biunini,
on the
bambino).
(cf. (?) It.
bumburua, a
in
schools for washing ink off
white face,
fish
etc.;
bunkasa, to be great or strong, may ana ta hunkasa the matter has become serious. bunsuru, pi. hunsurai, hunsu-
a scent
water. bull,
book
of a
see hango.
bunsurun
hadi.
I
burburwa
43
a procession; hanga hanga.
grostis tremula, gramineae),
a grass eaten in famine times and given to horses ; see
humhurua;
cf.
komaya.
;
burbushi, crumbs;
see huru-
burm.i, a calabash used as a
see
water vessel. buro, a dead man's eflfects (?). burtu, a species of ground horn-
gushe.
burdinuwa,
locust;
a
bardinuwa.
burdudugi or bubudigi, edible frog larger than kwado.
burdumi,
wrapping made
1.
grass,
natron,
burga, to churn see hurka. burga, to terrify, burga, stable see barga. burgami, a bag for carrying ;
;
cowries
see birgami.
;
;
kusu.
burgu, a coarse grass which grows in water and is eaten by horses, (S.),
ma biri,
burtuli (S.), burtoli, a hedged road used by cattle between farms,
burtumi
(S.),
a beehive;
burtumi, a castrated
twist thread.
burkuti, to grope about with the hand in the dark, in the
burma, burme,
a trap, a hole
ground used as a a sack
;
trap,
see burima.
to break into, of a well,
to fall in.
see
grows in the water. fragments, splinters, used of
by the sun
burum, to
;
burugushe,burbushi, crumbs,
burji, birji, a hillock,
burka, burga, to churn,
bull
buruda, coarse (thread). burugu, a kind of cane which
bricks broken up
a small stone,
buma,
see
furtwmi.
buruji, a lucky day.
or
cf.
you
cannot deceive a monkey; hunters put the skin of the burtu on their head when they stalk game.
burguma, a young goat. burima, burma, a large bag made of grass, used by women,
burma
;
i.e.
butuTYii.
burgo, bargo, marrow, burgo, covering see bei-go. burgu, a large rat, larger than
burguje
(bucorvus pyrrhops)
bill
ba ayi burtu
used for packing natron or salt ; 2. a heap of
of
busa
44
burbushi
cf
.
M. H. p. 42, or of splintered
wood. a vague unexplained
noise.
buruntu, loot, the sack of a to wn. burushi (K.), a tuft. burzu(vernonia perottetii, compositae), a weed which grows in cultivated fields with a thistle-like flower,
busa, of
pi.
bushe bushe, any kind
wind instrument.
!
ousa busa, to blow, to blow a trumpet
maibusa one who blows
;
A 78, raiia da maibusa ya busa kafo nasa on the day when the sounder a trumpet,
butulu, ungrateful;
like
the
blow away, ya
either
;
busheshe
to be
2.
part,
used
or
;
sists of
busashe
dry, bushe bushe is also some-
dried.
tree.
butuntuna,
bushia or bishiga, helmet,
buwa,
a small species of bird.
buwaya
abe?'
mod. Ar. ^j^\
suffi-
rin), e.g. rtietin
goma
buss
—
an exclamation = do not ;
buta, small earthenware bottle.
buta, to throw, besprinkle.
butulshi* or butulchi
E
bugaje, slaves of the ;
goat's skin with the hair on,
buzu na M. H. p.
buzu,
salla,
prayer mat.
120.
slave; it
is
specially ap-
plied to the offspring of a negro (cf.
Ar.
JJaj, falsehood, vanity), in;
pi.
cf. M. H. p. 224. buzu, busu*, a mat made of
see buzu.
busu*, an intransitive form of busa to blow (a pipe).
gratitude
honey and water; D 10 ska gia da bain da buza
Tuareks
speak more
mat
beer),
made with
buzS-re, bucking of a donkey, etc.
less 10.
J
leave off drinking intoxicating
buzu,
200
see buaya.
drinks.
Used
lit.
;
intoxicating drink salt,
enough, only, less {=ga-
to overcome, to for
<
head. (cf.
(S.),
much
buza, boza (Ar. Sj^,
covering for the
protective
burtuntuna,
blighted corn; seebirtuntuna.
be too
bushia, baushia, a hedgehog.
a cylinder of matting
or of plaited bushes placed in
a is
times used in the sense of
busTi, a
is
prov.
an un-
kiyashi he blew
the ants off him
as
person
grateful
cf.
chiki
to
dry, the past
190,
kaman
butulu
masa
1.
cient,
un-
butumi, burtumi, beehive. In Hausaland a beehive con-
bushe,
buss
is
blown upon,
241, busashe
dried.
bushe
who
ba shi tsira he
grateful shall not be saved.
stomach (which is always wanting more) see prec.
trumpet shall sound,
of the
F
buzurwa
45
5 maibutulshi
father and a Tuarek mother.
buzurwa, a long-haired of goat.
species
buzuzu buzuzu, a which
ch^ka,
night-flying insect
and
food
into
falls
to
chakankami,
chabe*, to speak unintelligibly. chabe, to be sharp.
feet
chabi, slush, mire
ments.
chakasabra,
dan
cf .
;
rattle.
with
prick
to
down
;
chali, a net used
a
.
for
Champi,
fear, panic; pache to be afraid of.
Chan, chana,
tsada,
q.v.
2.
man chadu Lake Chad. chafa, chS,fe, to take up, catch; chdjiya catching, taking up. chadu,
p.
12.
jima chan
at
that place there was a long, long delay. longer form,
A
to tear; see tsaga. (?)
of
eat,
to
chananka
sometimes used in written Hausa.
tsak% chicken.
chi.
H. Gr.
vious word aka
ship.
devour; see
thus yaron chan cf.
chan spoken on a higher note and with a pause after it is used to emphasize the pre-
kurdin chappa fees paid on establishment of a partner-
chainye, chinye, to
yonder, there;
1.
used as a demonstra-
suflSxes n,
also to go into partner-
corruption
;
that boy;
;
a
that
cham-
pronoun agreeing with preceding noun; a substantive preceding chan usually
ship,
chaiaki,
carry-
tive
chappa, homage yin chaffa to become a retainer
chaffa,
when
ing grass.
cf chdka.
small bird like a
chada*, dearness,
chage*,
bells for horses;
chS,ki, a rattle; yin chdki to
ba-
swallow.
of,
like
see chikasabra.
turen chacha.
a
orna-
as
a yam.
played with cowries or ground
spur, to press
women
by
chakara, an edible root
game
nuts, karen chacha dice,
chacha a gambler
made of worn on the
rings
brass or iron
apparently
the same as tabo. chacha, a gambling
ch^ch^ka,
spear),
with white breast.
sharpen, da chabi
;
(a
ch^ka, n. a throw, chakagi, a large wading bird
sharp.
chada,
throw
to
chdke to wound, to spear,
has a bad smell.
chaba,
chanchanga
46
is
chanchanga, a I
piece of
roasted on a stick.
meat
;;
chandi
(S.),
a disease of the
chanfa, to avoid, be afraid of ;
chanwa, green. chanwaka, a small
bird with
;
;
chari, pure, clean
;
charindu, a species charki, purity
see tsari.
of lizard.
see tsarki.
;
chasa, to thresh
gamji.
cf.
chefani, commission, errand.
(e.g. rice).
clare.
che, to say, to suppose ; mi anche (or akache) da shi what
name 1
pres. participle
chewa, q.v., shiiia chewa he
is
saying, da ka che is used as though it were equivalent to da kun sani had you known, cf.
Gr. p. 138,
che
is
1.
25; ya ka
also used idiomatically
man who cf.
regrets
Gr.
what he
p. 1.52,
1.
9.
form of the substantive verb ita che it is fern,
;
or she is; or, followed
by masc. = it
is,
e.g.
for
soup. cheffi, to
throw up and catch
chdfa.
chegi,
spite
don
;
chegi
for
spite.
chashe, to make known, de-
she,
.
chedia, a large tree with milk-
cf.
charki, pi. charkoki a black bird with a red beak.
;
cheche, bef pron.
;
chefanne*, the ingredients
see chaffa.
chara, crowing zakara ya yi chara the cock crew.
has done
chechi, to save, to discharge
like sap, a species of ficus
chanza, hazel nut, almond C?). chappa, to become a retainer
che, the
see
obj.
green feathers.
of a
swallow;
a
a prisoner
champi.
is its
chechewa, tsaitsewa.
under-lip.
cf.
chi
47
chandi
A 43
ita
che dalili this is the reason.
cherki, charki, i.e. Senegal magpie (cryptorhina afra). cheru (S.), chiru, dagger. cheta, chetas, to intercede for maichechi an interceder.
A 4 rana day on which be no salva-
cheto, deliverance
da ha there
cheto a shall
;
tion.
chewa,
saying,
1.
sometimes
abbreviated to cha, kowa cha
ya ke = kowa chewa 2. '
shi ke
;
that, used after the verb
to
say
'
in
written
but
not in colloquial Hausa, and
only when
it
is
desired to
lay special emphasis on the
statement 3.
because,
which cf.
also
follows
domin-
chewa. chi, frequently used as a suffix
.;:
chi
chiawa
48
in forming abstract substan-
used
tives,
work
or
office
thing,
also
e.g.
denote
to
of person or
dabamchi
ence, diyauchi
differ-
freedom, tu-
position
in
cf.
also
life,
similar
followed
use of suffix ji in
modern Arabic.
cf.
chi
no
wanda ya gudu who-
masa,
it
(i.e.
da dakansa
chi
it;
own
one's
by
make up it
chi, to eat, to devour, to de-
is
will the char-
ever catches a hare has to
kauyenchi cf.
ya
chi zom^o
run for to earn
brogue, country dialect;
there
if
how
coal be used^
mutumchi
ranchi that which belongs to a foreigner;
gavmye
chi
smelting
prep,
livdngr
ma
to
chim won't make up for ba shi
for
the other), chiwo to
capture and
bring back a
advantage
prisoner, chiwo gari to send
of or over, to gain jurisdiction
make a
an expedition against a place, and to bring back its inhabit-
on a business transmeet un-
chida, chishe to give to eat,
stroy, to gain the
over; chin riba to profit
action, chin kdro to
expectedly,
chin
sarota
to
gain possession of a kingdom, chin kura to cheat, chim baya backbiting, c^^m bashi to owe,
ants
m,achiy% a defendant
;
chishe
is
used
when followed
by a pronoun, e.g. na chisheshi I gave him to eat ; cf M. H. p. 202 sarautal allah ta chishemu; chldakaina sup-
chin wuta to catch fire, chin abduga to pick cotton, chin
port myself, chinye or chainye
gari to capture or to destroy
to
a place, chin kasua to trade
chiye
successfully in
F
the market,
169 masuchin zaka those
who stole the tithes used in gambling na chi (or chinta) I win cf M. H. p. 172 kadan na chika if I win as against you ; anachin kasua, or kasua ta chi the market is going on ; ku chi gaba go in front, abinchi anything to eat ; also ;
;
to use,
.
cf.
em, ba kira
mi ya
up; cf. prov. chiye ya fi chainyewa to eat
eat
little at a time is better than to eat up all at once, babu shi ne chia there is
a
cf. M. H. 205 chima feeding, victuals. chi* (Kanuri id.), mouth.
nothing to eat;
p.
chia, bad luck chiako, fowl ;
;
cf.
cf.
tsia.
tsako.
chiawa, chiyawa,
pi.
chiayi,
grass; chiawa dainyi green
;
;
chiawar chiawar tamba, a
species of
chibara, tsibara*, also chibira, chibra, chura to roll, to roll into the form of a ball used of rolling
mud
using
to
it
into balls
build
to
with.
chibaru,
to
to congeal
be rolled together, jinina ya chibaru ;
sabada dari my blood gealed with the cold.
chibda (Kanuri
id.),
is
con-
(S.),
chibia
or dadin
;
chika. ;
sewa, house swallow. chida, distant rolling thunder. chida, to give to eat ; see chi. chidacheto, to bribe, e.g. a judge.
chigia, search
(K.),
pi.
search for.
chi-goro* small
see kibia.
chibiri, chibari, tsibiri*, any-
thing round, an island, a
pill,
a small piece of anything, e.g. of sugar ; chibirin kasa a round piece of mud.
chibirikinkini,
yin chigia, or
;
chigita, to search
chibobi, navel.
chibia*, arrow
cf.
chichira, to tear up see chira. chichiya, tsaitsewa, tset-
bada chigia to make diligent
chibda a sweet smell.
chibi
chichika yirma ya hauka thou swellest with pride, thou fool
grass with black seeds.
prior
chlka
49
for.
kola eater), a
(lit.
brown bird
like a finch
with red feathers round base of beak, which are thought to resemble the stained
of a
man who
kola nuts. chiji, chije, to bite, chije baki to
chibirkin-
bite one's lips
:
ya yi haushi
kine, small reddish berries
har ya
chije
growing on a shrub found in sandy places. It is used by
his lips
with spite
Hausas
mouth
has been eating
N. Africa to deThese are unknown in Hausaland cf. M. H. p. 63. The word is in
note grapes.
;
bakinsa he bit
machiji snake,
lit.
;
cf. chizo.
the biter.
chlka, to fill, to be filled, to be complete, in moral sense to be perfect ; ya chika it is full,
or
it is
completed, chika,
a corruption of chibiri kan-
cf.
kani
da to catch up, ku chika hurry on and catch up, abin nan ya chika
little
balls.
chichero, a speckled black and white horse; adj. speckled, chichifi, flea; cf. koma. chichika, pride, F 32 kana R. H. D.
chika alkawcdi to
fulfil
a
promise, chika
mani
chiki this exhausts
patience,
my
ya chika mutum 4
it
chikalkora is
50
to a man's credit, chika ho
mara even or odd
gambling game), maifada da chikawa a terrific fighter,
(a
cMkawa
completion,
filling,
chlkakia^
pi.
part,
chlkake,
chinchinta
may
chikinsa side
it
or
'
'
chikirikida,
either be
in-
*
its inside.'
a
fowl plucked
for cooking.
52 ku7ia
chiko, complement, kawo chikonsu fill them up also change of money.
kuna azwmi
chikowa, chichikowa, aflood.
chlkaku,
filled,
:
full,
complete,
salla
chikaka
D
chlkaka say your prayers in full,
the
fulfil
fast
hiyidiga to load a
gun
chika
;
;
achike
(q.v.) full; cf. chiko, chichika.
chikalkora, the pulley of the loom on which the peddles work, usually
made
of
the
hard shell of the dum palm. chikanta*, chikanche*, to
chikasora, the placed on horses'
small bells
a small present,
sip or a whiff of
1.
a breadth between of cloth
embroidered
strips
;
2.
on
phocerus)
chim, a
:
it
little,
chiki, the inside, the belly; da chiki pregnant, rufa chiki to
at full length, face down-
wards, ya-chiki a short shirt,
of
probably
is
rana
e.g.
chima, chimaka, tuals
;
an expression used
brothers or sisters, chil-
food,
chim-baya,
lit.
to slander, to
cf.
and haya.
chimi*
(cf.
Ar. J^, to
skill,
D
49 babu chimi ha dahara
no
skill
nor
craft.
chimma, chimayi,
to go with,
to accompany, overtake.
chinaka, chimaka, very small, black, stinging ants.
tenderness.
chinchinta, worthiness,
chikin or dS,ga chikin, within, chikin gida at home.
put
contrivance,
chinchia*, a broom
;
vic-
backbite,
to
whisper;
dren of the same mother, also used to denote kindness,
into
ta
see chi.
right),
chiki daia
a
mai-
the tur-
bans.
lie
:
derived from prec.
chi
two seams
e.g.
chili or masha chili a cadger. chilikowa, a species of hornbill which eats locusts (Lo-
heads, rattling of a bridle.
chiki,
a pipe
fita chim, sunrise.
make pregnant. chikasabra,
chili,
;
see tsin-
tsiya.
chinchinta en yi haka I
ban
am
not worthy to do this; yin
;
chinewa chinchinta or chenchenta to
chinewa,
to spread false
news
chingar^^ reading
words
skip
to
in
to eat like ants),
(lit.
leaving spaces here and
A
there untouched,
73 kada
ka ratsa chikinta kai mata chingara do not pass over its
contents, or miss a
in saying it (the
word
Koran).
leg;
thigh,
he
35
chinioyi,
pi.
cf.
Gr.
138,
p.
ya gudano masuchinya from a bare-legged
;
fled
The Fulahs did not
people.
wear trousers
Fr.
cf.
:
'
sans
;
over
anything
;
the
chinye chinye, gluttony
way
of
the
cf,
chira,
c.
hanu
to raise the
hand
tuta hisa to hoist a flag.
chira,
chire,
from
fruits
by the
pluck,
to
trees, to pull
root, to lift
up
;
;
see tsin-
out chi-
see tsira.
;
chira, to be saved
;
see tslra.
chirara, nakedness; see tsirara. tsi-
raro.
chirawa,
step,
yin chirawa to
stride.
chiri, flight, yin chiri to
flee.
chiriri, a gum-bearing tree or
a
bow-string;
see
tsarkia.
chimaka, chiroma,
ants title
of a king,
to
;
see chinaka.
given to a son
sometimes applied
the heir to the throne.
rowed
is
from
probably borthe
Bornuese
language, in which the syl-
kaia.
chinkai, tin (Ar.
e.g.
chira to tear up.
chira, to arise
The word
madaji.
chinkaia, to look at
see
;
chi.
shrub.
maichinika a trader.
;
p.
his lot, or fortune. ;
chirkia,
price
chinkai*, edge of a mat bordered with cotton or fibre thread
i.e.
= my
lots
232 chin-
chintua, a find see tsintua. chinye, chainye, to eat up,
of
kin dunia the ;
tansa,
chinikin gida an
hereditary profession, chini-
world
casting
M. H.
cf.
;
chiraro, deliverance; see
culottes.'
chini-da-zugu, a shrub used as a hedge see hini da zugu. chiniki (cf. Fulah yaunoki), trade, business, barter ; yin chiniki to do business, to haggle
win
c.
chingi, to eat much, to devour.
chinia, chinya,
1.
small
(Ispidina).
chinta, in
kormoto.
i.e.
chinoya (weight lifter), a
blue kingfisher with red beak
love.
=:
chiroma
51
.*U>).
lable
ma when
used as a
4—2
.;
chiru suffix
corresponds to the same
syllable in
prefix
;
cf
.
Hausa used
as a
galadlma.
chiru, a dagger
;
chisga, chizga, to gnaw. chishe, chisa-da, chiyarda, ;
was
red pepper
;
cf
na kwanta chiwo
laid
up
chiwon kai
sick,
chiwo m^a sahon
dawa a fever which breaks out when the guinea-corn {dawa)
is
to prevent
ripe;
by
attacked
Hausas give presents
it,
of
the
dawa
to the poor.
chitafo.
chita, the day following gata,
chiwo,
which = the day after the day
back
after to-morrow, i.e. the fourth
day.
to capture
and bring
see chi.
;
chiwuki, a noise made by the mud-fish (gaiwa).
chitafo, a corruption of chitan afo ( Afo, the
name of a pagan
district), ginger.
chiutu, to become
ill;
B
143
kowa shiga chiki nata ya chiutu whoever enters it becomes diseased.
chiza,
a small animal about
the size of a
chizaki
(lit.
a
tall
florida,
woody
climber with white fragrant
and orange-coloured edible fruit; see dankon chiwo. chiwo, sickness, illness, jin flowers
chiwo or yin chiwo to be ill, da chiwo ill, or to be ill ; it is not considered polite to use the word chiwo of a friend or
person of importance.
Thus
cat.
lion-killer), a tree
with long thorns, white flowers
and edible
(Landolphia
apocynaceae),
sickness.
chiwuta, see chiuta. chiyawa, grass see chidwa. chiyS,ya, food in common.
chizal,
see cheiva.
chiwo
chiwurwuta,
;
chiuta, n. sickness, disease, evil chiutan birni = syphilis.
chiwa,
chiwon sainyi,
lajia.
headache,
being
see chi.
small
hashi da I
mouth
see chizal.
to feed
a Hausa would say abokina gonorrhoea,
see cheru.
;
chisal, a disease in the
chita,
chocha
62
leaves.
a disease of
chisal,
gums or lips, a disease the mouth in cattle. the
of
chizara, a disease of the eyes. chizga, chisga, to gnaw. chizo,
n.
a bite
;
yin chizo to
bite.
chizo, chiza, with pron. obj. chije,
chichije,
frequentative
form
to bite.
chocha, worm, D 27 shina hirkima kamanda chocha he rolls
;
chokali like a
:
da
53
worm, another form
of
chusa, chushe,
chokali,
wooden
a
tsokali,
spoon.
choro, another form of tsoro, q.v. ; the Fulahs who speak
Hausa
say choro
generally
instead of tsoro.
chuche,
chuchi,
to
injure,
deceive, chucheni inchucheka
= deceive me I will deceive you. chuda, chude, to mix milk with anything, to mix together, to rub, scrape
;
to
;
ing.
chudanya,
rub
to
smooth,
polish.
to rule over.
chukumara, chuku,
cheese.
chukurufa, a bag used
for
carrying salt (probably bor-
rowed
from
Tuareg
the
language).
chukwichuki, rags. chuna, 1. to invite another share one's food stigate,
chuna*, M. H.
;
urge on. pi. p.
;
anything, to
see tsuma.
roll into
walk proudly. d.
There are two distinct d sounds in Hausa. In most words d is pronounced as in English (with inspiration of breath), but in many cases the d is sounded with the expiration of the breath and the pronunciation its in tongue touches the edge of the upper teeth, a sort of dt
sound being produced somewhat similar to a French or German t cf da son, daia one,
etc.
this
of
chihara. flour,
This
Where
dictionary
tinguished as
a ball
churi, a handful of mud, etc., squeezed out.
.
etc.
generally written scribes.
chunoni*, gusset,
206
horses' mouths. chuta, sickness ; see chiuta. chuta, to cause distress to. chuya*, to be obstinate ; cf. D 52 kada ku chuya kuna takama be not stubborn nor
;
to
to in-
2.
chura, to take a handful cf.
down,
chushe, pi. chusoshi, 1. a large amount collected together, e.g. men, grain, etc.; 2. a medicine which is poured into
chuda
mix mud for building purposes chudawa mix-
yimhu
chude,
to press
squeeze together.
tsiitsa.
da, and,
if,
d
is
^ by Hausa it it
occurs in is
dis-
d.
da... da both... and.
da, with, used to denote the instrument; ya yenki da wuka he cut with a knife used with verbs of coming
; ;;
da and going
to express the act
ya tafi da shi he took it away, ya zo da shi he brought it here. ya che da shi he spoke with It is combined (or to) him. with substantives to form adjectives, e.g. da rai alive, da anfani useful when preceded by tore = together with; da safe in the morning, da wuri early, da rua in the rain, da-yawa much, dadadi of taking or bringing,
;
sweetly, dakarifi powerfully.
da sometimes denotes from, of. allah ya tsare gatari da
noma
da
54
fatainya God keep the axe from farm work, only cf. ena the hoe is needed shi ne da wanan where is he with reference to this 1 sai
;
da, when,
is
used in the same
way as saanda or yanda. da or -nda is used like wanda or wadanda; A 31 Tnata da ke tafia a woman who goes, In an
= dan), pi. son dan Mohammed, dan
(connective form
yaya or
ya,
amina
uwana
(lit.
mother)
is
1.
child
da when followed by the of a place means a native of that place, e.g. dan 2.
zozo a native of Zozo
of old, in olden time.
3.
it
man, danmakaranta a scholar, dan yaki a soldier, dan gari a.
citizen
;
4.
diminutive of
it
forms the
many
nouns,
dan gatari a small hatchet 5. it denotes the young of animals, e.g. dan tumkia lamb, dan zaki a young lion, yan itache fruit 6. free as e.g.
;
;
opposed to a slave ha hawa I slave, cf.
am
;
ni da ne
free,
not a
diya; dan alaro a
dan garumfa one his own load dan rua a little stream, dan carrier,
carries
yan
dayawa there are many. or daa or lokachin da,
;
used to suggest character or occupation, e.g. dan daki a serva,nt,»dan kasua a salesis
rua kankani a
da
my
name
yunwa they are hungry, da may be either a prep, or verb; ina da shi or simply da shi is, there are, ina da su
of
used for brother
expression such as suna da
there
;
or as a term of endearment
who
abinda that which. da, to have, to possess.
da
little
water,
dan kasa foot soldier, dan sanda a policeman, dan banza worthda sometimes = mai less, cf. tuji dan baban sheka O chiki entrails,
bustard with big nest.
da
to beget.
yi7i
!
da
dabori
55
da, used in comparisons,
e.g.
ya Jismia dakai he likes me more than you, ba ya sonka da riga he does not like you well enough to give you a coat, gwoma yau dajia better to-day than yesterday. da, if; da na yi wonan gara en mutu rather than I do this it would be better to die, da na sani da ban yi shi ba had I known I would not have done it, da ya zo nanjia da na tashi gobe had he come yesterday I should have gone to-morrow cf M. H. p. 168 cZa mu7i sani da ya kirayemu da niun tafii had ;
.
we known when he called us we would have gone cf. seq. da is used to express unfulfilled ;
da zani
intention, e.g.
I
intended
to
go,
cf.
dab
da,
touching;
d^ba, dabo,
cf.
close
dabam, daban, dabam dabam, different, apart from ;
yin dabam to differentiate; cf. bam bam. dabamchi, dabanchi,
differ-
ence.
yin
dS,bar,
ddbar
blow
to
trumpets. dS,bara, alongside
see daura.
;
dabara, dubara, dibara (Ar. djlj^),
contrivance,
skill,
coun-
good sense ; dabara ta kare I am at my wits' end sake dabara walk warily; yin dabara to advise; damra dabara sel,
;
to plot together. dS,be,
debe, to stamp down,
e.g.
to beat a floor, so as to
form a sort
of
concrete by
beating in pebbles, ddbe ddbe
Gr.
stamping down. dabebeyi, dabaibayi, a rope
;
daf da,
applied to horses,
;
tafia
da na sani da ba ni jefata da gang an had I known I would not have thrown her down on purpose; M. H. p. 184. daa (Ar.), obedience; ba shi da daa he is disobedient. pp. 34, 56
creature
cattle, etc.
to,
dabara.
to hobble the front feet of a horse.
dabgi, a species of ant-eater; see dapgi. dSibi, pi.
dabia*
dabuna, an open shed. (Ar.),
character
;
see
tsabia.
dabino (Fulah
id.),
date;
ifa-
dabmia, dabobi
chen dabino or dabino date
(probably from Ar. AjI>, an animal that crawls or moves slowly), Fulah id.; beast.
dabori, daboli, daburi, palate,
pi.
tree.
lips, e.g.
of cows.
;
dabra dabra
da, close to
;
see ddhara.
sleight of
'
;
cf.
tsuhu.
dachi, bitterness see doachi. dada, to sharpen a knife, sword, etc. by rubbing a stone on ;
on doing anything, to augment, to surpass, to exceed C 49 muna ddda godia we continue giving thanks, ddda
mani kurdi give me more money, wanan ya dedi wonchan this is better than that, allah shi dedi da rainka may
God pYo\ongyour\iie,dddawa, lasting, dddua in-
dddewa crease,
growth
of a plant.
dS,da(S.), again, used in historical narrative for
later on,
dadaka,
form
of
dadS.ra, to pay attention
to,
intensive
ddka, q.v. to take heed,
dadara,
rub the back of a backwards and for-
to
knife
wards.
steel.
dS.da, dedi, to increase, to go
by and
so then;
by,
also for
daddowa, daddawa, also cakes made from beans of dorowa tree. dade, dede, to wait, linger ddde muna tsofa wait till we grow old, 7}iu zamna nan ya dede we stopped here a long time kaka dedewanka ka zaka kare how long will it be before you finish 1 mun ddde we have waited dadin ;
;
gushi
dadun
or
gushi
dadafa, used
in
daidai correct,
dS,dewa, lasting dadi,
;
see ddda.
dadaidai, sweetness,
pi.
A
cf. 12 zaka sha dadi nata thou shalt
dadaga,
time.
Sokoto
for
powder;
see dadaka.
dadai, ever, or used with negative verb, never until now dadai ban gani ha I never possibly connected saw it ;
with daia one. dadaidai, a plural form of dadi cf. B 49 muji dadaidai ;
fee] glad.
taste of its sweetness,
dadin
zuchia happiness, jin dadi
etc.
to grind to
a
hurried pace.
happiness, comfort;
dai.
dadade, from a long
we
d3,dua
56
dabu, dabo, sorcery, hand,' M. H. p. 222
the
;
happy,
to feel please,
sa
dadi
to
maidadi pleasant, da
dadi sweet,
nice, agreeable.
dadi, sharpening sharpen
;
;
yin dadi to
ddda.
cf.
dadoia*, a plant resembling mint cf. daidoiya. ;
dadowa, dorowa
cakes
made from the
tree
see dodowa.
;
dS.dua, increase
;
see ddda.
;
dadume to seize in the arms.
daf, up
used of climbing, ya
;
hawa itache daf. daf da, or daf daf,
close to
dafa, to support oneself with the palm
hand
the
of
in
raising oneself up.
d&fa, d^fe (Ar.
^b),
to cook,
maddfa, ivurin ddfa, wurin dd/ua a place for cookmaiddfi a cook, ddfdfe
cooked, ddfdfe da rua boiled.
blue;
from
possibly
ddfa to cook, i.e. prepared in a dye pit see ddfua. dafara (vitis sp.), a woody ;
making medi-
climber, used in
from the root-bark
cines;
obtained
which cement
a
making
in
root
its
is
solution
viscid
used
is :
also
is
beaten up with a pestle and
put in milk to keep
and
war.
it
good,
also to thicken it
and
an
made dS,ga,
armlet
of leather
or
wristlet
and wood.
from, from within, out
daga enna whence, daga enna ka fito whence did you come? daga chan thence, there, yonder, dd^a nan here, from here, ddga chiki in, from within, ddga garesu from them, ddga nesa from afar; often used to introduce a statement, ddga nan of,
boil,
dSfafi,
daga, battle-field, line of battle ja daga to form line of battle kayan daga instruments of dS.ga,
ddbara.
ing,
dagumi
57
dadume,
of.
;:
at;
well then. dS>ga,
to
hold
up
at
arm's
length, to raise up.
dagachi, pi. dagatai, a village headman. dSigagaji, to be ver}^ tired. dagangan, on purpose see ;
gangan. dS,ge, a small animal.
increase its bulk for cheating
dagi, a claw, paw.
purposes.
dagi, a kind of straight pick,
dafari, at
times d§,fail,
;
first,
before,
and fari.
cf nafari .
cooked
informer
flesh
ready for
selling.
dS,fe, to stick to, to cleave to.
daferko, at dS.fi,
poison
;
cf. ;
dS,fua, dark blue
deji.
see ddfa. ;
cf
the collar.
dagumi, a collar made of cloth used in war or hunting as a
first.
dS-fua, cooking
a crowbar.
dagogo (Kats.), weak. dagu (K.), meat. dagume, to seize a person by
.
ddfdfi.
protection for the back of the neck, a dog collar.
;;
dagura
daguyau
net
da-
dahir, of necessity
sition,
cf.
dakir.
hardai^
of
daidaiche, to be similar to; cf A 9 suka daidaiche chikifi .
alkafirai they are alike
daidaita, to make things equal
make
daia daia one
at a time, one here one there,
daianku one of you, daiana me alone, daiansu they alone, or, one of them, ku berni ni daiana leave me alone, bershi daiansa leave him alone daia is often used as an indefinite article, wuri daia together, ko daia (in negative
sentence) not even one, duka
daia ne they are
all
alike,
wanan daia kaman wonchan this is the
same as
daiawa, much
that.
see dayawa.
;
daibo, to take out see debo. daidai, a contracted form of daia daia one at a time. ;
dede, suitable
alike, ;
like, to
direct aright, to be equal.
daia, thrust, blow. ;
among
the heathen.
or parallel, to
dadai.
daia, daya, one
aikinsa pay
d.
door. ;
saidai,
e.g.
lada
bakin kqfa a piece of wood the same size as the
d.
used-
old,
dai (frequently pronounced de, i.e. like the Eng. day), again, indeed ; usually found in compounds,
sometimes used as a prepoequivalent to his work, itache
(K.), hyena.
dagwolo, dagalo, up indigo.
just,
dainye
58
dagura, nerves, veins, gura emaciated. daguya, to eat.
daidai,
.
correct,
ya yi daidai
it is correct (an expression
used in counting money), na tsaya daidai I stand upright
daideya, a harmless centipede - kadanduida. daidoiya (or dan doiya), a fragrant herb, ocimum Americanum. daii or dayi, a small ])rickly
herb with bitter taste eaten
by camels (=Ar. daiki, room
daimu*,
;
jtj-«).
see daki.
D
for ever,
davmma and
17; cf
du7na.
daina, dena, to cease, to desist from.
dainya (Spondias
lutea,
Ana-
cardiaceae), a tree with yellow
plum-like fruit, very
common
in the northern provinces.
dainye, dainyi,
pi.
dainyoyi^
dainyu, fresh, green, unripe,
raw
dainyen itache leaves, dainye uncooked flesh, dainyan kasko an unbaked pot. dainyan chiawa a harm;
nama
;
.
daje
dS,kwora
59 green snake = damatsiri,
less
Ar. ^ji).
q.v. (cf. (?)
hem
daje, to
make a
round,
border round, fem.
d^je,
like a room,
is
F
madaki
dakin dufu prison; another form daka is used as a subs, also 227,
as a verbal form, e.g.
dajia,
dazodi,
pi.
a smart fellow. daji, thick bush, uncultivated
forest land
world
chamberlain,
(cf.
jeji scrub, or
farm bush). dS.ka (Ar. id.), to beat, pound, thresh or grind corn.
d^ka, sometimes used in Kano for ddga from. daka, see daki. dakachi, n. waiting ; cf dakata.
daka he
is
yana
in the house.
dakile (Ar. ^^), to prevent, to refuse, to forbid, to sulk,
B
refuse to answer;
130 ka
amsa ha dost thou silently refuse and givest no answer? ido ya deda dakilewa his eye was becoming more and more dakile shiru ba ka
blind.
.
dakali a
(cf.
mud
Ar. ixd:>^, thin clay),
bed built in a house,
dakir, with difficulty; see daket.
dako,
n.
a seat outside a house. dakara, dakare, pi. dakaru,
dakokoi
a foot soldier belonging to a
cowries
king's body-guard, also, gene-
(?)
man on
a
Tally,
foot
;
cf
dogari.
dakata or dakanta, to wait for na dakata maku I waited ;
for
you
daket
;
cf.
(S.),
dakachi.
dakir
might and
difficulty,
with
main
na gudu
;
cf.
with
dakir.
dakuna, a room in a house (gida), but often used for the house itself,
daki, daiki,
especially
pi.
if
but one room
consists
it ;
A
nan kamal daki
1
3
of
dunia
ta ke this
yin ddko to
;
(? f r.
da
akoi),
ance of anything,
i.e.
= da
;
there
is
abund-
e.g. food,
or
shi or akoishi,
plenty.
dakolua, dakolwa, dokolua, a hen which is laying eggs the word is also applied to a woman.
daku
(K.),
waiting
wait.
(S.),
an army.
dakua, a gesture see amhola. dakua, a kind of sweetmeat made from the fruit of ay a, ;
q.v.
dakulum, always dakusa, bluntness
;
;
kulum. yin dakusa
cf.
to be blunt.
dakushe,
to be blunt.
dakwora, dakwara,
the
name
;
dala of
damasara
60 a species of acacia tree
from which a gum
is
obtained.
made
dala, a yellow clay
into
a dye for women's faces. dala, the
name
of a rocky hill
Kano.
inside
d^la, della, a word for dogs
used in poetry cf. Gr. p. 136. dalailu* a little book of prayers. ;
name
dalaje, the
dalashe,
of a dance.
dallashe,
dalishi,
dama, dama, dama,
daldishi, to be blunt.
daldal, pulse.
dale* — yin
dale, to settle at.
M. H.
dalele, spittle,
;
the facts
of the case, the truth of the cf. mekia ha ki saukan hanza sai maidalili O eagle you do not settle on the ground without a reason F 19 dalili ko akan maitam-
matter;
hayawa this is the reason, if anyone asks. dalma, delma, derma, n. lead. dalulu or danlulu, a small bottle
dama
;
cf
(in
covery,
.
lulu.
Kanuri dama = etc.),
opportunity feel
better,
health,
;
right-hand, right. to confuse
see dame.
;
to mix, stir as mortar.
damachiri, damatsiri, a small
p. 2.
dallli (Ar. JJ^), cause, origin, proof, sign, reason
ya samu damu ha he had not the opportunity, ha ni da dama I have not time to, I do not wish to, dama han yi haka ha would I had not done this; cf. gari ha da girima amma shina da dama the town was not big but was of moderate size, samun dama the ability to do what one likes.
snake.
damafif ito, a wasp. damagi, a medicinal herb. damai, confusedly; B 142 ka kafia damai m,aiafkawa thou slippest confusedly and arti about to
fall.
dam.am.ia, what
mixed
is
up|
together, mortar; see ddm,a.'
damana, damuna,
the wet which lasts about three months yin damana to pass the wet season.
season
;
re-
dam.ankada, a small plant used
improvement,
as a medicine for guinea worm.: dam.ara, girdle; yin damara
jin to
da dama a
dama
to
improve in little
more,
da dama dama moderately, sai na ga dama unless I wish, ya yi dama it were better, ha
to gird oneself
;
cf.
dam.arichiki, girdle
;
damre. cf
.
damn
and cMki.
damasa*,
confusion,
D
9.
dam.asara, maize; see masara:
;
damatsiri see
;
dama-
chiri.
tsamba,
or
q.v., float-
ing grass.
dambara,
to put blue stain
on
the face, also to paint any-
An
thing.
damra
61
damatsiri, snake
damba
; ;
form dan-
intens.
damfare, to press see dan/are. damichi, damshi, damtse, pi. damasa (Fulah damche)^ the lower part of the arm ;
from the wrist to the elbow, the right arm F 242 shina damshi muhammad he shall be at the right hand of ;
dambara also occurs. dambaria, mouse ((?) child of the hole cf haria). Another form is damhera cf hera.
damisa, pi. damtsai^ m. leopard damisan dawaki horse fly.
dambe,
damka, dainke,
;
.
.
\
box
;
to give a blow, to
1.
a blow
2.
;
dan dambe
dambu*, a
dish
made
(flour) boiled in
of gari
stagger;
karia tells
lie
it
him.
dame
tease,
worry;
will
also cf.
whoever confound
means
tonished.
dunko.
dampara,
to
ba na da-
;
see
to
stain the face
damra,
goose;
p. 197.
dam.o, lizard
damu. daub, dambara. daure, or
plaster, cf.
;
damre,
tie, gird,
;
;
M. H.
kowa yayi
mua I am not to be annoyed ya chika dama m,utane he worried people beyond enya damesu it asdurance tonished them ; dartiu to be dam/aa astonishperplexed ment, jin damua to be as;
cf.
darmi*
dameshi
td
a
prov.
cf.
also
:
with the
handful.
annoy,
perplex,
cf.
damka,
grip
dammuna* for dumia,
a calabash.
d&me, dSmi, demi, pi. ddmuna, bundle, bunch, sheaf cf. M. H. p. 204 hachi dami dari uku 300 bundles of corn. dame, dama, to confuse, make to
or
clasp
hand;
dlambiri, a small monkey.
to hold in the
hand, take a handful to
a boxer.
giddy,
Mohammed.
D
13,
to
bind,
put under a spell;
F
233 adamra siliyu dam^a hauni chains shall be bound on their right and left hands damrare, pi. damraru, bound, girded damrefuska to frown. akadamre bound, has a pi. ;
akadamarmare
;
cf
.
D
13
akandarmishi baibai he shall be bound with his hands behind him, damre mag ana to concoct a story, to bear false witness,
ya daure muni ma-
;
damrengana
brought
he
a
false
accusation against me, dam-
raren
magana
(or
daukekian
magana) ya Ji daia da mashi chiwo a libel hurts more than a spear thrust.
from similarity in shape to handle of a bucket an oblong roof = hakan gizo. maidaurin jiki the accoutred man, maidaurin aniya he who has made up his mind. derived
damshi, arm see damichi. damshi, danshi or denshi, ;
moisture.
damtse, arm
see damichi.
;
damu, to be confused see dame. damn, damo, a lizard (monitor, ;
varanus exanthematicus). damua, astonishment see da;
me.
damuna,
sheaves; of
;
dame.
cf.
see da.
d§.na, to pull, to lay an arrow to a
bow
;
see dene.
danbe, to box see dambe. dan-bida, a pin for pressing ;
out cotton seeds
danbubu,
dandaka
or
dendaki, an
in-
tensive form of ddka to strike;
D 15 azaba anadandakasa kor man
kilago his pain is as though he were a skin that is beaten to pound or break ;
damren-or dauren-guga, ceiling, arched roof, the name is
dan, son
dangana
62
;
cf
.
bida.
calf of the leg.
danda, a horse with white forehead and white forelegs mutum, ya yi danda the man be;
comes white, i.e. with disease. danda 8ak% a roan horse.
up again to castrate. dandali (Kanuri id.), ;
court,
yard, or entrance-room of a
house, esp. of a king's house.
dandambara, dambara. dandS,na, n.
to
stain
see
;
taste.
dandS,na, dandS,ni, to taste, test, examine madanddni ;
taster.
dandana, a plant used medicine by women.
as a
dan-doiya, a sweet smelling plant with a red flower. d^ne, to press down.
danf^imi, fence, hedge. danfara, danfare, to
press
down, press together, squeeze, collect people in one place. danfarka, child of a harlot. danga, pi. dangogi (Kanuri id.), a fence round a garden, a garden.
danga, relation see dengi. dang^ba, breast-band for horses ;
made of dangana,
cloth or wool. 1.
to lean upon, to
recline, 2. to rely on, 3. to
patient, 4. to tack fasten.
on
to,
be to
•
danuba
'63
dangana
dangana, patience, trust,pledge. dangana, children whose pa-
common
sweet potato, very
trusted to a stranger to bring
whole of Hausaland and in some districts it forms the only available food; its shape resembles
up.
that of a thick parsnip, in
rents having died soon after their
birth
dangarafai
have
(S.),
been
wooden
en-
clogs.
dangarama, threshold or raised ridge in front of a door
;
cf.
yarama.
throughout
the
taste it is sweeter
parsnip or tion
yam
and use
;
than either for descrip-
of cf. 'Hausa-
land,' p. 155.
dangari, citizen. dangi, a shield
dankam*, made
with
B
for ever;
dai anazama dunia
73 da-
dankam
will the world indeed last for
buffalo hide.
dangira, head of the
ramma
ever?
plant, said to cause irritation
dankam,
pond, pool.
when handled.
dankara,
to press, to compress,
dangole, dungole,
drag.
spot.
dan-gununfa (lit. son of a hat), a carrier who carries a load belonging to himself as con-
with
trasted
dan- alar
a
hired carrier.
dangwale, a hobbling rope. dangware, a lucky person = dani,
bite, e.g. of
the
the
ding presents are spread out.
danki, a handful
a scorpion.
the span measured by
thumb and first comb of a duck.
finger,
dan-jigawa, a species of guinea-
;
cf.
;
from the
oil
shea-butter tree.
dankosa, dankoshe, with the
.
;
a loan.
dankadafi, louse. dankSli (convolvulus batatas),
to strike
fist.
dan-magurji, snake
;
see rrm-
gurji.
dan-raguwa, a red
corn.
danka, cf damka ya danka mini ranche he handed me
damka.
danko, dunko, gutta-percha; dankon chiwo vine rubber; dankon zutnua beeswax dankon kedainya
maiarziki.
dani,
dan-katanga, a kind of cloth. danki*, a table on which wed-
species of plover
danshi, moisture
danuba, the
;
?)
;
bird
(a
see rdgo.
see danishi.
strips of skin at
the root of the nail, so called
because the plucking of the
;
danye skin from the nail causes pain
would the forcible separation of son and father. danye, fresh see dainye. as
;
danzumu,
the son of a friend
or relation
see
;
zumu.
;
species of ant-eater.
dara, to laugh, to ridicule ; ina jin tsoro kada sudarani I fear cf.
dS.ra
they should laugh at
me
daria. (S.),
to excel, exceed.
d^ra, dera, a game played with cowrie shells, which are placed in
little
darap, above see daf. darara, used in phrase dariar darara to laugh at laughter. darazau, a woman's apron. dare, to crack or open up, used ;
of a wall.
dao, porridge see dawo. dapgi, dabgi, or daugi, a
lest
dami
64
holes in the
ground, or are arranged on a
board marked with squares. It is considered a disreputable game, though not so closely connected with gambling as chacha ; F 1 1 E 1 6 A;te. 6er na dara da tsalumshi musulmi
i
dargaza, the name of a tree, from its branches walkingsticks are made. dari, a hundred.
dari
(cf.
Ar.
(?)
from
deceit,
daraja,
O
and Mussulmans.
darajia (Ar.
i».ji),
glory, honour, gorgeous dress
A
4:7 ya ba iyaye daraja he showed honour to his parents, also value, worth, enda akasan darajar goro where kolas
are estimated at their proper
to rain
;
I feel cold. d3,ri, deri,
Korrigan or Senegal
hartebeest (damaliscus Senegal ensis)
;
for list of antelopes
found in Hausaland, cf under .
barewa.
daria, dariya to
treat
(cf.
with
laughter, smile
(?)
Ar.
tji,
contempt),
,
cease from playing dara
^li,
ya yi dari it is cold, dari ya kamani I have caught cold, na ji dari copiously), cold
;
yin daria to
laugh, ba (or bada) daria to
cause laughter ; ya bashi daria
he turned him into
ridicule.
official
at Kano,
dariwoye, darwS,ya,
to rinse
dS-rimi, a court
Bauchi,
etc.
with water, to clean. darje, derje, to rub smooth, level.
darmi,
to bind
;
see damre.
value.
dararabua, an arm-wrap made of grass
;
see diru7nhua.
dami
(cf.
(?)
Ar. ,>jji, dry
branches), fence, post.
I
daro, dSlru, a metal basin, yin darshi to
darsa, to leak, drop,
daso, a drop; clason a drop of blood; cf.
darso, jiiii,
M. H. p. 76. darwaya, n. rinsing
plant out, dcLshe the planting out of com.
ddsashe a
cutting, dashin yar-rani vaccination.
dasashe, to be blunt;
cf.
dor-
lashe.
dasashi (K. ), dasori (S. ), gums; mauiasashi a person
who has
tree,
the bristles of
which are used for rubbing the teeth with ; the tree has a milky sap. dask^ura (of milk), to curdle, dask^re, to cause to curdle,
gums
dasori,
dasusu, a
;
see dasashi.
hoi*se disease
causes the hair to fall
which off.
datana, gall, gall bladder, datijo, a person of importance; see dotijo.
datsa, a disease of the mouth, datsa, to cut in pieces ; see datse,
to
means
q.v.
dauda
^b,
to be mag-
goty), dirt, filth,
da dauda
(cl Ar.
yin dauda to make daxidan kune the wax
dirty
;
in the ear.
daudanbayi, of a grass,
and
spikes
daudau, a
hold up
water by
of a breakwater.
R. H. D.
tops or bristles
which have short ai*e
very adhesive.
found near water and used in thatching. daudawa, a kind of pepper, gi*ass
M.' H. p. 123. daudu, dauda (Nupe
in
;
id.),
a
respect given to a
of
title
Kano
it is
given to
the heir to the throne;
in
Zaria to the galadima.
daugi or dubgi, ant-eater
;
see
dapgi.
dauka, doka, dauki, dauke, often contracted to dau or do, to take, take up, take hold of, take away, receive, dauka
rua
to
draw water; dauki
6flwAi to collect
a debt; dauki
lu7n/ashi to hold the breath;
dauki aikauxdi to make a promise; akadauke rua the stopped
rain
magana
decha.
making
mortar. dau, a contracted form of dauka^
ruler
teeth.
dashi, a
datsi, a grass used in
dirty,
out.
darza, to twist thread, dasa*, a bottle, = tasa, q.v. dasa, dashi, desa, dashe, to
no
dauka
65
dSro
tales
;
(laukakiyar
;
the telling of false
ya doka
jeji
into the desert;
he went dauko to 5
daukaka take for oneself; daukaka, daukake a strengthened form of dauka to lift up, exalt, honour, B 14:7, ta daukakaka yanzu ta gochima it takes you up now, it makes you fall
;
dawa
66
madaukaka the exalted
n.
looking round, spying
daukaka, a
substantival form
of foregoing, exaltation, glorification
;
C
39 maiso7i dau-
kaka nana dunia he
who
desires the possessions of this
daure, occasionally used damre, to bind, suffer.
daurewa,
patient endurance
n.
dauri,
1.
a medicine given to as a preventa-
young children
tive against disease
;
2.
twist-
ed locks of hair arranged on either side of a woman's face Sit'
Ar. djl^^, curl of a moustache) ; 3. sania maidauri a cow with a horn growing (cf.
to cease,
rua ga dauke
the rain stopped.
daukekenia, to surge backwards and forwards in battle. daukekian-magana, a concocted story;
cf.
damre.
dauki, gallantry ya yi dauki he did a daring feat; nmidauki dauntless. ;
to take for oneself, to
accept.
or
downwards. dauri, early
; see dawuri. dauria, a small addition to a
carrier's load.
dauro, a small edible grain
like
giero.
dauro, doro to look at,
Ar. rt j^^), to fix the gaze
(cf.
upon cf. dauraro. dausayi, a marsh, or bank of ;
daula, state, kingdom, power; yin daula to be fortunate.
daura
for
q.v.
daure, to endure patiently, to
0^
world.
dauko,
cf.
of suffering.
one.
dauke,
;
dauro.
dS,bara,
alongside
but not so close as to touch ; when followed by da it is used as a preposition, e.g. su tsaya daura da juna they stood side by side, ka zona
daura da ni
sit
over against
me.
dauraro, doraro, daurara*.
a stream.
daushi,
damp,
mildew
;
cf.
damshi.
dawa
(sorghum vulgare), gui-
nea-corn, i.e. a species of millet
with small red grains, called Egypt dhurra. The plant
in
grows to the height or ten feet. is
The
of eight
which ground
grain,
exceedingly hard,
is
;;
d&wa
debe
67
between two stones and made into a sort of porridge which
has a sour insipid taste. four principal kinds of
The dawa
are kaura used for feeding
dawo,
come
to
dawo, it
used
is
ground up for making
gruel,
dawoinya,
muramura cooked and
eaten
eyes
food *
dawa forms the staple of the Hausa people (cf.
;
Hausaland,' pp. 153, 154);
an intoxicating drink from it cf gia. ;
d3,wa
is
made
habited place, or forest ;
an
Stj^),
unin-
a desert
e.g.
Sokoto for
in
to toil for, to seek
B
52 shina dawoinya da abin wofi he toils after
after
;
vanity.
dawoinya, attention
n.
esp.
shown
used
for
to strangers.
dawoiya, dawoya, dawaya, to return from a place.
dawoiyo, dawoyo, dawayo,
.
(Ar.
(fura) when been dissolved
have
suruki.
whole, giivakamha used as a medicine for rubbing on the
see
;
porridge
balls
when
used
farfara
horses,
back
dawoiyo.
mainyan ddiva the
to return to a place.
da-wuri,
dauri,
da-yamma,
lion.
dawainia, plague, disease. dawainiasda, dawainiashe, dawainiarda (K.), dawainialda (S.), to plague, dis-
long
early,
ago, in former time.
in
evening
the
yamma. da-yawa, daiawa, sometimes pronounced diyawaordeyawa see
much, great, abundant
;
see
yawa.
tress.
dawaki,
horses,
of
pi.
doki,
dayi, a small herb with thistlelike prickles eaten
q.v.
dawama
dazu, already,
wama
de, indeed
cf. duma. daw^tma, duma, continuance; C 15 enna da zama na dawama where is a state of
continuing
;
continuance; D 79 dawdraa, i.e. heaven. dawS,ra, a dance.
dawaya, n. return
;
cf
.
gidan
dawoiya.
by horses,
etc.
Ar. rt ^j>), to remain, to continue, maida(cf.
;
before, formerly.
see dai.
debe, beat a floor of a house. debe, a military expedition. debe, diba, debo, to take off, take out, dress;
pluck from,
dehe
kamna
to
un-
put
an end to friendship; debe rua to draw water; madebi
5—2
;
debi a measuring spoon
;
debo used
an imperative means, take and bring it here. debi (S.), a grass shelter or as
hut.
decha, datsa, dertsa, a sore at the corners of the mouth. deddi, to continue cf. ddda. dede, correct see daidai. ;
;
defi, dSifi
(Fulah
id.),
poison
obtained from snakes, plants,
The following are names
etc.
of vegetable poisons used for
smearing arrows
zabon
:
defi,
a plant belonging to the aloe family,
gwazan kwado^ masa-
ran giwa, kqfa /ago, rogon talonia,
daji,
alkaman
kadanya
tururuwa,
rafi,
kiria,
basa,jato, tawasa, kabankura,
kokia a plant belonging to the strychnine-producing family, aia aia, tururibi.
dege,
pi.
a
degogi,
night;
gramini-
comes out perhaps another
vorous animal, at
dengi
68
it
form of dxibgi ant-eater. degetai, headmen; seedagachi. deki deki, separately. dela, numbness ; dela ya kama kafata my leg is gone to
della, dogs
the state of being
demanta
(Ar.), to
name
applied to
lost.
do a thing
every day.
demi, dum.i,
man
rua,
dim.i, used with demi hot water
rana da dumi it is hot jikina ya yi dumi I have fever. demi, a sheaf ; see dame. dena, to cease see daina. dendaki, to strike; see dan;
;
daka.
dene, dS.na, to press, cover up (e.g. a hole), to entangle, hold down, pounce upon, to put straight, pull trigger of gun, to pull a bow. ya denashi he was holding him down; ya dene riga tasa he pulled his gown tight round him andena yarinia the girl was caressed, andena kunama the trigger was pressed. dengi, denga, dangi, degi, pi.
dengoyi, relation, friend,
class
;
cf
are
like
the Austrian Maria Theresa
nuts,
which circulates to a limited extent throughout
pounded
dollar
see ddla.
;
delma, dalma, derma, lead. demanta or dimanta, to lose oneself in the bush, demana
.
maza dengin gujia
sai anfasa
sleep.
dela, dala,
Hausaland, value about three shillings.
akansan bidi men lot of ground
a
only
when they are
kernels seen.
those
are
with
; ;
'
dilanchi
69
denki denki, a handful
;
cf.
damka.
dera, to jump see dira. derduma, a mattress made of ;
cloth.
dere, a
derje, to rub smooth in work-
ing leather
game
in
which the ends
are exposed in the
derto*, a file see derje, zerto. dertsa, a sore at corner of
hand
the
;
mouth
;
see decha, derje.
desa, to plant out
drawer of the longest piece ^vins. So called because the
dia, offspring
drawers are
dibajo (Ar.
'
in the dark.
dere, deri, night, esp. the time
between lisha and jijifi of. H. Gr. p. 87, da dere by proverb, kadan night cf. mutum ya yi maku rana ku ;
;
masa dere^ if a man makes day for you do you make night for him ? i.e. do you
yi
reward
evil for
good
chikin dere ko ko
B
?
56
by
jijifi
night or just before the jia da dere last night
;
dawn ya
bi
he came by night; wo or yiwo dere to start business or on a journey at sunset dere ya yi dere it is really night dere ya yi masu
dere
dere
;
;
night
when
overtook
followed by the
him
name
day of the week dere means the night before, deren lahadi Saturday night, but lahadi da dere Sunday night. derejia, honour see daraja. of a
;
deri,
Senegal hartebeest;
ddri.
dira.
cf.
;
;
of pieces of string or grass
the
see darje, derto.
;
dero, to jump
see
;
see ddsa.
see diya.
;
diba, to take out id.),
see dehe,
;
brocade, cloth.
dibara, contrivance;
see da-
hdra.
a word used by
didii^hura, boys.
didiga, crumb didigi, heel
;
cf.
dig a.
see duduge.
;
didindin, onomat. tinkle. diga, a drop, a minute of time,
yana diga
it is
dropping.
digirgire, to balance a load on
the head. digo, dropping ; digon rua drop-
ping of water. dikushi, to kneel
;
see
durku-
shi.
dila, pi. dihli, jackal, jackal
mallamin dawa, M. H.
p.
=
197.
dila*, melon. S
fix
In Hausaland nearly all buying and selling are conducted
dilali (Ar. JU^), a broker.
through brokers, who receive 5 p. c. of the price paid ; yin dilali to do business, to trade. dilanchi, trading maidilanchi one who trades. ;
dilari
a large (Phoenician?)
dilari,
bead.
wood,
fetter.
dilkushi, to kneel; see durkushi.
a
tree
with
edible
dinya, a goose see dunia. dinya, black plum; seedainya. ;
dira, diri, diro, dera,
dero
Ar. jl, to run swiftly), to jump, jump down, leap as (cf. (?)
dilo, a tall straight tree.
dimajo (Fulah
the
off-
spring of two slaves that
may
not be sold
dimbujin
id.),
cf bachucheni. .
;
dumbaji, small red beads worn round the neck by women. zufa,
Ar.
(cf.
striped
4-o->>,
cotton stuff), a white native
dimi-dawa,
dirgila*, a climbing plant with
sweet smelling flower. dirime, to upset ; see durimi. dirje, to rub see darje. dirka, a large beam stuck in ;
the ground to support a roof,
firefly.
fowl,
dimota
(S.), fear,
dimso,
to take a handful, to
a species of grass-
f.
hopper.
dindimi,
to be dim, used of
the eyes;
cf.
ana-
cf.
is
much
dingisa, to be lame, to limp.
dingishi
Ar.
i^S, to
difficulty
under a
(cf.
walk with
(?)
burden), lameness.
blacken their teeth, 23.
etc.
in order to dis-
F 11 ka her dara duka da dirka duka da sata give up all playing of dara and dirka and steal;
when
game
of
quills
and held up
is
played
clay are stuck till
on
they
off.
dirka or tsirka,
q.v., to beat; 106 suna dirkanka har kushe-kusheya they beat thee till thou art sore.
F
dirumbua, cf.
the
balls
darambua,
an
who
armlet of plaited grass worn
Gram.
by children ; cf, rumbua. dishamida*, a dollar, imported
dinini, masudinini those
1.
tellers,
drop
see dunga.
;
used of
framework of house rests. dirka, a game played by fortune-
ing
dundumi.
dinga, continuation; dinga magana there talking
is
cover secrets;
the hand.
dindiba,
dirkoki
pi.
the shorter poles on which
dimilmilo, a black water
p. 138,
a grasshopper, to surpass. dire, n. hopping.
the
cloth.
fill
dinkin, leaves.
dilka, a fork-shaped piece of
dimi*
dishaniida
70
a
f
diwa from North Africa, M. H. p.
dogara
71
217.
diwa,
anus;
1.
2.
a
grass
eating him), a salutation when
a child
is
gall;
2.
1.
born
madachi,
;
bitter.
whether male
dobane, self-defilement. doda doda, a fragrant herb with viscid leaves and small
or female, daughter, maiden,
yellow flowers (stylosanthes
used cf.
for
making baskets;
iwa.
diya,
offspring,
1.
girl,
brood of animals,
the
one who is free as contrasted with a slave diyal-rana mirage it is also used of a girl who is in charge of one who is not her own mother and who fruit of
a tree
;
2.
;
may
:
be expected to care for
her only during the day
when
she can be seen and to neglect her at night.
diya
(Ar.), price paid for acci-
dental
homicide
=
1,000,000
cowries.
diyantaka, freedom cf. seq. diyauchi, diyanchi, freedom, liberation from slavery, son;
do, dau, to take, a shortened
A
form of dauka\ 20 wajih mu do hayasu we ought to take their road ; cf use of .
for duka.
doachi, dachi, bitterness
;
ya
yi doachi it is bitter (e.g. as
a kola nut)
leguminosae).
pi.
dodonai, evil
;
cf.
allah
boyeshi a kogon dachi
God hide him
shi
may
in a hole of
bitterness (to prevent witches
spirit,
a dead man which supposed to walk about on
spirit of is
the day of his death but to rise
and disappear the same
evening in
:
trees
The word
it
appears at times
and catches men. is
often applied to
a rhinoceros or elephant or any large and dreaded animal.
gidan dodo the juju house in a pagan village. dodo, yin dodo to show anything exposed in the hand
and then snatch
it
away.
dod5ka, waterbuck (cobus fassus unctuosus)
ship.
du
erecta,
dodo,
;
de-
for list of
in Hausaunder harewa.
antelopes found land,
cf.
dodonia, mantis.
dodowa, dadowa, the cakes made from the kalua, i.e. the fruit of the doi'owa tree.
dogara, dogare, to lean upon, prop oneself up by, trust in, ask favour from B 20 mun ;
doyareka
muna
trust in thee,
we
kainna
we
love thee;
;
dogarchi dogareshi da
guiwa press him
down with the knee
madogara a pole to keep a door ;
man
office of
a police-
(cf.
Ar.
(1)
^S,
to re-
body-guard, an executioner, a policeman.
dSgari, support, stay. dogo, f. dogua, pi. dogaye, high, long;
lokachi
tall,
dogo a
evil
sup-
spirit
:
the fruit become paralyzed
and die; 2. paralysis caused by the dogua. doyi, a bad smell, yin
doyi to emit a bad smell.
doiya,
pi.
sativa),
plant
doyoyi
yam
is
;
(dioscorea
the root of the
eaten after being
boiled or fried,
doiyan ku-
rege (curculigo galla sis,
is
a
different
doka
also used for a loose
is
woman. doka*, used by Hausas
in N.
Africa as equivalent to twelve dokS,, large
tree
with white
and shining leaves
flowers
(Berlinia sp., Leguminosae)
an
posed to injure tamarind and other trees persons eating
doii,
i.e.
sous.
long time. 1.
shaven head;
things please different people.
(dogari).
pulse), a soldier of the king's
dogua,
prov. hukin wata doka bukin wata kundumi the desire of one woman is plaited hair,
the desire of another
shut.
dogarchi, the
dogari
doki
72
baten-
amaryllideae), a yellow
see far in - doka.
doka,
to take
doka
or
cf. dauka. doki, used of any authorized proclamation ; ka chika da doki you have gone beyond your orders. ;
dokachi, all, total (derived from dauka). doke, duka, to beat intensive form = doddoki see ddka. :
;
doki,
dawdki, dawdkai, a
pi.
The
horse.
pi.
is
used for
horsemen which, regarded as followers,
are
indicative of
the importance of a chief,
herb with stout underground stem, doiyan daji, or doiyan hisa a climbing plant, with small, hard,
horses,
edible fruit.
dukushi, guzumaj /urde, sari,
flowering
doka, plaiting
of the hair by with the object of making it stand erect cf.
a
woman
:
etc.
For
words
denoting
various kinds or colours of cf.
akawali, bola,
kili,
bidiy
bikili,
safi,
chichero,
aharus,
danda,
alshafi.
dokin allah butterfly; dokin
dokolua
doro
73
starling; doki kuru kuru a pony. dokolua, a hen see dakolua.
huntu
lest,
or
wanan ha komi, or ba komi don wanan that is nothing.
;
dolashi, order, commission.
dolata (Fulah
to compel.
id.),
(Fulah
id.),
by
doli-doli, a white grub. f.
place
D
cooked and used as a medicine for dysentery. is
dombubu, dongudu,
wrist,
domi, why? wherefore? domi is a contraction of don mi on account of what 1 domin, because of, in order that dominsa for his sake, domin hdka for this reason, dominsa (or donsa) shi ji in ;
order that he
may
lest,
hear,
do-
in order that
tracted this
to chewa
therefore,
reason
not used
;
colloquially.
don, 2.
1.
because, because of;
in order that
for
this
used
3.
;
44 aw dora hukata suna sa
F 99 F 176
at a time, to rejoice,
they cry aloud,
makarkata
dora
D
he
D
14
dorawa azdba
;
reason,
don wanan don kdda
murna
dora kira 43 shi dora
si<
till
begins
to
hal
yi
ta
the pain
is
put one thing on another, ta dora masa she put his load on increased;
also
to
him cf. dura. doraro, to look round ;
;
see
dauraro. dori, to endure
;
see daure.
dori, the setting or binding up of a fractured limb
...not.
dominchewa*, sometimes confor
to begin
tremble,
ankle-bone.
min kdda
2.
masa uku uku they heap up blows, they give them three
a small tree, the root
which
of
heap up, increase,
a blight on corn;
a soporific draught.
2.
domashi,
;
out.
to
with bindiga to load a gun.
pi.
madman. 1.
1.
dololi, fool,
dolua^
domana,
wrist;
ankle-joint,
dono, yin dono to pluck dora,
force.
dolo,
done, to hang up, to put meat on a stick, to draw back. see dombubu.
dole, to upset, pour out.
doli
d.on
;
.
dongudu^
dole, a blot (of ink). dole,
in order that. .not
;
niaidori
a bone-setter.
dorina, pi. dorinai^ hippopotamus. doro, hump, swelling; maidoro hump-backed, a doro on the shoulder, ta ke daukar kaya
a
doi'o
she
humps her
load.
;
dorowa doriwa
(Parkia
behold, watch carefully, aim
a
duba da kiyo look careduba behold dubara, contrivance see da-
leguminosae),
filicoidea,
resembling an
its fruit, called
kalua,
acacia,
con-
is
tained in a pod like that of
a bean and
eaten in soup
is
made from its beans
the cakes
are called dodowa.
dosanna,
doshi, dosa, towards,
to
pass
fire.
;
fully after,
!
;
bcira.
dubbara
da,
turn
front,
close
to,
ya
used, e.g. ina dosar ydbaz.
dotijo, datijo, dotizo (Fulah
a person of importance,
usually a
man with
beard.
is
close
to;
see
daura.
walk on
Ar. Zii, to
(cf.
fours),
all
an ex-
pression used of the attempts
doshesu he fronted them. doso, to turn towards an object which has just been mentioned, e.g. sun dosogida; dosa a verbal noun is also
It
at
dubbo dubbo
to set a light to any-
thing, to kindle a
id.),
dufu
74
dorowa, tree
.
a long
usually, but not
made
to walk by a boy of one year old. dubgi, dapgi, dabgi or daugi, ant-eater.
dubi,
yin dubi to consider,
n.,
to act as a soothsayer
;
cf
duba. diibu,
word
The same
thousand. is
found in the Fulah,
Kanuri, Teda and Bagrimma languages
;
cf. (?)
Coptic thba
ten thousand.
necessarily, applied to elderly
duchi, a stone
men, the feminine equivalent is giyatuma.
duduga, remainder. duduge, didigi, duga-duga,
doya, yam
;
see doiya.
doyi, a smell
;
;
see
d7j,tsi.
dudugai, heel ; ya tashi da duga-dugansa he started off on foot. dufu, darkness ya yi dufu it is dark, or it becomes dark, dere nan ya faye dufu the pi.
see doii.
dn, a contracted form of duka, all.
;
duade, to stop up, see duwade. duba, n. divination, looking at signs in order to foretell the future, a frequentative
form
of the V. dudduha is found. duba, diibo (cf. Ar. rfc w^j^,
to use diligence), to look at.
night
is
very
dark,
dilfu
A
kirim utter darkness, 67 ka shafa dufu kirim hiiska tasa thou anointest his face with utter darkness.
dufua dufua, darkness, a dark diiga-duga, heel
dugo, diga,
forest.
see duduge.
j
dugog% a drop
pi.
;
see diga.
dugui, tying a piece of cloth round the toe of a sleeper and lighting it in order to
awaken him. duguza,
hairy
common
a
or
an
contraction
;
kanta.
to
(S.),
;
bend the head ya duka da
kansa he bowed 180.
down; duka
his cf.
or
head,
M. H. dukawa
stooping.
duma,
;
dukSida,
cf.
tr.
dokachi. to bend
;
see duka,
dukanta, see dukachi. dukau, a nickname given
man who
pi.
to upset, used of a
continuance;
see
da-
pi.
stoops.
to a
dumaimai
or du-
7name, pumpkin, esp. used for
making water-pots.
duraama, to warm up (food). dumar - k^da (crocodile's gourd), a creeper with white
when mixed with gei'O made into a hot
it is
liquid in which patients suffer-
ing from kdba steam their eyes.
dumbaji, necklace;
see dim-
bujin-zufa.
dumbuzo, of,
dukachi, dukanta, all, the whole dukachin komi everything;
dukusai,
dulmiye,
husks
see ddka.
the body,
p.
dukusa,
f.
a tree, the sap of which a kind of gum. dulmiya, to immerse.
flower,
strike
look
rich man.
wdma.
so.
to
property,
goods,
maidukia a
is
duma,
duka
;
dukushi,
duk da haka nevertheless,
duka, duk, all, every, everyone; duka daia ne it is all the same, there is no difterence, duka komi everything, duka biu (or su hiu) both of them cf. dukachi, du-
or
dukiyoyi^ riches
boat.
duka, to
pi.
duki*, large carnivorous bird. dukiya, dukia, pi. dukoki,
duk da wanan
for duka^ q.v.,
even
leather workers, a
of baduka, q.v.
diili,
over,
all
epithet applied to Dodo, etc. all,
dukawa,
a small horse or mare, a pony.
dugiimi, without horns.
duk,
dumi
75
to take
much out
to help liberally,
dum-
buji plenty.
dumi, warmth
;
dumi, dimmi
(cf. (?)
noise.
It
of the
hum
B ku
is
Ar. ^i).-
especially used
of conversation,
22 ku ber ji
see demi.
yawan dumi
kahnata
leave
off
;
dumia
what
many ;
of
words, listen
I say.
dumia, goose dumia, a tree skii,
dungum
76
speaking to
;
see dunia.
is
sweet and edible
from
it;
dumke,
dumki
cf.
made
is
mddi.
A^^,
Ar,
(cf.
twist or plait), to sew
;
F
to
88
kuma gan-
aduinka duk ana
gamawa it is completely sewn and joined together, mac?z^m^*i hahu or madunki a tailor dumki there is no repairing ;
;
dumki licence fee A freq. by tailors. form dundunka is found. dummii, a kind of lish. dumshe, dunshe, a tree with kurdin paid
see
;
;
damu.
see dumia.
dunane, yin dunane
to
a
illness
man
etc.
which
seeing
at
night, though he can see
by
cf
;
.
seq.
dundumi,
to grope about;
cf.
dindimi, madundumi.
dundunia, the
inside
bird's talon, the heel of
dundurusu, an axe
a
of
a man. pick
or
used for working stones.
dune,
to close
up a hole
;
see
dene.
slept
keep on doing anyya dunga berichi he anadunga tajta on.
they
continued
dunga, thing,
cf.
to
travelling
dinga. of a small
im-
dungu, corner
of a fence
;
see
lungu.
dunde, duntse, duntsa, take hold
enwrap,
prevents
an
the
natives for
locust.
merse.
dundu, a
n.
dunge, a bad egg. dungo, the name
a sticky sap.
dumu, a lizard dumya, a goose
a small
drum,
purposes of signalling,
dundum.i,
day
diunka,
dunke,
w-*^,
large
drum used by the
(vitex cienkow-
a kind of molasses
Ar.
(cf.
drum), a
verbenaceae), the fruit
which
dundufa
F
of,
to
hold together,
95.
stiff-branched shrub
It frequent in the bush. has light yellow or white
blossoms, and produces a kind of gum. dundu*, yin dundu to strike with clenched fist.
dungu, the stump
of a leg or
arm.
dungule, dangole, spot. dunguli, dungule, 1. butter' (a Kanuri word) ; 2. a cow tied up by the feet. dungum*, much; B 30 shi wanda ke jiran kahdki dungum he who waits for abundance to eat.
[
!
dunguma
i
dunguma, crowd
;
to go together in a
gungu a mob.
cf.
dunhu, a kind
of blue trousers;
M. H. p. 203. dunia or dinya, spur-winged cf.
dunia, duniya ( Ar. UJ^), the world, sky, atmosphere, weather; c?2*niac?a^/i fine weather,
dunia ta yi d&re it is night, ^^^dunia ta yi rani it is the
Hftdry
together
falls
it
na sani dunia I my way about dunia
season
HBknow Hlis often
;
;
used to denote the
HI
evil principle which character-
T^
izes
the world, so dan dunia
(lit.
son of the world) a bad
man, B 52 kowa hi dunia nan ya rudu whoever follows this world is deceived, ya samu dunia he has become dunia is sometimes rich
to
pieces
again.
dunkule, a lump or handful or
Hour,
anything
of
of
soft
squeezed out.
dunkurkuda,
goose. j
durungu
77
a kind of grass-
hopper.
duno
(cf. Ar. ^^^, near), to draw near. duntsa, duntse, to take hold cf. dunde. of, enwrap dunu, waist chi dununka da hanu put your arms akimbo dura, to cram, give medicine ;
;
to
cf dora, .
;
duri, dull, muliebria.
durimi, dirime, to upset, used of a boat.
durkiisa, to kneel, an adverbial
form adurkushe kneeling. durkushi, dilkushi, n. kneeling
;
cf prec. .
;
used to denote
all
mankind.
stunted chicken.
J
dunia*
(Ar. C)3>)^ able, incredible.
^^^^^y
despic-
dunji, bunch, bundle.
dunke, to sew see dumke. dunko, gum see danko. dunko, danko, to withdraw the hand see damka. dunkula, to roll up into a ball; cf. prov. dan banza rairai ne ko andunkula ski ma ya rushe a worthless man is like sand, if you press it ;
;
;
durugu, durugun kaza a small
duruku, a shrub with purple flowers often pi anted in native
compounds (Newbouldia
lae-
vis), also called ba-reshi.
durumi, the name shady
tree,
it
is
of a large
a species
of ficus yielding a milky juice like rubber, the fruit of
which
somewhat resembles a kola nut
;
see gamji.
durungu, wart-hog, also called mugun dawa cf alhanzir. ;
.
!
duruwa duruwa, yin duruwa
to gird
Ar. j^li, to tread
(cf.
;
getting dark, fitila ta dushe
the lamp
is
going out, muria
ta dushe the
sound
is
becom-
ing indistinct.
dushe wa,
dimness, indistinct-
used of an eclipse of
;
the moon.
become dim. duasa,
pi.
duatsu, duasu,
darwatai,
stone,
a
stone; dutsinnika rmW^tone', dutsim bindiga bullet.
duwade, duade, hole), close
to stop
up
(a
down.
duwai, duwaiwai,
6 or
em),
ruan duwatana
1.
m
duwai-
gall.
;
I
;
being especially used in the district
the
around Kano, idan southern
;
see
ihlis.
or to ask a question
B
elle,
en
e.g.
for
a
follow
171 en rarafe ina aza hus-
kata place
let me crawl, let me my face on the ground
preceded by kdda
may
;
it
de-
kdda en
I not thirst,
or lest I thirst.
enche,
eko, the native name for the town of Lagos, M. H. p. 192. sling,
;
yawo let me go walk, em hika let me tafi
ena, enna, ina (Ar. jjjl), where? ddga ena whence?
bird,
eiiabar, black.
elawa, a
of
;
notes a prohibition
efo, adj. grey.
ellelele,
part
Hausaland; ya tamhaya en sufulani ne he asked whether 3. e/i is they were Fulahs used in an imperative sense
ji kishirua
echada, a small
pronounced
na tdfo en gaya maka, came to tell you; 2. if, whether en and idan are about equally common, en to
4.
a kind of scorpion.
eblis, the evil spirit
it is
that, in order that,
you, or shall I follow you? pi.
waya^ buttocks. duwatana, a kind of grass,
duwu,
(Ar. ^1, if) (when followed
by
in
dushi, dimness, yin dushi to dutsi, duchi,
sapindaceae).
en
out corn), chatf, husks.
dushe, to become dim or indistinct rana ta dushe it is
ness
planted in towns with edible capsular fruit (blighia sapida,
oneself.
dusa
enda
78
verily
!
certainly
;
see
anche.
enchi, to free a slave;
see
yanchi. allele,
a tree
enda, inda, where
;
ban sani
; .
79
engurdigi ha enda shi ke I do not know-
where he is. engurdigi (?), a large species of
entaya*, a small edible grain. enua, inua, shade, shadow, shelter; D 68 6« enua sai enda tuti muhammad there shall be no shade except where the ensign of Mohammed is, D 75 mu sha enua us enjoy shelter.
enuar-bauna, a white flowered shrub
labial
sound and might almost
be written y^. fa,
a rock
fa (Ar.
toad.
let
fSlda
(lamprothamnus
spi-
nosus, rubiaceae).
enuar-gada, a woody climbing shrub with fragrant white flowers (opilia celtidifolia).
seefalale.
;
therefore,
id.),
then,
thus.
fache, to wish for; see fata.
fache, 2.
up
1.
but, however, only;
till
now.
fada, fS,di (cf Ar. .
j*^,
to shout),
to speak, often implying to
speak with authority or in a tone of command, to say, to tell ; D 1 8 kunji/a 7iiun fadi do you listen, we say that.... f^da, to fight ; A 21 duka sun fdda they were all at strife.
f^da,
n. strife
;
fadan hata kai
a petty squabble maifadaichi a quarrelsome person; yin ;
erSrahimi* (Ar.
^^AftJJjt),
the
fdda
merciful,
esga, a horse's tail
see isga.
;
ettabibi,attabibi, doctor, witch doctor.
ewa,
verily,
fdda and fdda to speak may both come from the Ar. to fight (possibly
to fight
j^ to trample down and to indeed
;
see aiwa.
shout).
f^da, ^\.fadodi, a blow. f.
The letter s^ is used by the Hausas to represent both / and p, the sounds of which
fada,
are frequently interchanged
fada, fadi, to
cf.
is
/ago, pago.
The sound y
also interchanged
with that
and with that of h, cf hako, fako huska, fuska. In
of b
;
;
certain words, e.g./bsAi anger,
the
/ represents
a sort of bi-
pi.
palace
;
fddodi, 2.
1.
court or
royal council
fdda a king's
;
ha-
councillor.
fall down; ya fddi he fell down, ya fada a rua he fell into the water, ya fada rua he flung himself into the water ; fdda ma wani da duka to fall on a man with blows, to beat ; fdduar gaba
fadake
80
losing heart
;
fcida of
an
ail-
ment to be cured fadi is used ;
as
a trading idiom to lose
money on a transaction; ySf/a-
fago f ado*, fadua,
down
to fall
see fadi.
;
falling; see fadi.
fafa, to cut up. fafa, to plead for, intercede.
da to let a thing fall. fadake, traders; sQufatdke. fadama (Fulah fadamare), marsh, esp. ground which is inundated in wet weather. fadanchi, yinfadanchi to hold a council.
fafe, fofe, to fade, of leaves, etc.
fadawa, a
fafe, to rub, rasp, scrape;
king's
attendants
cedence
;
officers
or
the order of pre-
diflfers
in
various
fafake, to
about as with
feel
the hand in searching for anything.
fafare, to drive away.
fafaye, to exceed
form of fay e,
an intensive
travel,
makamaj
thing to the last minute.
in
:
turaki^ sarikin da-
cf.
do not scrape out the
Kano it is sariki, galadima^ madak% wombai, places
water-bottle on the day of
do not leave a
i.e.
ivaki, sarikin bayi, chiroma,
fafo, n. interceding; ci.fafa.
maji ; in Zaria it is sariki, madaki, galadima, sarikin maikira (= Tnaiizo), makama^
fagachi,
fakache,
court
of
a king's audience. fage (Kanuri id.), any open justice,
space, the
etc.; of. hafade.
fadi, to fall; seefdda.
open parade ground
before a king's house, ground
da fadi broad ; cf prov. fadin rua ha zurfi the breadth of a river is not (a guide to) its depth ; i.e. appearances are
room fagen doki a place
for
deceptive; fadin rai haughti-
riding in;
fa-
fadi, width, breadth ^^^^^^ide,
;
.
ness ; fadin kai conceit, 'swolfadi, fada, ^\, fade fade, speech,
talking
;
cleared for threshing, also a
course;
up
rode
times
cf
.
prov. fade fade
ha yi ha ne talking is not doing ; tana fadan hanza she
was talking
folly.
ya yi fage uku he and down three a
;
king's
assembly
;
gaigai
in
cf.
fako,
pi.
fields.
fS.go, hole
len head,'
\
gianduma ran
prov. ha afafa tafia
;
q.v.
(e.g.
in a hatchet)
which the handle
is
in-
serted.
fago, pago, a woman's luggage carried in a bag or net (a
Fulani word),
cf.
Gr. p. 138,
i
;,
;
fandare
81
hari
men who
iiiasv/ago
17.
woman's
possess but a
«
fahari, fahri (Ar.
^
load.
^
jU^), hon-
ka yi up
fahimta*, fahumta*( Ar.^i^), fai ga haki openly fai da hoye openly and secretly, ;
faifai, pi. fiyafai, fan or dish
woven grass, fan for winnowing with, faifeto, fefeto, q.v., wing of a
made
cover
bird
of.
;
.
falale or fa, also a smooth rock e.g. for
sale
drying vegetables on.
palasa (D.)
falasa,
falfada
farfada (K.), a
(S.),
fainting
fit
cf . fada to fall
;
farfasa,
falfasa,
pound
strike,
falgaba, fear
;
falia, faria,
a
fikajike a.nd /ai/ai.
purchasing, esp. whole-
purchasing ; cf haja.
(Ar.), to re-
disgrace, punish, destroy.
vile,
of
faiy a-faiya, a shrub ; see paiyapaiya. fS-ja, n.
rise
cf faXka^ farka.
;
to understand,
openly
and awake,
falala (Ar.), riches.
our, pride.
fai,
ku falaka ku
berchi
sleep
ta^shi
to
cf.
;
bruise,
fdsa^
cf . firgaha.
something
fish
like a salmon.
farka,
falka,
awake;
to
cf.
falaka.
.
fakache, a king's audience ; see
falka, farka, farika, a prostitute
fak&ra (S.), pakira, partridge, francolin
;
cf.
makertui (K.).
f&ke, to hide oneself ; fake
ma
to take shelter from rain,
fako, lying in wait, yin fako
an ambush ; see hdko. &^LO, a hard bare spot where gi*ass won't grow and where there is no dust, esp. used of to set
a threshing floor (cf Ar. U;» to take off the husk) ; ci.fage.
see farika.
;
fagachi.
falkada, falke
tr.
to wake, arouse. to break open:
(S.),
cf.
farke.
falke,
f.
falkia,
pi.
fatake^ tra-
velling merchant, trader.
falma, farma, to fall upon. falmaki, assault ; ^eefarmaki.
fama,
strife, battle,
fighting;
yinfama to fight, also trouble,
muna fama da
vexation;
.
fai,
yin fed to
faladara, cap falaka,
;
falka
used of the forth
fill
'),
^^^fuladara. (cf.
Ar. sJi?, *
to break
to awake, arise;
E. H. D.
the journey taxes us to
the utmost
up.
dawn
tafia
D 26
;
na sha fama da
shi it is all that I can
fandare
Ar.
manage.
jjJu?,
a
boulder), to be crooked;
A
(cf.
58 hainya sun
hi
wanda ya 6
;
82
fanfare
fandare they followed a way that was crooked. fanfare, to take the handle off
an axe,
fankam
(or
famkan)
fayo,
meaningless words used as the commencement of a pro-
verb about deceptive appearances, or generally to express
fear or annoyance.
fankasu, a cake made of wheat, flour and honey.
pansa
fansa,
(D.),
hansa
(Zanf.), deliverance, revenge,
redemption from yin fansa to redeem. fansawa ransoming, redemprequital,
slavery
thee from slavery
;
in playing
game of chacha the loser na fanshe^ i.e. I have to
pay;
cf.
Gr. p.
137,
1.
U
sarkaki ya fanshi wansu the bush saved some.
fanso, panso, \.({. fanshe. fantaria, a hoe, M. H. p. 54; see fartanya
fara
i.e.
attempt what you know
pi.
farandere,
;
farorindere
(lit.
locust
which comes out at night. fara, beginning, cf. fa2
A
rawa
;
or yin fara to begin.
fara, to begin;
cf.
wane gari
zaafara isa which town shall we reach first? ta fara zua she was the
first
nafara shigowa
to
come
;
jirigi this is
my first experience of a canoe faruar alameri the beginning of the affair, fara aiki to begin work cf. faru. ;
fS,ra,
dropsy.
far^a(Ar. ^yi), joy; fa/rdaor yin
tion.
says
jini ga fara let
blood besoughtforin a locust,
;
fanshe, panshe, fansashe, to ransom, redeem, e.g. na fansheka ddga hauta I ransomed the
anema
prov.
of the night), a black locust
fasa.
cf.
;
faranji
to be impossible
etc.
fanfatsa, to break into small pieces
.;
(S.),
and fatainya.
fragment.
faruna, locust a locust is supposed by the Hausas to be bloodless; cf.
fS,ra, pi. farori,
rejoice, F 232 anafaraa anamurna da kowa there shall be j oy and gladness f or al
faraa to
1
farafara, farfara, a species of guinea-corn used for making gruel
;
see ddwa.
fara-kaya the
name
(lit.
white thorn),
of a large tree with
white thorns from the fruit which ink is made. faralta, to make glad ; faralta ma wani to gladden another of
;
allah shi faraltaka
may God
gladden thee. faranji, a long, white wedding
garment for a
bride.
;
!
faranta, to whiten.
away
an. exclamation,
farap,
with farau,
farau
forau
forau
{iromfari white), water with
oifura mixed in
flour
it.
farauta, hunting; yinfarauta
fSrawa,
form
participial
fdra^ beginning
D
;
1
of
maifa-
rmva or maifaruwa beginner.
fari a small piece of something white, F SSfarin yunwa drought, far in dabino an
name
unripe date, also a
;
rifi) brass,
fari ko bdki some-
times denotes good or bad,
farin wata new moon, moon/arm ^mi good disposition, farin chiki j oy gladness, ,
see fari.
2/m farin chiki to
farcha
(cf. (?)
to blister
;
Ar. Ui, to heat), D 65 ^a kan rika
farcha kai gar emu it will continually blister our heads; cf,
farsa. (e.g. cloth),
farde, fir da, to split
farfada, falfada, fainting
fit.
farfade, to recover conscious(?).
fara.
to
perceive something
wrong;
na farga da kai I
distrustful of you,
see that
i.e.
I
you are cheating me.
fargaba, firgaba, falgaba, fear. fari, faria, boasting f.
i.e. a pretty girl; farin abu that which is pleasant. fari, furi, drought; cf. prec. fari, furi, firi, a break of about
rainy season in June or July; farms.
farfasa, to strike; seefalfasa.
fari,
;
also the early hoeing of the
farfaro, furfuro, to pursue.
am
;
farin ido a bright eye cf. prov. banza farin ido babu gani. farin ido also a pretty
ten days' duration during the
farfara, guinea-corn; see/ara-
farga,
rejoice,
fari fari whitish, or dirty white fari fet very white,
eye,
rip up.
ness
for
light,
farayu, whitened
pi.
sun san fari sun san bdki they know the difference between white and black, dan
beads, farin karifi (or jan ka-
to hunt, to chase.
faraya,
farifasha
83
faranta
fdra,
fdru, white,
pi.
;
seefahari.
fdrdre,
bright;
fdru
A
21
fari,
used
the
in
compound
forms dafdri, nafdri, first fS,ri,
;
cf
.
signs of punctuation.
faria, boasting
farichi, cf.
f . tafdri,
fdra.
;
see fari.
farche,
finger-nail
also ahaifa.
farifasha, an extensive form of fashe, to break in pieces.
6—2
;; ;
farika
(cf.
iJ^, used of
Ar.
woman
'to hate her hus-
band '), a
profligate of either
a
sex ; cf falka. farilla (Ar. u^ji>\ the proof or .
visible fact.
fa,rin-chiki,happiness; see/dri.
farin-doka (Berlinia paniculata,
leguminosae), a tree like
doka with paler leaves and bark: both have large flat pods. fS,rin-gamu, a convolvulus with flowers
white
and
silvery
hairy leaves (Ipomaea argentaurata, convolvulaceae) also ;
a name given to a white mixture which is used as a medicine.
farka, falka, ferka, to awake from sleep farko, ferko to ;
revive,
come
to oneself.
farkaji, tortoise.
farke, 2.
fS.sa
84
farika
1.
to cut, tear, ct/alke;
to seduce
;
cf.
farika.
farke, trader; see/alke. farko, ferko, beginning
= na-
farko first, da-farko at first; yin farko to begin, ferkon far a the very outset. farina, falma, to fall upon, probably an abbreviation of fada ma. farma,ki, falmaki, firmaki, ambush, invasion, attack, throng, tumult in war.
yin
farsa, farisa, a blister;
farsa to cleanse a wound see farcha.
farta or yin farta, to scratch. fartanya, fatainya, a hoe. fartat, headlong flight
;
ya Uere
masafartat he got clean away from him. faru, a wild stone-fruit from which a drink is made. faru, chiefly used in the
ex-
mi ya faru what has happened, what is the
pression
matter 1 yafaru it happened cf fdra. .
fasa, arrow-head.
fasa, to defer, postpone, miss fire;
Tnuna da tafia ha fdsawa we have a journey which cannot be put aside, B 120 mutua... ha tana yi ta fdsa ha death does not admit of delay, na fdsa aike gohe I put off the
work till to-morrow, fatake suna zua ha sa fdsawa the traders keep on coming without
intermission
;
cf.
fdshi. fS,sa,
p^sa,
split,
break
to
fS,so,
destroy,
sashe, .
break, q.v.,
or intr.), fafdsasu, broken
(tr.
pi.
cf fdso.
to
fashe,
fdsa doki to cover army with masupashin hainya
the front of an cavalry
;
those holding up the road.
fasadi
85
fasadi*, fasada (Ar. ju«?), discord,
ku
envying
E
;
18 ku tuba
ber fasadi repent,
leave
(Ar.), eloquence, ima-
-
kworia
breaker),
(calabash
a large tree,
fasali, interpretation
;
-
the
aromatic bark of which ground up as a medicine. see
is
foy-
1.
division, allotted
damana ya yi maku
portion, fasalin
the
wet season, fasalin aiki he will apportion your tasks. 2. class, category, doki maikeaun fasali a horse of good class, wuri yoj
split
mafashi brigand
;
see fdsa.
woman
to
have her periods,
yi fasali the place
is
ex-
cellent.
0^
fasara, fasaranta (Ar. j-^), interpretation, explanation, quickness of intelligence; yin fasara oxfasarta to interpret,
he comes at intervals of two babu fashi without
days,
delay fasiki,
cf fdsa.
;
.
pi.
explain.
fdsikai, a profligate
fdsika (Ar. iAwl*), a
;
woman,
profligate
faskara,
n.
babu
konii
thing
is
overcoming;
cf.
faskara ne no-
impossible
;
see fas-
kare.
faskara, to
split,
cleave;
cf.
faskari.
faskara-giwa, a small shrub with purple flowers. The
name has reference to the extremely tough nature of the wood. (Ormocarpum sp., leguminosae.)
faskarari,
fasawa, postponing ^eefasa. fashe, pashe, to break, to burst; kasua ta fashe the market is over, inteus. form
; fabin ya kan zo
kwana
shifi
man
sara.
fasali (Ar.),
burn their heads, it them; maifeshe,
will
fashi, delay, interruption
gination, lucidity.
fasa
it
will
fashi, fashe, v. of a
off discord.
fasaha*
faskari
foot;
cf.
bound
hand
and
seq.
;
=fafashe or farfashe; fashewa splitting cf. idiom ;
fashewa da daria bursting o out laughing;
F
114 tana
kona fa kainua na fashewa
faskare,
to overcome, to be unable to do anything; ya faskareni I cannot do it;
also used as an impersonal verb cf. faskara. faskari, the shaving one side of the head as a sign of sorrow if a woman has three ;
;
children
who
die in succes-
sion she shaves half her head, if
n. splitting, e.g. of
a
plank or board, yin faskari
make
faski,
into planks.
dafaski broad. fS.SO, breaking of the skin, as result
cold
of
trade; yin
fatauchi to trade or travel as cf fatake. .
f^ti e.g.
da fdso
;
travelling
trading,
for purposes of
a trader, maifatauchi trader;
faske/aske, n. breadth ;
-pi.
fatatake, to tear to pieces.
fatauchi,
four die, the whole.
faskari, to
fawa
86
faskari
torn, rent, cracked.
a porridge like kiinu.
fS,ti,
fatiha, the opening verse of
the Koran; see alfatia. fatila, fitlla, pi. fatllu, fatllai
f^SO, to break; ^QQfdsa.
(Ar.
or fatUoli
wick
3JLJL%
lata, T^X.fdtuna^ frequently pro-
nounced jt?ato 1. the skin of an animal; 2. the rind or bark of a tree. ;
lata, wish, desire, usually in a
bad
sense, yin fata to desire
that
which
wrong;
is
see
complete.
hoe; see fartanya^
fatainya,
pataka (probably
in-
troduced from Lagos), a florin. fatake, merchants
pi.
;
oifalke,
pi.
fatalu^ a
head-kerchief;
cf.
woman's
alfuta.
fatalua, fatalwa, ghost, hob-
a
fishing
hook,
itachen fatsa a fishing rod,
kugian fatsa a
fish
to
fatsa
fish,
hook, ;
also
;
yin
dan fatsa a
fatsi*, yellow.
fau, up to the brim, kura ya
fau the calabash was to the brim, ya haw fau — ya hau bisa. fau is tashi
fatara (Ar.), dawdling, slackness of work.
woman's
loin-cloth, or
cf.
faufau
form
of
similar interchange
;
(S.),
assuredly.
mafauchi mahauchi a butcher. fawa, n. slaughtering; wurin
fauta, to slaughter
fdwa
petticoat.
fatatSika, rending
hau,
;
or
fatara, to miss, lose. fatari, a
another
probably
in huska, fuska.
goblin, spectre.
under
caravan tax.
faza,
fatsa,
main
filled
q.v.
fatala,
fS,to, tax,
;
oil.
fisherman.
fantaria.
fataka,
lamp
igianfata a fishing line a small throwing net
fache. fS.tafS,ta,
used in a lamp), lamp fatila
cf. seq.
fawa,
abattoir.
folly;
da fawa iooMsh.
;
fawo
fida
87
lawo*, a greeting
;
yin
fawo
fi,
abound or excel in to do something very much, to be addicted to or fond of anything yara suna Jaye yin worigi the boys are fond of plaj'; ya faye da girima he was too big to...j makqfi sun faye
faye,
degree
faye
men
responding adjective,
too
flay,
press a
158;
p.
the most
is
often pre-
strengthen the thus mafii kunche narrower, or very narrow
M.
or
positive
ci. faifeto.
e.g.
mafi
to
;
da over and above, shina da duhu fiye da wanan he has 1000 over and above
fiye
with a
knife.
ferko, beginning; see farko.
this.
ferko*, to revive; seejirko.
mafiyi a superior
fgsa, to
spit,
fesawa
spitting;
feshi spitting, mist or driving rain. fet,
used with fari, very white. ;
mafechi one
fans; intens. iorm
feto or fito, the lips
fi,
^\'
fiyayci
;
of.
who
fiache
whistling with
;
cf.
fu.
(probably
onomato-
to blow the nose.
fiade, to flog; seefiyadi. to get away, escape; 34 kowa ke so shi fichi
fichi,
fifita.
fedua.
superiority.
fiye fiye, n, surpassing.
poeic),
f eta, to fan
ya
is
noun or adjective order to form a compara-
in
to peel, shell.
fere (K.), to peel,
superlative, e.g.
beautiful,
tive
H. feke
is
me, ka ji jia do you feel
fixed to a
fefe, to fade.
winged,
in
for
duka keau he
fi
;
maifefeto
fi
it
than yesterday, see ffita; ya fisu karifi he was stronger than they ; it is often used with duka to ex-
open out, prepare food, feda nama to dress meat; maifedi a skinner wukar feda a knife for flaying. fedua, whistling; ctfeto. fefeto,
me
wiya
fini
ya
than I
better
faza, a fishing hook; ^Qefatsa.
(S.),
difficult
e.g.
is taller
surpasses
ya
dama ya
are very
feda, fede, fIda, fide, to
he
(lit.
height),
also used.
is
followed by the
it is
fini tsawo he
an intensive form fa^
:
ya
substantival form of the cor-
;
talauchi blind
;
when" used
;
express the comparative
to
to
anything,
poor
to surpass, to be better fi it is better so
to greet.
whoever desires to escape. fida,
to
take out,
cast
out,
.
fida
88
drive away, save from,
fida
naushi to punch. The word is probably a contraction of
fUa
da.
filania
wing
fifike,
cf fikafike.
;
.
surpassing, used
fifiko, n.
interest, or
usury
to excel
.
;
;
cf fiko.
fida, to play; s,ee/eda.
fifita,
fida-hakuka
fifita, fifiche, to surpass,
(grass tearer), a
of
yin fifiko
fanning; see ^e to.
used
plant with sharp-headed seeds
esp.
which when expanded in water are used to extract objects from the eye.
ments, ya fificheshi he was greater than he ; seefiu
fida-kai, a scribe the
word used to
custom of adding
cups
four
de-
when
grain
of
making a bargain in the This amount of market. grain if given to a malJam is
supposed to procure the
forgiveness of sins committed
during It
is
previous
the
year.
also applied to allocation
measure of grain for each inmate of house at close of Ramadan to be given to The Arabic raallams, etc. of one
name
for this feast id ul fiir
may
perhaps explain origin
of
word
making hedges. fidili
figa, n. plucking, snatching. fige, figi, to take, take away,
pluck (a fowl), snatch
fige
;
jiki to pluck all the feathers
figa plucking
off.
;
Jigege, f
an ear
stripped, used of
corn
;
plucked or
figegia, pi. figagu,
of
cf fisge. .
figina, figini,
figinai,
pi.
an
ostrich-feather fan.
a kind of raddish.
fijir,
flka, to sharpen.
fukafuki,
fikafike,
pi.
fika-
fikai,fukafukai,fi(ffuke, of a bird, feathers
;
wing
cf fifike, .
faifeto *.
fike, a sharpened stick, a filed tooth.
fida.
fida-sartse, a cactus used in fideli,
comparative state-
in
(S.),
fidali,
of which an eye medicine made.
a
is
fidia, cutting out, castration. ;
power,
excellence
see mafuchi.
f ifika, fufuka, to flee
;
cf fichi. .
passing
;
cf
;
yin
flkowa sursaying, flkon
flko to surpass
shrub, from the bruised seeds
fifiche, n. a fan
fIko,
.
;
du7iia wofi ne the excellence of this fila,
world
stratagem
is ;
vanity.
see hila.
f ilafile, fulafule, a paddle for
a canoe. filania, clitoris.
name of a plant, a made from which is
filasko, the
drink
used as an antidote for snake bite, also for diarrhoea.
a tree from which spice and scent are obtained.
filfil,
to fan
filfita, firfita,
Jllaye
pi.
plains,
'
;
seejijita.
^,
Ar.
(cf.
any
plain,
deserts),
or
spot
unoccupied
babu
space;
wuri nan there
fili
no room here, finche, used of the cutting
meat during findi
is
(cf.
Ar.
off
flaying.
axe),
a sword with broad blade.
finfin (S.), finfini (K.), soot.
finso
(i.e.
preference,
fi-n-so),
yin finso to prefer fira,
;
cf. fiso.
firgiche, to frighten,
be frightened, shiver, e.g. with cold, shrink, tremble.
drought; seefari. furi, to heap up earth, e.g. round the roots of yams.
firi,
firi,
firko, to revive
see/arka.
;
put out, equivalent to
fisa, to
fitasda.
forth,
draw
to snatch,
fisge, fusge,
take out, take
off;
rua
of a stream, igiar
used
ta fisge
him
shi the current carried
away
gulbifisga gareshi the
;
current
very strong;
is
cf.
fige-
hira*
(cf.
fishe, fushe, to drive out,
Ar.
Ajj.?),
con-
versation, tale, a story that is
their
of
sleep.
yinfira to shell, of children
to lose the teeth. fira,
out
started
they
fisa, to complete.
an
S^tj^l?,
cf.
fargab a. firgigi, an exclamation on awakening. sun tashi firgigi
firmaki, assault; seefarmaki.
stealing little pieces of
Iand
firgaba, to be distressed;
firgita,
filfilwa, a sand-fly.
fill,
nta
89
filasko
not true.
up; seefarde.
lion,
wild
beast;
king.
i.e.
fi
;
see
filfita.
so, to prefer,
na
wish
wanan da
fiso
.
fita,
to go out of,
followed by da
take fan
cf. fisa.
cf finso.
dan
an epithet applied to a
firfita, to
;
ivanchan I prefer this to that;
firde, blocks of wood.
firdi
fiso,
rather;
corn.
firdi,
away, save
fiska, skin, cuticle.
firchi, the stalk of a grain of
firda, to rip
draw
out, enthrone (a king), take
went
away off
;
ya
with
it
fita
it,
take out,
means to da shi he
rana
ta fita
;;
the sun has risen, ya fita na-
gari he turned out well, fita jini to bleed, fito to come out, fitas to take out, fishe to drawout, fitasda to take out, take
M. H.
undress, fissai,
off,
223, for fitasdashi expel
p.
fitila,
a lamp
fitina
(Ar.
punish
j
;
annoy,
to
a;;^),
maifUina a ;
scold.
yinfito
fito, to n.
come out from. a paddle
;
a patch on clothes.
make fitsarin
fochen
or
gishiri,
a
fofi, fafe, to fade.
used in
altogether,
(S.),
urine; yin fitsare
to
water.
gwauro, used
of
a
disease which comes out in
on the knee. a leaf (Thaumatococcus
boils
Daniellii) used
thatching
by the Hausas a
hifi
the scale of a
foge, a sprout of
rice;
fish.
ta yi
foge it sprouts up, also used of a rice farm. ^
^
J
Ar. i-ojo^?, pride), pride, boasting maifoma a proud, arrogant man.
fora,
a tax paid on leaving
a country, tax paid to the king in the Kano market when purchasing a slave ; 2. fitsare,
pro-
(cf.
;
yiii fito to
ferry across a stream. 1.
;
the
of
cf. fi.
cake, or cone of salt.
foma
to whistle.
house
or
wrapping up kola nuts. fiyadi, fiadi, flogging with whip
or
foche
fofon
seefatila.
f Ito, feto, n. whistling
for
phets
fofo, a leaf or blade of corn
fitara, n. fanning.
fitta,
the excellency
emphatic denials.
fita, departure.
fito,
cellency ; F 51 ka duha liar fiyayan annahawa consider
fofo
him.
fito,
foro
90
fita
birch; fiyade, fiydcla to
flog.
fiyaya, fiyS,ye, superiority, ex-
fori,
fore,
to
instruct,
ahinda anforemu da shi that which we have been instructed to do; sun foru direct
;
they have been reproved and have amended. forau forau, foro foro, the water or soup in which fura has been made see farau ;
farau. foma, a small fish net. foro, 1. punishment, discipline ; E 22 masubidar wushewa don asansu anaforonku those of
you who seek for adornment
may be punished
in order that they
known
shall
be
2. instruction, E 23 ya ki 6m foron uhamu he refuses to
.
follow the instruction of our fathers
pi.
or
maiforo
foro^
;
mafori,
mafora, instructor,
dan Joto a male dancer,
acrobat.
fua; wanene
fU,
fufu,
huhu,
1.
with
kola
leaves
;
2.
a mixture
made
and
fitta
nuts
the packing placed
round kola nuts.
punisher. foto,
fulaka
91
foto
who
other ? see
ya fu
wanene
cf.
the
excelled
down
198
fufu da hanjl na zuhuwathQir lungs and bowels shall be poured out. to pierce
fufuji,
fi.
F
fufu, kufu, the lungs;
many
holes,
after boil-
used of water dropping quick-
ing, used of food, liquids or of a wound, molten metal to cease from inflammation, pronounced fliuche.
ly ct fuji. fufuka, f ifika, to flap the wings. fufuna, mildew ; ^QQfunfuna.
fuche, to cool
:
fUche, to to abate
fuchi*,
afuche in peace,
rest, .
away
pass
;
see
e.g.
of a
wuche. snake, yin fuchi to hiss
;
cf
fada, huda, to open, pierce, dig
in
ground,
the
plough.
bale of goods.
;
a form of fiida to pierce,
of a ship, to sink. fuji,
a hole
;
cf.
wuri da ha fuji
through fuka,
it.
shortness
of
breath,
asthma na yifuka I breathe hard intens. form fufuka. fukafuki, wing; SQQfikafike. fukumchi* judgment; see ;
fudawa, the
or
ginning
of
the
day,
be-
early
dawn.
hakumchi.
fudu, to be opened; see/uda. fudu, fudo, to rise or come cf.
D
28 hal rana ta
fudu. fadu, four, nafudu, fourth,
load
fuja*, affair; see huja.
;
fadi, n. boring.
forth;
cf.
a cowry shell without a hole
mai/uchi.
fudowa
;
Gr. p. 155.
fuji,
fuchi, hissing sound,
bore,
fufunda, the phoenix bird
fuguma, a
cf futa.
;
to
;
anafuda
ful*, very
many
;
see pul.
fuluna, cap or fez ; fula saki a blue or black
fula,
pi.
cap.
tafudu
f.
(?)
done a fourth time cf. p. 98 (cf. Coptic /«;w). ;
was M. H.
it
fulafule
(S.), filafile (S.),
pili (K.),
pi.
pila-
fulafulai, the
paddles belonging to a canoe. fulako, 1. shame, embarrass-
;
fulandara ment;
2.
a coin worth one-
eighth of a penny
;
cf anini. .
fulandara, a fez, made of red These cloth with a tassel. caps are for the most part imported across the Sahara Desert; cf. tagia. ba-filache, fem. baa or ba-filatana, filata
fulata,
Fulah
;
pi.
filani, or fulani.
fulani,
fulata,
fulanchi,
fulbe, belonging to the Fulah tribe
ha fulata a Fulah Fulahs fu-
;
native, fulani
;
lanchi the Fulah language. _
fulbe (a Fulah word) is used as the name of the people.
fululuwa*
(Ar. JJs3,, to be superabundant), exaggerated,
B 154 yawan dumi na fululuwa much loud
superfluous;
talking and superfluous.... funfuna, mildevf, damp, smell of damp. funi, the twisting of a turban. funjun, the noise made by any-
thing falling into water.
funtu
or
da funtu, naked;
properly, stripped of the loincloth.
funtunchi, nakedness. funturu, futuru, chill, ally applied to
especi-
cold felt at
also the cold season night beginning in Dec. or Jan. and preceding rani. ;
furfura
92
fara
(cf.
Ar.
to
jl?,
boil),
sort of thick porridge
a
made
with various kinds of grain, it is one of the commonest kinds of food amongst the Hausas. fura, fure, furi (cf
.
Ar.
C?)
Ij!?,
with wuta to light maifura to blow
heat), used
a
fire,
;
burning, wuta ta
furu the
mafiri bellows. fura kune to persuade, fura kasa to swallow up the fire is
lit
;
ground, of going very quickly, lit. to blow a hole through the ground, ykra salka to blow
up a leather bag
;
cf
.
hura.
furaki*, a military leader. furau (from fura to blow), a species
of
scorpion
which
spits.
furche, to escape, to furchi, confession
;
flee
away.
seefuruchi.
furde, a bay horse. fure, 'p].furanyi,furaye,^ower, blossom, fure is often used
which is made from the tobacco flower, fu-
for tooth-paste
ren tsuntsu (bird's flower), a shrub with a scarlet flower cf. prov. kariafure ta kan yi ha ta yaya, i.e. the karia tree (or, a lie) does not produce
any
fruit.
furfura, grey hair fura.
;
see furu-
ga
93
furfura furfura, furfuri, to exchange, furi, to
be angry;
blow; see/wra.
pi. fuskoki, fuskuna^ countenance fuska biu face to face ; darrire fuska to fro^vn, yin hakin fuska
})lants.
furji, to sneeze, to spit.
piece of
attached
bow
the
;
it
to
1.
2. cf. na fuseast or west kanta da ahu nan I must ;
have that. fuskat-riga, the pattern on the
tell,
speak
to.
front of a tobe.
furtali, leather blinkers for a horse.
fusuma, a quarrel; futa, to
furtumi, burtumi, castrated bull.
rest;
see
cf.
husuma, and
fiiche
seq.
futawa, futu, n. rest; futun hanza an unnecessary
futa,
faruchi, furchi or huruchi, to yi7i furchi confession
rest.
;
confess, to declare positively-
farufi*,
fuskanta,
face in a given direction, e.g.
and the
handle. furta, to
fuskanchl,
includes both
of the net
;
to frown, look angry.
wood to which the koma {foma or horna), i.e. hand fishing-net,
is
haushi.
face,
hoe or earth up
fumai, the
cf.
fuska,
fari, fari, drought.
furi, firi, to
yin fushi to
anger;
,^1^),
barter.
a chisel for
cutting
iron.
furufura, grey, as
futasda, to allay. futo, to swim.
futuru
(S.),
sunset.
fuzu, quarrelsome furfura,
;
see hutsu.
turning
from old age,
grey-
hair. g.
The
letter
c
is
used by
furufuran tsofua, a grass with a whitish flower. furza, to spit out; see furji. fus,
onomatopoeic,
pop,
the
sound of bursting. fusata, to be angry; ci.fushi. fusge, to pull out
;
see fisge.
the Hausas to represent the
sound of the English hard g. It sometimes represents the Arabic •*•; cf. galadima,
ganduy
etc.
har
ga, to, at, for, towards;
fushe, to take out; seefshe.
ga
fushi, pronounced fhushi (Ar.
upon, kitsa ga near
ga baya
until, as far as, bisa to,
;
I
ga
94
ga behind
ga and a are
;
fre-
quently interchanged.
an imperative, gashi wanan behold this one, gashi see
ga shi nan stop thief
!
!
ga, or rather -nga,-rga, -Iga sing,
and pi. this, these ; cf wuringa this place, akwialga this .
goat,
f.
ya taji gdba gareni he went in front of me, yin gdba or chin gdba to advance, gdba ga in front
g§,ba, before, in front
of,
over against,
;
gdba, gd-
hama later on, gdbania na samu kurdi later on 1 shall get some money the form ;
gdban
used
is
position,
front
in
a
as
before gSiba,
pi.
he
lit.
preshi
of.
ne gdbansu duka he greatest,
is
the
is
great
of the body,
F
175 shi karya
cut
all
their limbs.
gaba,
pi.
gabobi, the
white bird with goose
in
lives
it
the battle was on the point of starting.
g^ba, a fathom. The measure is the span of the outstretched arms,
gaba, gachi, bank, shore, gabachi, eastward cf. gabas. gabadai, gabadaia (lit. with ;
single
front),
bagarua,
(cf.
q.v.,
a kind of acacia
tree.
gSibas, gS,baz, east, eastwards,
gabata, gabache, to go before gabdta da to take a thing to,
masugabata those who lived in former times, to
come
together
{manzo),to come to announce, gabatoni come here to
of a
gabduwa,
ruin
;
fall
me
fall
in,
!
into
see gubchi.
a kind of wax.
beak
gabji, field mouse;
wild
gabo, a
damshi upper
face
to,
bring
towards,
name
trees,
at
gabarua, and by metathesis
gabche, to
red
together,
the same time or place.
will
('?).
g^ba, forearm
cf.
qyauji,
fool.
gaboba, an eye-tooth, gache*, to slip; see gubchi. gachi, brass, copper.
arm).
gaba, masc. heart ;
;
it
break their bones,
which
gaba, war, enmity abokin gdba enemy, anazaman gdba
gabato,
all.
gabobi, joints or limbs
kashi shi yenke duk gabobi will
heart failed me. faduar gaba loss of heart.
ga, to see; frequently used as
here
gachi
cf.
pi.
gababi, bosom,
gabana yafadi
my
gachi, geche, shore
;
gdba (or
gechen) kogi the near bank of
;;;
a stream as opposed to ketaren kogi the far side. gada, pi. gadu, oribi antelope
found in hareiva. under Hausaland, g&da, ground nut see geda. g&da, an exclamation of joy used by women whilst dancing and throwing their arms for list of antelopes cf.
;
back.
succeeded by. red
-
inheriting.
gado, an
official
who has charge
of treasure.
gafa,ka, gufaka, small leather satchel, case for a book.
gafara (Ar. jA^), forgiveness,
ku
D
;
34 kuna roko
and obtain pardon C 46 allah ya hisu da gafara God follows them with kindness ; aikin gafara an act of kindness; ka yi mini gafara excuse me cf. sa gafara pray ;
flanked
prov. rashin facia yafi
an
gafara avoidance of quarrelling is better than the quest for pardon.
dinker.
gadanga, very
strong,
epi-
thet especially applied to a
neman
gaferta or yin gafara, to
lion.
interference,
te-
merity.
for-
give, excuse. gS,fiya, pi. gafiyoyi, a large rat,
gade, to inherit see gada, gadegi, a grass eaten by horses. g3.do, pi. gdddje, gddashi, bed ;
lit.
snake's
of a
herb in
gddon machiji, bed, the
oc-
compound magado or maigado an heir; gddowa curs in the
!
gadan - kurmi
.
gado, inheritance, usually
kindness
gada, gade, gado, to inherit Gr. p. 138, 1. 39 zasu cf. gadowal saraki they will be the inheritors of kings, gada da to have as heir, to be
gadaunia,
gag^ra
95
gada
name
which snakes are often found. gado (pronounced gyado), f. gadonia,
pi.
(Kanuri
id.),
domestic hog
gadodi,
gaduna
wild boar; the is
called gur-
suna.
gado, bird with yellow breast about the size of a thrush.
palm
rat.
gafiya, battle-axe, hatchet.
gaga
(S.),
folly,
thoughtless-
ness.
gagafa, a large bird, probably a species of eagle
;
it
eats
mice.
gagai, a tree from the roots of
which
is
made an aphro-
disiac.
gagaishe, to salute several in turn ; see gaida. gagara, to exceed in strength.
;;
;;
to overpower
ya gargaru
dawa
ta
;
ya gagara or
it is
gagara I was not
dawa (lit. the dawa was too much for me). ya gagareni it is too much
me
cf prov. lifidi
;
.
ya
fi
gagara hature ajia a coat of mail is too heavy for a broker's shoulder,
kafadan
dilali
too big for the
Arab as
stock-
in-trade, Gr. p. 98.
saw
gagS.ra, to
a
file
;
see
magagdra
gagara-bado, a bar used to see kagara. close a doorway gagata, followed by da to lose gagata da hainya to lose the way na gagata da shi I ;
;
understand
gaugawa, walking
fast or excitedly.
gage, gaga, to be
stiff
or be-
numbed, agaga tottering B 109 dunia agaga tsofua the world is old and totter;
;
farewell
gaisa
;
see kage.
gago, gagato (a word usually employed in a contemptuous sense), the most important man in a pagan (not Hausa) district.
coffee.
Coffee
(Ar. is
S^),
not used
salute
to
gagaishe to salute several in
turn
gaisua salutation.
;
gaigaye*, the gnawing of a head of millet. gainya, ganya, pi. gainye, gainyaye, leaf-blade, herb cf.
prov. ha
it is
man samct man gainye
dukan
not the beating of the
rain that hurts but the drip-
pings from the branches Gr.
;
cf.
p. 99.
gainye, fresh
gaira (Ar.
F
;
little
95 dan haki
fresh grass.
j-^^), less, e.g. (lit.
metin
200 less 20)
= 180; ha gaira
comiplete, e.g.
m,etin ha gaira
— 200 without
deduction
en daia ya yi
gaira
if
cf.
;
there was one short.
gaira, better
;
see gdra.
make good ha na iya gairashi I can make nothing of him cf gerta. The
gaira, to
;
;
participial
.
form gairawa
is
also used.
gaisa, to salute
;
gaishe, to salute
gahawa, gahwa
obj.),
thank, bid
to greet, salute,
gaira ashirin
haste.
gagawa,
see gaiya.
;
gaida, gaishe (with pron.
gainye a
it.
gagauta, gaugauta, to be in
ing
traders.
gala, assembly
ne da chiwo ha
or saw.
failed to
by the Hausas, but only by
Arab
impossible
able to eat the
for
gaishe \
96
gagara
see gaida. ;
gagaishe to
salute several in turn
gaida.
;
see
; ;
;
gaisua
97
gaisua,
greeting,
salutation,
tribute ;
it
was
esp. applied to
tribute paid to Sokoto;
see
gaiwa, the mud pterus) found in most of the W. African rivers and regarded as a delicacy to eat. Its length is about three feet. During the dry season the gaiwahur'ies itself in the mud, and according to the Hausa (proto-
fish
own
tradition eats its
During the wet season cretes fat in its tail
supplies
sufficient
tail.
it se-
which
nourisli-
for five or six
months
cf similar use of fat in camel's .
hump. At the approach of dry season, it forms a regular chamber in the mud, which it lines with a protecting coat of hardened mucus. When the rainy season returns takes to the water again. skeleton
is
it
Its
notochordal, and
a single vertical
fin
surrounds
the posterior part of the body. Its
tail
being
upwards
is
partly exposed to hardening of
mud and
rots
away and
occasionally breaks off so as to
leave a
scription
M. H.
is
used
making medi-
for
cine.
gaiya,
assembly
n.
;
a camp
yin gaiya to assemble suria gaiya juna they are gathering ;
(/aida.
ment
gajje
of
wound
for
de-
the gaiwa,
cf.
;
p. 54.
gaiya, a tree the root of which R. H. D.
together
cf gaiyata. .
;
gaiya, scorn, mockery.
gaiyata, to cause to assemble.
become
gS.je, to
gaje, to inherit
;
tired
;
see ga-
see gdji.
gajera, a short black and white viper (echis carinatus)
= ker-
hubua. gS,jere,
f.
gdjera, gdjeria,
jeru (Ar.
pi.
gd-
/-j-ai), short.
gS-jerta, gajarta, shortness.
g^jewa, gajiyawa, weariness, inability, failure from fatigue cf.
gazawa.
gaji,
to be tired, fatigued,,
gS,ji, gS,je,
faint.
gaji, gaje, to succeed as heir; cf.
gddo.
g^jia, fatigue.
gajimare, 1. clouds 2. a spirit in the form of an enormous snake which lives in wells, the male being red, the female blue it comes out at ;
;
night;
3.
the spirit of the
rainbow which hide
in
the
is
supposed to
clouds
till
it
emerges in the form of the rainbow. gajje, a pool of water. 7
«
;
gamawa
98
g3,la gS,la, galla,
a small black odor-
ous bee = rakua.
galadima, official,
galmuna and
galem,i
a
large hoe bent back like a
galadimai,
pi.
and
civil
pi.
an
military,
probably from Ar.
j^^U^
small plough;
gam*, a
kariegalma.
cf.
locust which
pound-
is
make arrow
ed in order to poison.
the plur. of ^UL*. a
title
given
head of police etc, in Egypt and Arabia cf prov. ido da ya ga sariki hai ya tsoro galadima, i.e. he who has seen the king will not be afraid of his minister the word has probably come through the to
;
.
;
g^ima,
complete,
to finish,
1.
dan karam,in abu gdma dunia a very small
join
;
riddle,
cf.
thing, but the world
is
not
Ans. complete without it. The moon. 2. to form a plot or conspiracy
;
with wayo or
kai to use stratagem
gdma
;
Bornuese, the suffix orna corre-
kai da, gdm,a haki da to con-
sponding to the Hausa prefix
gdma fuska to meet face to face cf gamawa, gamshe, gamu, gangam^a.
ma
or 7nai
;
cf.
galadimanchi,
chiroma. or
galadan-
chi, the office of galadima.
galala, a find, treasure-trove.
galan-kumburi, a round blue bead.
galkadi.
galgasa,
gargasa,
a
hairy
person.
galhanga, a
fool.
gali, a sickness prevalent during
the wet season.
galkadi, garga.di, warning B 136 ji galkadi to listen to warning, D 30 m,u7ia galkadi gareku we warn you. gallo, a hard and transparent
gSma, gama,
(S.),
garma
(K.), q.v.,
.
because, because to suit, please
;
of,
cf
.
gam-
she.
a
moth with red
abdomen, white thorax, and black and orange wings. gamafada, a tree with a yellow flower like laburnum. gamagari, a species of kola nut ; see goro.
gamata*,
D
14
a
fainting
fit.
gamatoro, a
large, black
and
red, edible caterpillar covered
with yellow spikes.
gSmawa, gether
salt, rock-salt.
;
;
gamadidi,
galgade, gargadi, to guide, instruct; M. H. p. 228; see
galma
spire with
shake.
;
mixing, joining to-
gamawan hanu hand
gamba gamba,
gambob%
pi.
i^iiiiiea-corn mixed
flour
of
with water.
gambo, a child born after twins; see gumbo.
gambu,
gamzaki
99
door of a house made
of wood.
gamdare, a bow used ning cotton garni, garni
in thin-
see ganderi.
;
da or game da,
to-
gamo, ganwo, head
carrier's
a pad on ;
a
gumo.
see
gamon-katar, gamon-katarta (S.), good fortune, luck, from Katar the name of a man who had extraordinary good luck according to a popular story.
gamraka,
crested crane
see
;
gether with, concerning; abin
goraka.
gamin magani that which is needed to mix with medicine,
gamshe,
the complement.
gamani it pleases me. gamsheka, a snake see gum-
gS,mi,to curse, abuse; seegumi.
gS,mLinbanta, two trees planted together so as to grow into
gamiinbauta, two odd shoes. gamji, gumji, ganji, genji
;
sheka.
followed
gS,m.u,
b}^ da,
1.
to
bauren
rafi,
etc.),
gamji,
C
2\ en ta
gamu fa
she meet (or agree)
if
with thee ; to join or be joined
A 7 ya gamu da wuta he comes to the fire 2. gamu da mache to cohabit with ranan gamu the day
chedia,
kawuri,
;
da kai
one of
bauren-faddam-
others, are all
thing
baure (with
(ficus sp., Urticaceae),
the rubber trees,
durumi, wa, and
names
of dif-
together
;
;
;
fixed for beginning war, or
and
the day for meeting, or the
yield milky juice having
time of meeting with one; rangam,u id., D 8, 29 ; 3. to
ferent all
meet so as to fit, ya gam^heni or ya
to ;
meet with someone or some-
one.
ma
to suit
some
species of ficus,
of the properties of rub-
ber, that of
gamji being the
first
collect,
assemble
;
kurdin
The
gamu tax paid to native kings
baure and durumi have sometimes sufliicient succu-
mallams; iorm = gangamm^ to fall foul of, run up against. gamurji*, to embrace. gam.zaki, morning star; see
best of those mentioned. figs of
.lence to be edible;
cf.
tabor
ni-ka-samu.
gamki, gwamki, an image; see gumki.
for the support of
intens.
gomdazaki.
7—2
;
.
gamzaro
100
gamzaro, the headman
a
in
;
crets
talk
se-
gdnawa, understand-
;
ing, friendly relations; ha ta
kara ga7iawa da shi she broke intimacy with him.
off
ganba, ganbo,
to eat too
much.
ganbu (S.), a door. gancheruwa, hollow- backed gandama, gyandama,
a ca-
labash used as a water jug.
a
gaiidaye,
gandua^
destitute
pi.
per-
of
gama
;
gando, a man who works, but receives only food, not money,
as wages. a breakwater, used for
catching
fish.
gandu, gundu, tribute; kurdin gandu tribute money, tax. gandu, pi. gandai, a large farm, esp. applied to an official farm attached to an office as part of the emolument of its
to join),
together, to
mix
E
;
7 agan-
dukiansu let their goods be gathered together, gangamav-a^ F 88, pass, ana kuma aangajnawa it is also confluence of rivers.
gangami,
a large drum, a pro-
yin gangamin azumi to proclaim end of a ;
fast.
gangamu, mu,
intens.
form
of ga-
q.v.
specially used of a
yellow powder
made from
pounded root
of a tree used
the
for affections of eyes.
gangan
(possibly an abbrevia-
da gangan on purpose. ganganchi, purpose, intention. gangante, to push into the water and drown, gangara, gangari, to roll down, to jump down, descend pass. gangaru to be rolled down. tion of gani-gani)
:
;
gangarawa, rolling, F 153,
165.
gangare, gangara, pi. ^mi^arw, a steep incline, declivity, the foot of a mountain.
gangaria, a kind of guinea-
holder.
gane, to see
i
form to put up
gama
gangamu,
son.
ganderi, a reed instrument like a miniature bow used in thinning and cleaning cotton cf hakan shiba, masahi. gandi, a large cowrie-shell.
gando,
drum
(a reduplicated
clamation
see gantseruwa.
f.
gangu7ia, large
joined^together, magangamif
sore, ulcer.
gande, gyande,
pi.
gangama
hero.
to
ganga,
used by soldiers.
city in time of war.
gamzo, champion, gana yin gdna
gangaria
;
see gani.
J
;
gangaro
yin gani to
sight;
n.
amina ruined to
see.
gani, to
gane (with
pron. obj.),
behold
frequently
see,
;
contracted to ga or
hira
gd-
gari.
na ganshi
shi behold him!
saw
gara
101
gangaro, rolling down. gangawari, a herb supposed be an aphrodisiac. gani,
;
I
used metaph., to
;
town-walls, so
from Amina a mythical queen who wandered about the world, walled cities springing up in a day whercalled
ever she stopped.
ganwo, a
carrier's
pad
see
;
gamo.
ganya,
gara
leaf
see gainya.
;
jU
Ar.
(cf.
in, to trade),
think, to think advisable, see
the small addition which the
with the mind, comprehend
seller is
abinda na gani or in
my
in
is,
opinion, e.g. abinda
na gani ya tafi
my advice
my
thing for us
fi anfani sai mu opinion the best
to go
is
;
gani
is
sometimes used as a substane.g. ina murna da ganinka I am glad to see (lit. at the sight of) you ; gano, tive,
ganu, to look closely
get
at,
a good view of; ganene^ ga-
ganenu, seen. light-coloured ganjigaga, a kola nut; see goro. nenia,
pi.
ganna, rampart see ganwa. gano, to see see gani. gantseruwa, gancheruwa, gantsarwa, gantsara, to be ;
;
hollow
backed,
of
a
pack
animal to be overladen to bend the back inwards in ;
dancing.
ganwa,
rampart or wall round a town ; ganwarpit, ditch,
expected to
make
to
the value of the article sold
by him on the completion
When
the purchase.
a
of
man
buys nuts or anything else in a small way, he gets his fifty or a hundred cowries worth and so many extra thrown in for luck
this addition is
;
the gara;
called
ena gara
= how much are you going to give
me
into the bargain
gara, gaira,
hdka
it is
en tsaya to stop
;
it is
better so,
.
;
better for
it is
cf
?
gara ni gara
better
me
gwanda.
g3>ra, pi. garani, termites (ter-
mesbellicosus), usually known as white ants
;
gara
is
some-
times used of ants generally
gara
is
properly applied only
to the female white ant, the
masc.
gara
is
zdgo.
(usually pronounced gy-
ara),
to
prepare, to put a
;
to^ arrange matgara kaya to get ready a load, gara hainya to pre-
thing right, ters
garera
102
gara
;
way
pare a
gerta,
;
q.v.,
is
probably a secondary form of
;
rejoice at a marriage;
2.
a
will follow.
gardama,
dispute; see gerda-
raa.
gardaye,
see gardi.
;
skilful, especially in
war.
gardi, gerdi,
f.
gardia^ savoury,
geda tana da gardi the
e.g.
ground nut has a
feast.
garafini or garafunu, a bitter plant, its leaves used in
making
sauce, fruit red.
ment with long oval body, bigger than a molo, also used
kind of zithern.
garaje, impatience;
hurry
ha
ha kariji
cf.
not
is
garaji, a grass eaten by horses.
Ar.
4-«tj^,
money paid
debt,
to a king
for permission to travel
;
also
used of any kind of tax maikarhar g. tax collector.
garama*
or
dan-garama, a
gare,
to, at,
(K.), a reed.
garara, one
who
has defective
modern
Arabic
;
garatse, a point.
see garaje.
jUc,
^^ jU^ = gareni I have. garas,
garasa,
thus
The garai
and gare are sometimes used instead of gareshi
use of gare, a moi.
c'est
for this
;
cf.
also
It
is
French
often pre-
ceded by ddga, hisa and kusa, dag a gareni from me, kusa gareshi
near
to
him,
htsa
it.
gare, a boy's game. gare, a cricket. gare,
sight.
garashe, haste
Its use with
unto.
pronominal suffixes corresponds to that of ga with nouns. Used with them it
garesa upon
raised ridge.
garanya
gardawa, a
Hausa snake-charmer who
forms
(cf.
fine flavour.
pi.
expresses possession, like the
garaje
strength.
garama
gardi, gerdi, begs, beggar.
garaiya, guraiya, karaiya, a two stringed musical instru-
tax),
(K.), a first present
given as a sign that a larger
gardawa
gara.
gara, 1. a wife's or relative's marriage presents given to yin gara to a bridegroom
for a
garauwa
pi.
garuruka,
tobe.
garera, oesophagus.
a
white
;
;
garewa garewa,
of hagare^ a chief-
pi.
it
up ?
give
tain.
gargd.da, to warn,
galkadi,
i.q.
it
mu
Ans.
haka we
you.
gari, flour,
gari*, a minute,
q.v.
garg&dl,
warning,
n.
teach-
ing.
garikaye* beanstalks used as food for camels cf. M. H. ;
gargami, garkami, strong
in
p.
63.
garike, gerke, garge,
war.
garg&ra, to exceed in strength
gari-
pi.
kuna, gerkuna^ garuga,
1.
a
place where cattle are kept
see gdgdra.
gargasa, galgasa, a hairy per-
by
night, stall, fold
;
2. flock,
herd,
son.
gargasa, gargaza, pi. gargasu, a large fish with white scales below and red tail. garge,
pi.
shed gari,
garr
103
garuga
(S.),
cattle
garurua,
pi.
crane
;
see goraka.
gario, a missile knife, a kind of
sword with three cutting
blades used for throwing,
see garike.
;
garimaka, garmaka, crested
garuruka,
garu, garigaru,
country,
1.
town, frequently used of a small town as contrasted with
gariwaji*, strong in war.
gariwoya, to mix
see gar-
;
waya.
«
garje, a scab, sore. ^
town; 2. sky, the phrase gari ya waye
birni a large in
the day dawns,
lit.
the place
becomes light; dunia ya waye is used in the same way gctri ina wolkia it ;
lightens, gari yai
sky became dark
Hence to,
;
3.
place.
gari(n)j to, in order
garin shan iska in
e.g.
order to drink the '
dufu the
enjoy the fresh
air, i.e.
air,
ya
to
taji
garin yawo he has gone for a walk
;
cf
.
ku hani gari (in = do you give
asking riddles)
garkami, strong
war
in
see
;
gargami. garki, garikine, cavalry with shields.
garkua, gerkua, ^arA;mi, shield,
kinds of shields
gariki^
pi.
Fordiflerent cf.
kwungura,
kutufani, kunkeli, etc.
garma
(K.), a large hoe bent back like a small plough see ;
galrna.
garmaka,
crested crane
;
see
goraka.
garowa*, a
fine
male
slave,
garr, quickly, used of running
;;
garu ya yi
gudu garr he was
ta
a shot.
off like
hat;
word
the
occurs
in
garunfa,
who
frequently
the phrase danq.v.,
a trader
i.e.
carries his goods
upon
his head.
garwashoshij
pi.
burning
cinders,
f
gasashia,
.
charcoal
by wuta
usually followed
gawoi.
pi.
gasasu,
2.
roasted.
caught, of afire;
gase, with
yi,
to refuse to keep a
promise, also to announce the intention of doing something
without really meaning gSiShi,
wutar gdshi to gashi,
cf gesa. .
hair or wool of men,
1.
sheep,
etc.;
feathers
2.
birds, sahon gashi
single hair, cf
taswa gashi
very
i.e.
.
it
a single hair gashi,
to cook by.
fire ;
it.
warming;
roasting,
n.
gashi, vomiting
garura, a red dye, brought as a powder from the East, used for staining the hands and for dyeing silk.
garwashi,
gasashe, 1.
garn, a wall, a building. garunfa, garumfa, a straw
cf.
gaskanta
104
ga
down
of 3.
;
a
F
144 kararata was narrow as
(cf.
Fulah gasa).
shi behold it
common form
a
!
of excla-
garwaya, gariwoya, to mix, mix together, pass, garwayu.
mation to attract attention to
gasa, an exclamation of
at this
dis-
content or resentment.
gasa*, to be tired M. H. p. 149 for
;
gashi,
used
in
;
yin gasa, or gashe to
to
in
cf.
make a
large
naman
wanan
look
fem. form gata.
the
mugim
phrase
quarrelsomeness, bad
gashiere, short, M. H.
tire
p.
173
for gajere, q.v.
gashimare,
imitate.
g^sa,
gashi,
!
disposition.
gaje.
gasa, imitation, rivalry, emulation
anything; gashi
clouds,
see
etc.;
gajlmare.
sawa meat for cooking gasa hanu to warm the hands.
gaskami, a food prepared from the fruit of the dor owa tree. gaskanta, gaskata, to establish
gasaiya, a herb the leaves of which are used as a vegetable
a person of the reality of any-
to bake, roast
;
gd-
;
(Gynandropsis Capparideae)
;
pentaphylla, cf.
yar-ungwa.
gasara, interj. a cry of astonishment.
the truth of a thing, to assure thing, to speak truly che
;
cf.
/mi
duba ba gaskanta che we
say that divination
be trusted.
is
not
to'
;
gaske and da gaske, cf.
true, truly
trust,
certainty,
truth,
or fern,
masc.
gaskia,
righteous-
da gaskia truly, cerbada gaskia or yin
;
tainly
;
gaskia- to believe, ba gaskia
to speak the truth, used of a judge ba or bada gaskia to acquit, gaskia ne it is really so,
marasgaskia false
ban-
;
gatanchi,
prosperity
happiness,
dayi
;
gata,
yar
gata a boy or girl of good position ya yi mani gata he ;
has brought g&ta,
pi.
me
gataye, spy, sentinel,
man
on watch up a
on a
tree, or
height.
gata or gatan biri, large monkey with red belly. gata, the day after the day after to-morrow, the third day cf. ;
buttock 2.
maigato a fat
;
bottom, foundation,
gaton darni bottom of a
fence.
gatsa, to bite off gatse,
to
a stump.
n.
:
vomit
gashi,
cf.
;
gesa. g3ba,
hdbohij chin
pi.
habal-
;
cap
(crocodile's chin) a
kdda
with two
flaps to cover the
habaichi, pi. Aa6ai^ai,
1.
abuse;
yin habaichi to abuse behind one's back ; 2. signs between two men understood by them but not by spectators; a
innuendo conveyed by use of a proverb 3. a fable or riddle, maihabaichi masofada wanda ya covert
sneer,
or
tanka ko ya fishi the
who
is
man
sayings
full of trite
The com-
warning
tion,
moner
forai is laberta. q.v.
habki, wild onion or leek. h&bo, bleeding from the nose. habri, harbi, to kick, used of a horse.
habshi,
bark
n.
habuma,
ears.
;
see hafshi.
the rise and
a
fall of
man's breathing, also used of boiling water ; cf. habama.
hachi, hatsi, corn
see a^hi.
;
hachin-tumkia, a
tree;
see
jiri.
had,
until, i.q, har, q.v.
h3,da,
to pile up, bring to-
1.
complete;
gether,
A
11
ta
kan hada maka riguna it will heap up for you tobes, A 51 ahddasu chikin wuta they be brought together in
rejoices in a discussion, the
shall
man who answers may
hada hanu da to hada tajia to go together, hada da to meet. A neuter form hddu is found; cf. ba su hddua they will not assimilate cf idiom ya hddu tafariki he entered the road hadan zare intertwined
sur-
pass him. '
hade
127
habaka, used of a fire, habaki*, pi. habaka
to catch. (cf.
Ar.
ill.**., cloud); B 169 habakal kamshi clouds of incense,
habama*, water,
habdi
D
to
expand as boiling
owe
;
;
;
.
cotton staples.
(S), ashes,
word),
it
form of kado^
haberta (Ar.
hadaka, is
a
plural
q.v.
jli-),
1.
to ex;
2.
to
hahertawa*^ declara-
pi.
haddku, stranger,
a new-comer.
hadama, chika
plain, declare, publish
warn,
fire
;
65; see habuma.
habe, indigenous tribes (a Fulani
the
greed, coveting;
ya
hadama he accomplish-
ed his desire. hS,dari, storm
hade, hadie,
;
see hdderi*
to swallow ;
hadu
:
h&deri to
Mji
128 swallowed
be
;
hadiya
swallowing. pi.
hddura,
the limit of the
law, the law ; ya keta hddi he broke the law.
haifafe,
haifafa,
f.
pi.
,
haifafuy
haifua, birth birth
(cf.
Ar.
%t>ju». ii),
to
D 5 zamu explain, declare fa hddichi akan majia kalami ;
we is
speak out
will
anyone to
if
1
tun haifua from
;
haifua, also the be-
;
getting
children
of
;
allah
was
hai hashi haifua ba he
h3.dichi*
.
pass, particip. of haife^ born.
storm, flood, rain-cloud. j.»-),
be delivered
to
1.
to be confined.
2.
hMeri, hMari, hS.di (Ar.
haifu,
there
our
listen to
childless.
haiinchi, haiyinchi (cf. Ar. ^l». deceived), 1. alloy or metal with which alloy has been mixed 2. fig. deceit, ;
words.
fraud.
hafarn, a trench at the bottom of a grave.
hafshi, hapshi, habshi, haushi, hamshi*, barking; yin hafshi to bark.
hageni he wheedled
me
2.
adamawa as far as Adamawa, E 50 hai mu wushe till we pass by 47 hai
—
haiba*, beautiful clothing. haifa, haife (Ar. rt ou*.), forth,
path of
faith,
custom, *
musulmi those who cf.
tafariki.
haiya, an expression of regret I
am
sorry.
haiya, a hoe
;
see hauya.
haiyeta, haiyS.ta, to trouble, to
annoy
;
see haiya.
haja, anything exposed for sale,
goods; ci.Jaja, 1.
hajetu*, the vowels.
to bear, of
beings, animals, trees
hSji, 1.
of the male, to beget;
B
2;
road, way, street;
1.
continue in the ways of Mus-
and plants; mahaifia a mother;
pi.
E 1 8 masuzama ga hain-
sulmans;
.
human
;
yoyin
tish.
to bring
fig.
etc.
hagu, hagun, hagum, left hand cf hauni. hai*, a form of the particle
E
and fem.,
ya
hS,gU, a small spear or dart for
har;
hanya, hay a*,
hainyoyi, used both as masc.
into
(lending, etc.).
;
hainya,
hata hainya to lose the way;
hS,ge, to blarney, deceive;
catching
haila (Ar.), menses of a woman.
pi.
hajoji (Ar.
pilgrim;
2.
rt
9«ki,
pi.
grass
;
;
weed
with
sharp
grass
is
hdkukua, a kind of 95 akawo dan hdki
F
little
new
brought and pressed
down. hakia, hekia, hakanya,
R. H. D.
hakukua,
aspera,
grass,
dis-
pi.
of hdki^
q.v.
hakumche, hakumchi,
see hakumta.
hukumchi,
order, command;
ease of the eyes, esp. applied
to leucoma.
spicules
directed downward, hence its
Am arantaceae)
gasping, panting.
gainye aduntse a
hak-
probably a corruption of hakorin machiji a
hakori
name (Achyranthus
belu.
h&ki
;
hauri, q.v.^
2.
1.
judgment;
D59, hal allah shi wanya hukumchi nai ga hayi until God hath finished His judgment 9
;
hakumi
130
upon His servants, M. H. ya gama wanan hakumchi God hath accomp. 209, allah
plished
all
this
maihukum,-
;
chi or raahajcumchi judge.
^^iC^), to order, to
sariki shina
king directs
command
;
hakumtasu the them, M. H.
hakure,
])atience
;
to
show
see hanhuri.
hakurchi, mahakurchi
;
indication, expectation
cf
;
sama yana halamun yin rua the sky looks like rain
da halamunshi
;
shina
looks like
it
h3,lara, to appear in court, to
come
to a meeting.
halas, lawful
154.
hakura,
haii
him.
hakumi (Ar.), power, influence. hakumta, hakumche (Ar.
p.
.
see
hankuri.
halasa
see halal.
;
(Zanf.), to destroy
;
cf.
falasa.
halbi, halbe, harbi,
1.
charge a bow, gun,
to dis-
ya da kibia he discharged an arrow, ya halbi bindiga or da bindiga he fired a gun 2. to shoot or hit with a bow or gun, ya halbeni etc.;
halbi kibia or
;
hal, as far as
;
see har.
haia,ka(Ar. jLii
G
ii),
to destroy;
2 2/a halakasu he destroyed
them
ya halaka
;
lialaka, n. (Ar.
it is lost.
he hit or shot me, akahalbeski da kibia he was shot with an arrow 3. of serpents, insects, ;
a5CJLa),
destruc-
etc.,
to sting;
4.
to kick;
cf.
tion, misfortune, disaster.
prov. halbi atvutsia yajikus-
halal, halas, or hallata* (Ar.
kure to hit in the tail is better than to miss, damisa da wu-
^J.^),
what
is
lawful, proper,
becoming, pure, ceremonially clean
;
opposed to haram.
halalchi, purity, propriety.
yan halbewa the leopard
halallabi f req. to shoot
halalta, halatta, halasta, to
be lawful ; halalta ga to permit.
halama, perhaps, cf.
it
may be
is
hard to shoot ; naman halbi game which has been shot; of
many
halbo implies motion to-
;
wards shot
;
ya halbo maka ita he an arrow) at you.
it (i.e.
seq.
h^li,
halama (Ar.^^),
anything put in a book as a marker 2. a mark on the ground. 1.
halam.u, appearance, evidence,
^~T.
pi.
halaye
manner,
(cf.
Ar.
mode,
peculiarity, fashion,
^jt».),
custom, charac-
teristic, trait, e.g. sata
barao, theft
is
hdlin
characteristic
;
.
hamzari
131
halichi of the thief
2.
;
temper, dis-
suna karfi hali they
position ;
have a hard disposition.
under-joints of the little toe, see
kudumbia
halichi*, to cvQa.tQ=halita, q.v. haliki, haliiki* (Ar.), creature.
halita* (Ar. J^), creature, F 208 sahon haUta creation
cf
;
*
.
Hausa-
152.
land.
hamburki, hanburki, the name of a cake (massa) made with wheat, also applied to large balls of flour used in
;
a new creation
creature),
making soup {fura).
which one
hamfude, hamfudi,
(i.e.
also the state in
was created, one's appearance maikeaun halita the goodlooking man shugaban halita bill the Lord of both worlds. ;
halita, halichi, talita*, to create.
hamila, pi. hamllu ( Ar. dS^;^^, sword-sling, usually
halshe,
halshi,
harshi,
tongue, tion,
1.
the tongue;
language,
made
of
pi.
also used for the cord
silk,
halshina,
eat
to
throw into the mouth; hamjuden gari rolling flower into little balls and thro wins: them into the mouth to
greedily,
2.
enuncia-
pronunciation; halshin
which
carries the dalailu.
hamiya,
rivalry.
wuta flame. halshin rago or halshin tum-
hamsa (Ar.
kia, a shrub with large white
sand, the
heads of flowers (Protea
being the ordinary equivalent
halwa*
(Ar.),
sp.).
maihalwa
a
hermit.
h&ma, gaping; yin hdma
to
five
;
a,.>..o^ ),
num.
card.
often used for five thou-
Hausa word
biar
hamsa miya 500.
for five,
hamshi,
to bark
hamsin
(Ar.
;
see hafshi.
^.j.....^^.^,),
card.
gape.
hamada
(cf.
1
Ar. rt ju^a),
desert, stony plain.
hamadanchi, n. canter. hamaktiku, a Hausa cloth. hamata, pi. hamatu, arm-hole, arm-pit.
hambudiga,
num.
fifty.
hamso*, a small branch or twig. hamsoro, a fool. hamzari, hanzari, also excuse
;
n. purpose,
gajeren hamzari
a poor excuse;
D
76
muna
zua gidanmu we hasten to our homes, da ham-
ainhum, i.e. a disease which causes painful
hamzari
cracking of the skin in the
zari hastily.
9—2
;
hamzarta
hamzarta (K.), hanzarta, hamzanta (S.), to hasten, accelerate.
hS.na,
to
1.
restrain,
ha 2.
A
hinder,
prevent,
51 en bai hdnasu
he restrain them not;
if
withhold, deny, refuse, say
In buying and
no.
na hdna — I
selling
refuse the offer
made, or I decline to do business, Jhdnawa refusing, refusal ; F 1 6 shi ne ko karimu da ha hdnawa He is gracious
and refuses not; ya hdna masa ddga laifi ov ya hdna masa kdda shi yi laijii he prohibited him from doing wrong hana takama (pre;
vent
boasting)
a
creeping
plant with prickly capsules.
h^nani, is
which used for washing newly
bom
tree the sap of
hurki.
see
hantsi.
nose, nostrils;
cloves, a name based on likeness of clove to the stem by which the shea nut
fari
is
attached to the twig.
hanfude, to throw food into the mouth see hamfude. hanga, hangi, hange, to look ;
out
gaze afar in hope of
for,
na hangeshi ddga nesa saw him from afar; hango
seeing ; I to
espy,
i.e.
to
before
see
the speaker, ya hangoni he
was the first to espy me, ya hangoka he caught sight of you before you saw him. 1
swelling caused by
.
the guinea- worm ;
2.
hangarma*, a deep throat
hani,
a beetle.
pit.
a swelling
on the
hangara.
cf.
;
n. prohibition;
anyi hani
was prohibited see hdna. hania, noise see hayania. haninia, neighing yin haninia it
hanchi, early morning;
1.
in the phrase hanchin kade hanchi the twis: o or stem which holds the fruit of the shea butter tree (kade), used in Sokoto for kanun-
hangum,
children.
hanbare*, to kick away. hanburki, a cake; see ham-
hanchi, hanshi*,
hanchi, found
hangara,
giddiness.
hanau, a
hankaka
132
;
;
;
pi.
hantuna,
hanun han-
chi the trunk of an elephant
goran hanchi bridge of the nose 2. the knot made in ;
to neigh.
hanji,
1.
bowels;
hankada,
to
2.
raise
bobbin. up,
turn
over, overthrow.
hankaka,
pi.
hankaki, hankakv,
thread to prevent the strands
(corvus scapulatus
from unravelling.
about the
size of
?),
a crow
a raven,
its
; ;
;
hankali body
hantsaki
133 black, its breast
is
and
ku hankuri or hankuri be patient
or resignation,
ku
a rim round the necli white.
yi
tashi his heart is disturbed,
2. comfort, consolation, ya hada masu hankuri he comforted them ; ya ki hankura he refused to be comforted cf. prov. mahakurchi mawa-
tashin hankali despair, shiga
dachi the patient
hankali to be prudent;
man, enda maiguda ya je anhankura maitafia ya je
hankali,
hankulla^
pi.
sense,
prudence, forethought, foresight, care sibly,
;
da hankali senhankali ya
prudently
;
cf.
M. H. p. 202, hankalina bai kwanta da kowa sai ke I rely upon you (f.) alone for advice hankullansu duka sun tashi they lost heart, shiga hanka-
maida
linka be reasonable,
hankali take ca.re,yin hankali to recover, e.g.
from a swoon,
also to take notice
of,
to be-
ware of, maihankali prudent. hankalta, to be prudent, to understand.
hankaltilo
(Kanuri
id.),
a
small spear for throwing.
hankamia,
man
is
the
rich
the traveller with patience arrive
will
whither the going
is
;
place
runs
hankori Tnaganin
dunia patience for
the
at
man who is
everything;
the remedy cf.
hakure,
hakura.
hano, a
hansa
species of acacia tree.
(Zanf.), see /ansa.
hansari, to snore; cf. minshari. hanshi, nostrils ; see hanchi. hanta, anta, liver; F 198 umta ta chisu har ta chinyi hanta
a common weed (Waltheria Americana, Bu-
consume them up their liver; cf. malakan kdre da hantan kura the property of a dog a
ettneriaceae).
hyena's
a
which
disease
affects the breathing.
hankufa,
liankula, attention
;
see han-
kali.
hankura,
to be patient see seq. ;
hankiiri, hakuri,
hakurchi, ness,
1.
hankura or
patience, meek-
resignation,
forbear-
ance ina hankuri or ina yin hankuri I show patience ;
the
fire shall
till
it
is
eats
liver, i.e.
a thing he
not likely to get.
hantsa, udder. hantsaki, hansaki, tongs, pincers
;
cf.
ansaki, hantsakin
darma ka kai ha kawo ha
O
pincers of lead you bring iron (to the fire)
bring
it
but you do not
away..
;
hantsi
134
hantsi, two hours after sunrise, about 8 a.m.
hantukuria
(K.),
an abscess
hdnua or hdndye^ \7 ka tara hdnu
pi.
A
hand,
you put forth both hands; hdnun giwa elephant's trunk (cf. use of Lat. manus) hdnun rua a kind of nut, like a kola, brought from Yoruba; ;
wuka hdnu
lit.
sleeve knife,
a kind of short
sword
at-
tached by a leathern ring round the sleeve, used by the
Tuaregs;
M. H.
cf.
p.
216,
shina da yaki ahdnu he has a war in hand hdnu or hdnun riga sleeve, M. H. p. 206, ;
ya zama hdnun yaki he became a guide in the war; hdnu da hdnu hand and hand, i.e. cash down, ready money; ban hdnu shaking hands =
hdnun rafi a tribuhdnun giwa
masafiha',
tary
stream
(elephant's
;
trunk) also de-
notes a plant with a thick
and white flower. hanunrua, an edible nut in ;
cf.
hanwawa,
S.
gazari, sandalu.
chameleon = hawa-
inya.
hanya, way
;
see hainya.
hanzari, hanzarta, to hasten; see hamzari.
hanzirai
pi.
wild swine;
jij-^^),
(Ar. al-
cf.
hapshi, barking har, hal, used
till,
G
with nouns,
1.
mangi
see hafshi.
;
until, as far as
Mangi
as far as
1 ;
har a
in
har = nnt\\ hence it=:as as, including, cf. har zuhairu and Zubair 2. with adverbs or prepositions, har yanzu till now, up to the present time, G 1 har ya zua list
well
;
zamanin othmanu time of
Othman
;
until the in intro-
3.
ducing clauses and sentences, D 73 hal allah shi wanya hukumchi nai ga hayi until God hath finished His judgment on His servants har ;
is
by the parhar-da, hadda in
often followed
ticle
dai
'
;
order that
sometimes equivalent to even ; cf. Gr. p. 138, 1. 34, har saraki sun ; '
it is '
'
yi
kumya even
ashamed,
har
is
kings felt
sometimes
apparently used for as soon
stalk
Nigeria
hanzir*,
hanzir.
or tumour.
h^nu,
hara
as, cf. M. H. p. 222, har uhansa ya mutu as soon as his father was dead, har is sometimes used contemptu-
ously in expression har girraanka.
hara, to depart,
set out.
;
hario
135
harafi
haruffa (Ar. a letter of the alphabet, a
harafi,
as food for horses
pi.
dictionary
see harifi.
;
haraji (Ar. J^tJ^), a tax, also
;
cf.
prov.
dumu ga harawa
allah ski kai
ko ha shi chi shi hirgima God may bring a lizard to the dried leaves, if he does not
applied to lands attached to
eat he lies on the top of
certain offices of State tax
The dumu is specially fond of harawa leaves, even when
free.
haram
what
(Ar. j^^j^),
is
un-
cannot be done lawfully, anything ceremoniunbecoming, ally unclean, lawful
or
unjust; used in sense opposite
halal
to
abin haram
;
= haram.
hardmia unlawful gain or profit, e.g. from the chi haramia to sale of pigs ;
he cannot eat he likes to be near them. harbi, 1. to kick, of a horse, habri
cf.
know by
to
hardai,
F9
unlawful,
id.
harama, hazaina(Ar.), ness,
resolution,
haraman
harara*
firm-
yin
tafia to travel hard.
(Ar. jt/»-),
ateness,
F
8
duka give up 2.
zeal,
staring
at,
A;a
all
1
passion-
her harara proud looks
frowning, look-
harasa, reproof. harasa*, a white turban.
harawa, a name given to leaves or stalks of beans
and ground
heart.
know by
to
until,
heart.
in order that;
see har.
harerewa*, joyous
laughter.
hargagi*, to address angrily. hargi, pi. harugya, a small spear tied to the wrist, which is
thrown and pulled back. noise made by talk-
hargowa,
ing loudly or angrily;
yin
hargowa to howl. hS,ri,
a surprise slave-raid by
horsemen
ing proudly on.
cf.
;
anything which is unlawful, E 1 7 suna dubi haramu they is
shoot,
to
harbia, a bird see hashia. harda, used with sam,u to learn by heart, D 33 yin harda
hardache,
what
2.
;
halhi.
make unlawful gain, hardmu
behold
it.
;
mahdri a
raider.
harifi, hurufi, pi. harufai^ letter of the alphabet;
a
see
harafi.
hario,
haryo = har + yo
(cf.
nuts, e.g. haraivan wake, ha^
encore = banc horam), again,
rawan gujia. These are used
also;
in negative sentence,
; .
harkia
;;
ban samu hario I have
yet,
not found
it yet.
harkia, harikia, a grass eaten
by
and horses (Eleu-
cattle
sine Indical).
with pictures worked on worn by princes only. harsa (S.), a cartridge. harshi*, talk see halski. harya, a small fish.
it,
;
cf.
a
2.
;
light fi
fire,
or to
1.
to shine, give light
pi.
haskoki^ haskaikai,
F
229 fuskokinsu sun
;
wuta da haske
their faces
be brighter than fire maihaske full of light, B 167 shall
madina maihaske
hirni
bers.
the town of Medina ju«».), envy, jeal-
cf.
to trouble, torment
hasala ga,
to provoke cf harzuka ga. hasali (S.), kindness, goodness.
ever
quarrelling
;
masutsa-
a minaret.
(S.),
hatara, hutara, be careful complimentary salutation
a
!
es-
;
to suffer loss,
j-«».),
1.
A 33 sun hasara
alahira they shall suffer loss in the next world; ;
2. n. loss,
yin ha^dra to
lose,
hasashi, hasashe (cf
pecially addressed to a
man
on horseback and to a man of importance ya sha hdtari dayawa he ran a great risk. ;
hasara, asara (Ar.
waste, ruin
tutut
kaida hasuma peace-makers.
hasumia
prec.
hasali, esteem, respect.
is
full of light.
hasuma,
ousy.
h^sada,
of
to lighten, illuminate.
haske,
hdsa
light,
border at the bot-
silk
rake together expiring em-
hS,sada (Ar.
the
sty in
tom of a woman's dress. hashsha, an exclamation
2.
hasala ga.
h§.sa,
hashia,
haskaka,
ga, to defy, be angry
h^za, S,za, to wuta to light a
the eyes
pity or disgust.
;
harzuka
hasbia, hazbia, harbia*, 1. a bird rather larger than a pigeon with red rim round eye.
harsa, hirsa, hassa, a turban usually made of white muslin
with
hatumi
136
hatseri (Ar. jLUi-), hatsi, corn
hatumi
.
Ar.j^;*.^.,
to con-
sider carefully, to be in doubt.
;
(cf.
see hachi.
Ar. rt^».),
1.
a
a charm written on a board (alio) divided by lines seal
to listen, perceive),
danger,
peril; cf. hattara.
;
2.
into squares
washed
off
;
the ink
is
then
and the water
hau drunk as a medicine, or
to
hau,
to
hauda,
a shortened
ascend,
form of hawa, to
lift
up.
by twenty,
divisible
thus hauia biu forty, hauia hdkoi one
hundred and
forty.
Cf.
A 39 shi ne ya dauki wuri
ya
her
hauia dari he seizes cowry but loses two
one thousand cowries.
hauka,
shika yi
norant fool,
a fool
1.
kama hauka
man would
F 32
to
be
;
jahili
the
ig-
act like a
madness; maihauka,
2. folly,
mad
;
maihaukache a madman, hauka^he to be fierce or mad, to rage,
to
be
ecstatic,
hau-
madden. jhaukat yaro, a bush with white flowers, i.q. zakami q.v. hauni, left, hanu na hauni = hagu left hand. hauni (K.), an executioner. haura, to jump over. kata, causat. to
hauri, tooth, tusk
;
as-
prop. n. Hausa, the 3.
the
hausa, id.); hahaushe,
sawa, a Hausa, a
Hausa
A
nation.
concei\able
^\.
man
hau-
of the
remotely
explanation
the word hausa
is
that
of
it is
derived from Housal, a king of
Egypt who promoted the
worship of Astarte in Egypt. The Bornuese people have a
and the Hausas are descended from a son of this Housal who was of Phoenician origin and
tradition that they
B 13
;
hausar
;
Hausa Hausa country (kasan hausawa or kasan 2.
language.
q.v.
hauia, hoe ; see hauya. hauia, twenty, a score, used esp. in counting cowries with
sums
language, speech
banchi the Asben language.
secure anything desired.
3.
haushi
137
probably a
corruption of hakori
;
haurin
giwa ivory, haura is more commonly used in Sokoto, hakori in Kano. hausa, pi. harata, 1. tongue,
made a
great expedition into
the country of the blacks.
A
worship resembling that
of Astarte apparently existed
in very early times at
hausa,
to lift up,
M. H.
Kano. p.
230;
see haushe.
hausanfchi, that which relates to the Hausas, jin hausanchi to understand the Hausa language.
haushi, anger, dislike, vexation envy; yana jin haushi he feels angry, yana jin haushina he is vexed with me,
suna jin haushinsa they
dis-
like him.
haushi, to bark
;
see hafshi.
'.
;;
haushi
haushi, haushe or hausa, to horseback, lift up, e.g. on M. H. pp. 229 sq. a causative form of hawa. hautsina, to mix up together, ;
to intermingle.
hauya,
hauyu, hauyuna,
pi.
doki the regular expression
mounting on horseback
M. H.
maihawan dokinsa ya yi kaman mutane dubu goma his cavalry num216,
p.
bered abou 1 1 0, 000 ; of a spirit,
by mahayi* ladder; F 143 ankafa sirati atashi ahau the bridge shall to be possessed
hawo
it;
;
men
be set up,
upon
shall ascend
mount and
to
F
145 hawa nasa har tsawo nasa hahu wa-
wa
1
its
height,
height and
its
length
are the same, without doubt 2.
the
firmament,
lit.
the
hawayen zaki
;
yin hawaye to
A
20 for hainya,
shed tears.
hay a*,
road,
haya haya, ;
loud talking, alter-
cf.
hayania.
hS.yaki, smoke
;
jirigin hayaki
and jirigin wuta are expressions used on the R. Niger for steamboat ; yi^i hayaki to ;'
pour forth smoke, to smoke for to smoke used of tobacco, cf.
sha.
hayania, hania, noise
many men
hawoinya,
(K.),
hanwawa
(S.),
chameleon.
hawS,la, trouble, used for wohdla by metathesis.
hawartaki, tongs cf hansaki. hawaye, sing, and collective, tear, tears hawayen zaki (lit. lion's tears), marks cut on a ;
;
.
as of
conten-
talking,
tion.
haye, to provoke, fall upon, e.g. ya haye masu he fell upon them. self-instruction,
unau-
attempt to learn anything ha haye ne gddo ne used of a man learning thorised
;
his father's trade.
hayi
(S.),
the binding of arrow-
heads to the shaft
height.
hawainya
ground nut
haye,
ride towards.
hawa,
;
also used for a species of
cation
hawa, hau, to mount, to ascend ya hawa doki or ya hawa hisa
cf.
woman's face is
q.v.
hauyoyi, hoe.
for
hazakumchi
138
is
;
yin hayi
also used of laying grass
on a roof. hayi, to ford
mahaiyi a ford. hayinchi, deceit; see haiin;
chi.
hazakumchi*,
cf.
yaron narv
da ban hazakumchi yi ke thf boy is quick-witted.
;
hazama
hazama
zeal;
(Ar.),
see ha-
F
139 akare kua hisabi judg-
ment
rauKi.
hazbia, a pigeon hazi, corn
see haahia.
;
da hdzo misty;
fog,
false impres-
duhan hdzo a sion.
hekia, disease of the eyes
see
;
hakia,
hijra* (Ar. (a.d. 622),
bika, small
the Hejira
S^j^Jk),
;
F
is
completed.
hiska, wind
ahu hika a
little
homa,
boasting
hom.a
(S.),
(Ar.
4.oiC».),
wisdom.
koma,
see hdba.
;
huda, i.q.fuda
:
an
short in number.
hilata, to be crafty. 5
hima, hiimna diligence
;
zeal,
da hlma diligenj:, to show diligence,
maidahima
1^ ku yi berchi ku falaka
ka maida livma sleep and awake, rise up and show diligence,
hini
i.e.
(S.),
in worship.
conceit;
cf.
hira*, conversation
inya, to dig in a farm
B 86
hirsa,
a
white
seefira.
turban;
see
harsa.
hisabi
(S.)
;
na noma ko huda
gives
his
time to
and tilling; freq. form huhuda to make many holes in, nd huhudashi I will make him as full of holes as
huda, ridge between furrows ci.
fuda.
hudu*, four see fudu. huhu, covering of kola nuts; ;
^Qefufu.
huja
(Ar.
k
r^
reason, excuse ;
homa (K.). ;
to
a sieve.
5
5^),
(Ar.
bore 2.
fator-
he who farming
cowries
q.v., 1. to
tree, etc.;
hoe the ground with a
hilafa* (Ar. JiS^, wanting), used of
see/oma.
q.v.
tiiaikokari
expression
;
horo*j correction; seeforo. hiiba, an exclamation of aston-
hila, fila ( Ar. 4JL».), stratagem.
difference, inconsistency
see hulu-
a fishing net; for
a hole in a
hikima*
;
ku.
ishment
255.
thing.
a
see iska.
;
holoko, dust storm
see hachi.
;
hS^O, mist,
'f^.
huja
139
(Ar. w>U.».), .judg-
taimama
1.
aifair,
Abi
ya riha babu huja he
performed his ablutions with sand, though there was no reason for his doing so, B 10, 140 2. neglect of work, use;
ment, reckoning, arithmetic.
karti
rw),
lessness.
;
hujanta
;
140 wall of a city where farming
hujanta, to be in the right in a dispute.
is
huji, to pierce,
huji, to shirk or refuse work;
yin huji to cease work, kur-
din huji a
soldier's deferred
also applied to
be privately transferred.
B 171
en rara/e ina aza huskata
hukumchi,
order, etc.
me
see ha-
;
of
huluku, holoko, a dust
place
let
my
a quarrel. storm,
hutara*, be careful
or violent wind. to prevent ;
a person's
na humeshi
I pre-
vented his leaving. the iialf share of slaves or spoils paid to the
leader of an expedition after cf.
M. H.
see
!
Iid-
tara.
humushi,
a raid;
me
husuma, fusuina( Ar. 4-©3-tfi».),
hukumchi.
leaving
crawl, let
face on the ground.
kumchi.
hukumshi, a Sokoto form
•
;
farms which cannot
husanche*, irritated. huska*, face, iorfuska;
pay.
hume,
forbidden
official
rest =futawa, B 62. hutsu, huzu, fuzu, quarrelsome, unmanageable cf. dokin nan huzu ne ba shi foro
hutawa*,
;
hutsuba
p. 196.
humusi (Ar. j.;-.«.si-), one-fifth. huntu or funtu, naked. hura, to blow, hura majina to blow the nose see/ura. hurde*, bay horse; see fur de. hurtiuni, ox; see/urtumi. hurua, to put earth on the head as a sign of submis-
huware, a Fulani word
de-
noting the reed shelters used
by Fulani herdsmen; cf. Gr. p. 138, 1. 37, yan huware.
;
i
(Ar.
4jt),
yes.
It
denotes
that the speaker hears, but
sion.
huruchi, confession;
(Ar. iJai.), the read-
ing or preaching after prayer.
ci.
does
furu-
hurufi, a letter of alphabet see harafi.
huriuni (Ar. ^j^*.), any land with a prohibition attached to it, e.g. the land round the
not necessarily imply
acquiescence,
chi.
ii is
sometimes
used in Sokto for 'no.' i, i,
sometimes used for shi to conquer,
;
cf yi. .
overcome, su
masu they overcame them cf.
ima.
i
; ;
igia
141 i,
the procession outside a
a colloquial abbreviation of
2.
yi to do.
town towards Mecca, once a
iaka, limit
ibada
year, ending with the killing
see iyaka.
;
(Ar.
S^Uft),
service
of
ido,
B 47, D 51 kuna koka-
God,
;
kuna ihdda take
ri
of a goat. pi.
idanUy idanduna, idan-
danu, l.eye; idon ma^« squint,
pains,
idon kishimi blind it is employed, like the Ar., in various ;
God
serve
also used of ser-
;
vice to men. ibi,
e.g. 2. sight,
brought from Yoruba. *
ibiro, a small species of millet.
eblis
iblis,
and tropical uses, view; idon dunia in the sight of men; 3. chief B 76 duba ga bello idon malki
figurative
a variety of the kola nut
(Ar.),
the
evil
spirit.
nai behold Bello, the ruler over his kingdom
iblu, ibru, a small grain used,
when ground
up, for gruel,
soup, cakes, etc.
iche, a tree
idon kafa
Ida, to finish, complete
spring
id.,
;
idon
6.
;
e.g.
of native manufacture, (6) a
is
white stone, pearl
not quite recovered, bay a ida
ido saucy
inutua he
gem
not quite dead
:
labdri to com-
plete the telling of
idon rua
5.
zaura, {a) a variegated cloth
ha ya ida warikewa ba he
when used with
;
only
used with special words,
is
idon Aani* wrist-
water
of
joint
4.
;
ijian sau) ankle,
(pi.
bone, knuckle
see itache.
;
idon sau
news
;
of
in
war
shi ido I
him
;
(lit.
tsaurin
;
idon-yaki a strata;
zan wanka ma-
am
going to strike wash his eye) mai;
a woman, to complete the
ido fruitful, an epithet ap-
necessary time before marry-
plied to corn
ing again.
199.
idan (Ar. en
1. if.
1^1),
In
Kano
employed in conversa-
is
;
cf.
M. H.
idubar, a reddish-brown igia, igiya, pi. igiyoyi,
cable, string; 2.
idan
current of a stream
ing
is
;
2.
equally used in writ-
kasa a snake
when.
idania*, eye
;
see ido.
jujfr), 1.
religious feast;
rope,
;
igiah
masuigia,
i.e.
the wearers of stripes, applied
Idi (Ar.
;
ass.
igianrua
tion rather than idan, though
fig.
1.
p.
officers
to
non-commissioned
in English employ;
ihu
142
maiigia guda a lance-corpomaiigia hiu a corporal.
ral,
ihu, uhu, ufu, ho
a cry or shout to attract attention.
wage
ijara, rent,
;
!
dan
ijdra a
wage-earner.
see
;
imani,
creed, belief.
ina, pron. 1st pers. sing. com.
gender
(also
iiia,
;
kana
skina,
used with secondary,
of verbs, to express the pre-
push away, drive away. pupil; ijian ido pupil
1.
of faith
aimanchi.
nominal or participial forms
ijarta, to hire.
ijia,
imanchi, an act
etc.) is
ijarchi, n. hiring.
ije, to
ingata
sent tense, thus, ina tafia I
am
going
ina fitowa,
;
etc.
of the eye, maijiat yaki one
Where
these nominal or par-
who
ticipial
forms are not in use
for a fight
is eager-
(lit.
one-eyed), maiijiat karatu a
ina
man who
form
maiijia
man, M.H. pi.
always reading,
is
na guda a one-eyed
ankles,
p.
cf.
224
ijian sau
;
idon sau
;
2.
one
cowry, for the plural kurdi,
employed ika*, to be able, q.v., is
i/yjllko, pi. ikoki,
;
cf.
wuri.
used frequently in the
right,
expression
power
ikon
allah
the
of God, visitation of
God F 1 1 ha ka ikon jirkitawa thou wilt have no power to turn, maiiko powerful, E 12 maiiko da kowa ;
almighty authority
ikontaka
;
;
power,
ma-ikochi posses-
sor of power,
M. H.
p.
228.
ima, to conquer, drive away, to finish otF, do for, dejl ya kusa
of the verb, e.g. ina so
I wish.
ina
for yina or yana,
is,
or there are,
see inina.
n. paralysis
;
see inna.
ina, inna, for enna^
M. H.
p.
it.
where?
204, etc.
ina (S.), inna, mother (a rowed Fulah word). inda, enda, where 1 indainda, refusal, delay,
bor-
e.g.,
to do work.
indororo
(S.),
inganchi,
right, perfection, re-
waterspout.
liability.
inganta, ingata, to be
right,
just, exact.
ingarma,
her;
horse. able.
he has
;
mia,
imai, yin imai to be
lit.
stammer
ina, to
imata the poison nearly killed cf. i.
the
cf.
expression ina da shi there
ina,
power, authority,
used with the primary
is
f.
ingarmia, angar-
q.v., pi.
ingata*,
ingaramu, a war
v. to trust in, rely on.
^
;
ingatachi, adj. sound, perfect, G7 wasolid, trustworthy ;
nan
labdri ingatachi this ac-
count is trustworthy. ingirichi, ingirochi, hay, dried grass chopped up for feeding horses
;
see
ingweya*, a dressed to
ungwaiya. salutation
an important per-
sonage.
ininan halshi impediment or hesitation in speech. inji, equivalent to, it is said to ;
possibly this
is
for anji
one hears say. injihau, a deadly yellow viper with fiat \iQn,d — tsada raki.
commonly used by the Hausas for the
injla (Ar.), Gospel,
whole Bible. inna, paralysis, palsy. intaya, a species of grass. iri,
pi.
irare,
plants, of
iri
ir% seed of
men and
This
the
is
creatures,
Mohammedan
form of the name, cf. Koran iii. 40, while yasuu and yashuu are those which were
employed by the Christian Arabs at the time of and
Mohammed,
prior to
ad-
inina, ina, to stammer, stutter;
be
ishia
143
in^atachi
isa,
to reach, arrive at;
1.
ma it
isam
reaches
the speaker izga,
isga,
is.
a cow's or
esga,
horse's tail used as a switch
for driving aw^ay isgili*,
n.
flies.
mockery;
at, for aishe, see seq.
ishe,
to reach, meet, over-
1.
death
is
e.g. wane irin imitura what kind of man? wa^he irin mache what kind of woman? wadane irin mutane what kind of men?
isa (Ar. ^^l^e^), Jesus, F127.
iz-
ishe, impersonal, they arrived
When
iri^
see
gili.
F76 mutua
pronoun used with it agrees in number and gender with the substantive which follows
iso to
;
arrive at the place at which
take;
means kind the
to
to, affects
isashe strong, see ishe
offspring, kind, stock, tribe. iri
2.
be equal to, to be sufficient; da ya isa enough, ha su chi ya isa they did not eat enough; M. H. p, 224, sun gaza isa they failed to overcome; ya
2.
ta
ishema
coming upon thee;
to suffice, be sufficient for;
F 42
ta
for us.
ishemu
it is sufficient
isashe^ isheshe, fern.
isashia, ishashia,
pi.
strong, powerful
ishasu^
;
2.
suf-
ficient; impers. aWie,
i.e.
they
1.
arrived at. ishi, a kind of fish,
ishia, a cowry shell; see
ijia.
ishirin
144
or ha shi iya gani ha he could
asherin (Ar. ^j^^^^),
ishirin,
not see
card, numeral, twenty.
iska, hiska,
wind
pi. iskoki^ hiskoki,
verb,
shan hiska (lit. to drink the wind), used with taji, to go for a walk, iska or hiska
note an evil
wards
;
ita, pers.
2.
come
are you able
sing, nominative, she, it
=
masc.
to-
M. H.
ob-
from a
cf.
though not always
tree,
observe(^; ifache7i
wuta
fire-
possible
diwa.
iwo, to swim, M. H.
make
to
iya,
mother,
cf.
the
utmost
hani iyakan
al-
finis.
p.
209
;
see
iyali (Ar. Jl^), family,
iyo.
iwo,
;
hakina give me all that is due to me; 2. as the concluding word of a letter =
is made the arsaberi, mat used to cover a doorcf. (?)
limit,
1.
;
town;
frontier
which
;
iyakachi,
boundary, end, of a country, a room, etc. kain iyaka a
;
way
iyawa.
iyaka,
wood, dan itache a little piece of wood, F 94 a fem. form itachia denotes parent tree. iwa, a shrub, from the twigs of the
cf.
;
itatua,
this distinction is
to write?
p. 205,
a state official (Z.) a passive form aia is occasionally used,
when when fem. = a
tree,
stick cut
;
it.
pi.
in
ha su iye warinsa ha they could not endure the stench, iyan gari
pron. 3rd pers. fern,
itache or iche,
substantive
is used in English, e.g. ka iya ruhutu or ka iya yin ruhutu
cf. isa.
jective, her,
to,
sentences where the infinitive
spirit.
to arrive at,
1.
meaning to be equal
or a verbal
iske, to meet. iso,
appears to be used were a transitive
it
attain to, compass, and can directly precede a substantive
also used to de-
is
it
;
as though
F 154;
;
iyata
mem-
bers of a family. ;
see yiwa.
the
plural
iyanta, to set free
;
see diyan-
iya^ ta.
ye *
is
used in the sense of cf the like use of
parents
'
;
iyas,
related to iya, to succeed in
uwaye, and Ar. xj^^,\. iya, to be able, to be equal
can
;
iyasda, iyarda, forms
.
a thing, to accomplish something, deliver a message.
to,
ha ya iya shi gani ha
iyata, yata, elder sister ; cf ya. .
\
.
iyawa
145
ja
iyawa,
ability, power, commonfound in comp. maiiyawa almighty; cf. iya.
Ar.
ly
iyaye,
pi.
of iya mother, q.v.
parents;
iyaye or iyayi
swimming;
iyo,
The
yin
iyo
Hausas words
to
swim. cf.
away
;
iza
wuta kdda
mutu poke
ta
go out
:
izga, cow's tail
to
the
izgili,
isgili
nimble),
1.
Ar.
is used ka ja da haya get thee behind ya ja bakinsa he kept silence, ja
chiki, cf.
it
J^j,
D
pression
mockery, inter-
9 secret thieving,
to drag the belly,
lit.
an exby the
suggested
crawling of a snake, applied to the secret approach of a thief;
boys, pulling at each other's
draw
arms,
etc., to find something hidden in the hand of one of them.
jawa drawing; jayi to draw back, ja-
off or
yaiya dragging about,
dis-
pute, ja^/^^o^ a little distance,
dajayawa (Jij),
;
cf.
!
ference with another's business; 2. a game played by
izni (Ar.
155
intransitively,
see isga.
(cf.
F
crawling,
push a
see idari. ;
ja^
draw, drag, pull; D 14 anadaka he shall be dragged and beaten, jan jiki
izawa driving away. ;
e.g.
s,
ajashi
stick into the fire to burn.
when
y or
z,
ja, to
;
fire lest it
s/i,
In several
/.
interchanged with
rili
gdba to drive ahead; to poke, e.g. a fire cf. ka iza mani
if,
it is
= yarili, jarimi = zarumi, juni = shuni, jurare — saurara.
yau.
iza, to push, drive
used by the
is
-».
to represent the sound
that of
iyo*, verily;
izan,
letter
of the English
see iya.
;
zunufi
;
is
sometimes used of fruit as a plural of da; cf. yaya. iye, to be equal to
Hausa
>*g^h,
crime.
permission, con-
a little further on.
majayin hainya a guide
sent.
;
cf
jawo, jajaya, ja-ddga, izufi (Ar.
J>*), one
of
the
sixty equal paragraphs into
which the Koran is divided a paragraph, section. For a similar phonetic change cf.
:
R. H. D.
ja,
pi.
jajaye, jujaye
rt ^Ufc.),
red
;
jan
red
(cf.
Ar.
ja wur very
karifi brass, copper,
jaja kddan a dish,
;
little red, red-
jan 7mji* or jan na10
;.
jaba
jaka
146
Tniji* with reckless courage
Ignorance,
;
haukaja stark madness, jan itache or jan yaro a tree (Hymenocardia acid a) jan sayi a tree (Tri-
ja-ja reddish,
ignorantly
cf
;
jahili.
jahanama
(Ar.
hell
cf jahiina. .
jahili
;
(Ar.
JaU.), ignorant,
chilia emetica).
with respect to
i.e.
jaba,
rat,
1.
black ass
stinking-rat; 3.
;
2.
B
jdha dutsi the
jahima*
wild dove.
humped
jS,ba jS.ba,
cattle.
hell,
jabaya, crupper of a saddle, generally
made
of strips of
white or blue cloth
cf
;
.
jaku-
(Ar. ^^o^^), burning
D
23, the highest
jaijaito, condolence on
ya yi mana
(Ar. jU».), mighty,
;
cf.
and ja-
any mis-
battle;
jainye*
hand
formed
shaking the spear
cf.
to quarrel, to fight ; seejayay a.
headman
shugdba
stick, e.g.
men
iYOva.ja.
ja-ja, reddish; seeja.
jajamaza*, a
whogoes in frontof a caravan, whilst the madugu, q.v., goes ;
to twist, e.g. a piece
jaiya, quarrel, fight, yin jaiya
in salutation.
jagSiba, the leader or
behind
on a theft;
of cloth, draw, drag, probably
jafache, to wink. jafi (S.), n.
e.g.
ci.jaje.
ddga.
cf.
jaijaito he con-
doled with us,
ja-daga, to draw up in line of
blind
.
hanama.
an epithet applied to God. jache, reddish.
agora,
religion,
cf jahalichi.
;
fortune other than a death
jabbaru*
j
3
best division in hell
turi.
or
C
1 2,
species of creep-
ing grass.
jajaya, to drag; seeja. jaje, compassion; ct jaijaito.
id.
one used by way,
jaje, staining red, used of cloth,
to lind the
thread, etc.
boy who leads about a blind man. also a
jajebera,
jahadi, jihadi (Ar. ^ly^)' w^^>
ranan day before any
preparation,
jajebe7-a the feast.
jaji
especially a holy war.
(Kanuri
id.),
title of
the
chief leader of a caravan.
jahalichi, jahilchi(Ar. Jv*-), ignorance,
jajirma*, warrior; see jarimi. jaka, to draw after one, to pull;
da jahalichi in |
;
ta
kuda a nickname
a donkey, i.e.
for
one who attracts
quitoes collect in the roof of
a house. (Ar. «.^».), a grammatical
jami
flies.
see je-
jakada, a messenger;
jakara, the name of a large
Kano
pool at the side of the
janaba
jdkai,
jakuna, donkey for various kinds of donkeys see under ;
jimrau, aura, idubar, araki,jaba, mugo. jaki, in phr. jaki bisa tudu bi'iigi,
plaiting of hair in
two
lines,
one in the middle of the head and one behind. jakuturi, crupper of a saddle
jabaya
see kuturi.
;
JLli-), mighty, used of God,
(Ar. wU».), pollution;
cf
.
(S.),
gullet, oesophagus;
janyaro.
janbade, an abscess;
cf.
F
135
;
han-
tukuria.
janbaki, a small bird with red beak.
janbarde, the ruddy-throated sunbird.
jangali, a tax on cows.
jangwada, the male of the common lizsirdkadangare, q.v. janjanchi, interference,
great,
(Ar.
cf
cf jaraba.
janai pi.
;
singular.
.
market. jaki, fern, jakainya,
jalala*
term denoting the plural
mufuradi
kdda.
cf.
janyaro
147
jak&da jaka
.
inso-
lence.
janjare
(a
Fulani word), the red
or grey guinea-corn with close
cf jalla. .
j&li,
property,
3 alii,
abin
jali
power; with
something
which to trade karamin jali a small capital. jalili, a small water duck, with slight red tint on neck, black and brown velvety head
growing head which ripens in Sokoto next after the gero, i.e. about the middle of Sep-
;
tember.
:
body
:
the whistling
jalla* (Ar.
used of God
jama'a .
teal.
S ^ Jih.), great, glorious, ;
cf jalala. .
(Ar. i^Uete.), collecting
together; cf. sdbero su kan jama^a akain daki the mos-
jankarago
(red beggar), a late
crop of kola nuts, see under goro.
jan-sayi, a
common
tree (Tri-
chilia emetica, Meliaceae).
janyaro (K.), 1 2.
.
gullet, ci. janai ;
also called jan-itache
(Hy-
menocardia acida) a large tree, with reddish bark, its wood used in supporting sheds, etc.
10—2
;
;
janye
148
janye, jaye, to drag away; .
janziri, janzari, an evil
spirit,
said to be the patron of the
make men mad,
masuhori, to
Ar.
(cf. (?)
discount,
j^*.)),
etc.; i.q. Idda, q.v.
man
of im-
portance or respect,
jauwi*
spice,
;
jawabi
(Ar.
speech,
w>t^».),
answer, message.
jayra (Ar. w»j^),
ness, uncleanness
jauri, a widower, a
jawa, drawing; seeja
and to eat dung.
jS^)j misfortune, doom, (Ar.
yin jaraha to make
;
A 65
ya kan arzikinka da jaraba
trial of,
allah
gama God may give thee prosperity to try thee.
jare*, a cricket
(?).
;
jarirai, a
year old
;
cf.
to
draw out, to bring todraw towards one-
gether, to e.g.
self,
straying sheep
;
a
q.v.
red.
jayaki, the fishing vulture. cf.
zarumi.
jariri, jarili, yarili, tjariria, pi.
to salute.
jawo,
form oija, ja-wur, very
jarili, seejariri.
jarimi, warrior
jawal, a species of myrrh. jawayi, jiwoyi, to visit, to go
baby up to one jivjiri.
jayawa, ci. ja. jay ay a, disagreement;
su7ia.
jayaya they are wrangling cf ja. .
jaru, jarum,
guard-room
(a
corruption of Eng. word).
jaye, to drag; seeja.
jayi or jauye, to draw back
jato, a vegetable poison used
see ja.
for smearing arrows.
jatoma rally
giyatuma, geneused by the Fulanis for or
mother. jauje, a
drum shaped
like
an
under the armpit, larger than kalango. jaura* to listen, M. H. p. 190 hour-glass,
cf.
saurara.
held
je (Ar. gU-), to go, to depart;
mu
mu
je da ni or
let
us go together
who
;
je tare
maje one
goes. 9
jebba* (Ar.
Ci
J
a red tobe. jebda*, jefda, a form of jefa a.**.),
to throw, jefa, jefi, jefo, jefe (bef. pron.
;
throw, to cast
obj.), to
da duatsu to
when
je/a
pelt is
jefa
;
with stones
used with a object
as its direct
missile
means to hit, not ya jefa masa throw at mashij ya jefi masa da mashi, or ya je/eshi he speared him jejeji da to pelt jefo implies motion towards or towards the ground jifa, usually
it
to
;
;
;
;
verbal n. throwing; sarikin jifa.
jewa
U9
jegawa
a champion thrower; jifa
or jefa the throwing of the
Derived
shuttle in weaving.
placed on a saddle. jello (K.), gourd for
jema, a scented grass which grows to a height of four feet. jemage, pi. jemagu, a large sized bat.
jemi, jlma, off
a skin
hill
;
see jigowa.
giving
accouchement,
jego, birth
yin jego to give birth.
;
jehunna
(S.),
an
eagle.
condolence;
jeijeito,
see jai-
jaito.
wooded or unin-
thinly
jeje,
habited country
;
cf
,
daji.
jeka, fem. jeki^ get out in sing., pi.
jeka, sack
;
!
only
= ku je.
a messenger, sent by any-
one
;
cf.
senger
;
manzo a 2.
majemi
to tan;
dish.
to flight.
jeni
(cf.
Ar. rt j^^^ viii), 1. ku tafi jeni keep !
2.
corn placed in
bundles, yin jeni to place in bundles. jera, jere, jire*, to arrange in line or procession ; ajere in a line,
or abreast, suna jeruwa
they are forming line; ya jeru it is arranged in line, jeraya, a running camel, jerfa, tribal marks on the skin, jeri, ^\. jerori, line, rank. jeri, jiri (cf.
Ar. j\^
v),
head-
ache, sunstroke, giddiness. jetaka*, a measure of distance, as far as can be seen with
see jika.
jekada, jakada, fem. jekddia, 1.
;
jenfi*, back; hadajenfi to put
together
jegawa, sandy
2.
jemo, a small
jefasda (K.), jefada
to cast out.
to rub the hair
1.
or inaijiTna a leather dresser.
together,
(S.), je-
holding
water.
forms arejefas to throw out, fasJie (Zanf.), to throw out, overthrow; /e/sa* and jefshe*
J^l^), the cloth
(Ar.
jelala
king's mes-
a tax-collector.
the eye. jeto, to agree with,
i.q.
jUo, q.v.
jewa, used of the circling of a bird over its prey.
;;;
jewayi
150
jewayi
(before
jewaye
n.),
(before pron.), verb, n.jewaya
jigeribti
jibda, civet jibe,
to dry after washing;
sun jewayi sun jewayesu, sun yi jewaya majewayi, pi. majeto spy, spy out, cf
.
place a
gari,
spy, scout,
cf.
gewaya,
jin tsoro to feel fear, to fear; jin wuta to become warm, or to
warm
oneself;
na
stand,
ji
to under-
2.
magananka
I
understand thy speech, han ji ha I don't understand to obey
;
cf
.
my
;
3.
ya die da ni ka
ji ka ji he said to to
jibga, to store up goods;
gossip.'
me
*
jibi,
jlbi,
seq.
chi
next;
gata, chUa.
cf.
jibji, dung-hill
up, conceal, entangle.
face
;
to
cf.
suri.
Ar. Sjuj, butter),
ointment, scent
;
jibdan kass
a kind of creeper.
the
dismount,
jldo come
;
down
down
(a load).
jiddda to take away, bring down.
Jidda* (Ar.
id.), really.
jlde, to pick up. jlfa, n.
(cf. (?)
on
fall
descend,
jlde to put
.
;
to
turn upside anything up
see jlta.
lodge at
day before yesterday; watan da dere
to
tilt
jiche
facli
jia last month, jia
jibche, to collect; seejibta.
jujai.
together.
jTda,
last night.
cf.
jiche {^.)^k%fa (K.), to cover
jia, yesterday; shekaranjia the
jiba, a small ant-hill
;
jibta, jibche, to collect, bring
understanding, friendly rela-
223.
yin
a food made of flour
1.
down, to
majiakira an orderly. tions, sun jia they heard, M. H.
;
and mia mixed; 2. used as a general word for food, jibi, the day after to-morrow watan jibi the month after
listen
kuna jin
sweat, perspiration
jiche, jichi,
jibda
cf.
jibi to sweat, perspire,
do you feel hungry ? for use of jiwo cf. ya jiwo. kishi he had a thirst which he had brought from a distance. jiyeya understanding, good
p.
to
thing, esp. of food.
to hear, perceive, feel, e.g.
1.
2.
down on the
jibgi, a large quantity of any-
hewaya. ji,
load
ground.
:
waya
cat.
to put anything out
1.
jifjif,
throwing; seeje/a.
B 56
twilight,
i.q. jijijl,
q.v.
jigeribti,
to
canter,
used of
;
;
jigida a
jima
151
an
horse
onomatopoeic
jika, jeka, zika*,
(Ar.
woman's girdle, often made from the nuts of the kivakwa palm strung to-
^j),
jigida, a
made
1.
a tree on
which meat is hung up to dry 2. a post for supporting roof 3. a beam for drawing water from a well. jigowa, jegawa, jigawa, sand, ;
jihirma, eagle; seejehurma. a
war
;
see jahdcii.
from the root
plant,
which a sweet scent made. of
jijia,
pi.
jiwoji, jijioyi,
sinew, gut;
fua old
C
is
19 dunia
tsois
and has nothing but veins
sometimes used of the roots of a tree, also of the gut from which bowIt
is
which
strings are made, or
used to
is
the arrow-head to
fix
jlka,
jibjib,
jiQif,
glimmer
muyi jijifi dawn; cf. jijiga,
to
;
see Gr.
let
p.
86
us start before
alfijir.
shake violently, to
feel a load in its
first
of light just before
dawn
the
the
weight
;
cf.
order to test jinjini.
colloquial idiom,
cf.
da jlka hurry up '
look slippery
'
;
ka yi
be limp
!
!
cf. seq.
jika, jike, to moisten; to be-
come wet; particip. iorxajikeF 78 akawo niagani ajika medicine is brought and is put in water, da rua ajika while
it is
raining.
jlkai, to have pity; allah shi
his soul
;
see jinkai.
body
jiki, pi. jikuna,
angai-
;
sheka dajiki your health was
enquired after
;
jlka used of
the trunk of a tree ; cf p. 49,
.
mutane jiki the
is
M. H.
jikin itache shina yin talatin the
trunk was
as thick as 30 men.
ease,
the shaft. jijifi,
pi. jlkoki,
jika7iu, grand-child.
jikansa God have mercy on
vein,
sai jiwoji the world
left.
of skin, used for cow-
iva;
covered with sand.
jihadi, holy
one
not for holding water,
ries,
;
jiji,
a bag, esp.
jlka, fem, jikanya,
gether. jigo, pi. jiguna,
hill
jikuna
pi.
3
word,
maso
man who loves
bodily
the lazy man.
ajikin
i.e.
used as a prep. =on; tsokan
nania ajikin makodi a scrap of
meat on a round
stone.
jiko, a medicine to cure hori
maniacs.
jiljilmako, a parrot.
jima, to wait a pass, in phr. sai
little
while
anjima after
;
jima a
good-bye
or
while,
little
jlma kddan
for the present,
or jimkadan, wait a
a
jmjima
152
little
while
jima, to tan
;
cf.
for a time.
jimero,
a
species
dark
of
make
up a whole, the divisions which make up a district. jimila,
jimina,
v.
to add.
pi.
jinga, wages or taxes, yin jinga to
pay wages,
ostrich.
jim.ka, jim.ke, to grasp with
;
wages, a workman.
jinganta, to hire. jingina, jinjina, or security for 2. V.
n.
1.
a pledge
money owing
to leave anything as a
cf. M. H. p. 197, wodansu su kan jingine kansu su karbi kurdi some would
the hand, to take a hand-
pawn
ful.
in order
while
little
;
see
jima.
themselves (as slaves) to
obtain money.
The form jinjina
is
probably
a local corruption.
jim.ki, a handful.
jingina, jingine, to recline, to
jim.olo, wild cat.
lean against something.
jimrache, to bear with anyone; ka jimrache be patient. ass with reddish
jimrau, an
jini, blood. jini,
found in comip. jinin kajiri
red beads worn by heathen
women round
body.
jimri, jimre, to be patient, to bear, to endure,
B 36 ku jimri
jihadi endure strife; mala-
fanga ta fi jimrin rua this hat keeps the rain off better; da jimri patiently. yana da jimri, n. patience jimri he is doing his best. jimua for aljimua, Friday. jinako, zinako, a black sting;
ing wasp
jinbiri
maijinga
;
pledge;
jimuna,
jim-kS,dan, a
etc.
a
rice.
jimila, the parts which
a grass used for making
mats.
man who pays wages dan jinga a man who receives
see jemi.
;
jimawa,
coloured
or
little,
jinjima.
jinfi,
;
(S.),
see zurnako.
unripe
fruit.
the neck.
jinia, the circular
band
of grass
rope which encloses the
kurua
tii-
rafters in thatching.
jinia, jinya, sickness, attend-
ance in sickness to attend
jinia
is
upon a
;
yin jinia
sick person;
also used for blood-
letting, cupping.
jinini*, to recall a
wrong
re-
ceived, to bear a grudge.
jinjima, apparently a strengthened form of jima, q.v., to
;
jinjimaka
153
partic. wait a short time form F62 ka san dunia kadan tnuka jinjimawa thou k no west that in the world ;
we
stay but a short time.
bout.
jinkai alheri or jinkai mu-
gunta
jikai.
cf.
;
you
jinkiri
ka yi mana have made us
wait
^
;
;
mani jin-
16Q ku yi
kiri wait a little while for me.
jinkiri, destiny, fate, death.
the
jinjina, n.
salutation
of
mounted men, made by the raised and shaken arm, and usually accompanied by a
hand as a
right
salute.
jinjini, to feel a thing in order
jinjiri, fem. jinjinia, pi. jirachild, infant, esp. ap-
plied to a child
between the
month and one jinjiri ha ya san
ages of one ;
cf
.
habu ha a
jinjiria, scarlet
cf.
an answer;
for
jinjirin ivata
moon;
child will
little
No
not take
(S.)
new
the
(Ar. j>^), demons, genii,
D69 da malaiku da aljinnu su tare and the angels and genii shall be
details
gathered
;
together
jinsi
ya sa riga tasa, on his garments, because he was naked cf (?) tsirara.
jir,
naked,
don jir
e.g.
shi ke he put
.
;
its
F 237 ana
jira, to wait for one;
fa jiran Jitowa nasa out, they rise
of
al-
(S.), colour.
gari the
(- haihaiya)
cf.
;
jinya, sickness; seejinia.
blossoms (Erythrina
jinka, thatched roof; yinjinka ;
for
construction
tanka.
grace;
S
jinnu
a prickly tree with
to thatch
await,
late.
after waiting for his
jariri.
senegalensis, Leguminosae).
jinkai,
come
ja7i.
to ascertain its weight.
jirai,
jinkirta, to postpone,
evil spirits
shout.
jinjina, jinjini, to hold up the
cf.
showing compassion on me; used of good or bad action,
2.
jinkiri, n. waiting
jinjimaka, a bird, w^ith black and white plumage. jinjimi, pelican, bastard mara-
year
jira
shinkai*, 1. mercy, ya ke jinkaina he is
of a
person
;
;
maijiran
official left in
town
a king
up
atashi
coming charge
in the absence of
maijiran gawa the
left to
watch a corpse
ruan jira water which wells up slowly and has to be waited for cf jirache, jirata. ;
jira, the yellow
.
weaver
bird.
jirache
154
jirache,
1.
to wait
gum. jiraya
jirai,
cf jira.
;
.
wait
to
(S.),
.
jiraya, a running canal
cf.
;
rank; see jera. jire*, probably a form of tsire, cf ya jire (of the hair of a skin) it comes off; cf. M. H. .
p. 57.
yin jir/a
jirfa, letting of blood ;
to
come
bend,
come
used with fuska to
frown, to show signs of
close
cf. F 108 ka zamna nan tutur ha jirkitawa thou
kitawa,
wilt remain there for
to
see
;
the times and their changes. jirwaye, splashing over. jisasa (K.), an eagle. jishe*, to cause to feel jita, to tilt
a tree with pink flowers
smooth bark (Stereospermum kunthianum, Bignoniaceae), also
called
san-
sami and hachin-tumkia. jirigi, jirgi, pi. jirage,
1.
;
;
kasa a locomotive or
boatman
;
2.
trough, water-trough for cows,
manger ;
off.
anything up against
something
cf. jiclie.
;
jitau, a rain cloud.
jito or jeto, to agree with,
e.g.
with an enemy.
jiwaya, to spy; ^eejewaye and giwaye. jiwoji, veins
;
seejijia.
jiwoyi, to visit; see j away i.
jiwuya, to turn
round
;
cf.
gewaya.
a blue
jiyeya, mutual understanding;
a dance;
jiza, a distant noise, muttering.
4.
see ji.
cloth.
jirke*, to cease;
cf. ji.
jitsa, pain.
canoe,
boat jirigin wuta or jirigin hayaki is used for steamboat,
3.
ever
;
jishe, to take away, take
train, maijh'gi
dis-
pleasure; participial iormjir-
hainya
and
;
neck to the
froiu the ;
intr.
jiri, jeri, dizziness.
etc.
breast
zamanu dajirkitansa consid er
.
jirga.
jirigi7i
it
used of bringing a baby
one
to
tana jirgewa the road bends. jirgo, to
jiri,
is
cf jirgo
close to.
to
seq.
cf.
;
move room to
bend,
side to give
;
without turning over. jirkita, n. change ku luroj da
to let blood.
jirge,
down, overthrow
round
jeraya. jire,
jirga, to
finish-
ing.
jirkita, to overthrow, upset,
cf ji7'a.
;
suna jirkewa they are
jirkiche, to upset, turn upside
jirata, for
one;
for
to bear with one
2.
jiza
e.g. of
;l.i
;
k
155
Jiziya
jiire or shure to kick,
jiziya (S.), tribute. juba, ant-hill; seejiha.
judu*, always.
juri, to be patient
juga, to give lavishly, anjuga mini aiki I have been given
jurum,
too big a job
juga, jubga,
;
n.
an unfair
divi-
dung-hill, of
1.
.
j%i
;
2.
a woman of bad character. jujaye, a pi. form of ja red cf.
;
cf.
jimri.
oppressed
cf.
;
is sterile
cf .
;
juya
che ha ta
haifuata.
sion.
jujai,
silent,
juya, used of an animal that
seq.
cf.
used of
fowls, etc.
M. H.
juje, a small
juya, juye, to turn over, to turn back, to turn or whirl
drum
it is
jujuyawa, turning over, tradcf. juya. ing, M. H. p. 202 ;
jula jula, of cloth, thread-bare. juna, recipr. pronoun, common-
inside out
;
gana or juya magana to interpret, juya da to overturn, juya ma to turn away from juyawa turning, returning.
jauje.
cf.
;
yana juye juya da mor-
round in a dance,
227.
p.
;
juyi,
n.
whirling.
Also a trad-
ly prefixed to the plurals of
ing term, selling an article
the pers. pronouns, thus J^^n-
and with the proceeds and added money buying some-
ansu one another juna and da juna are also used abso;
E
lutely,
37
da juna we
one with
rejoice
another; the expression J^tna hiu
is
used in polite
for enceinte
;
circles
cf . ta yi
juna
biu she was three or four
months gone with juna, a friend. juni*,
blue
child.
indigo,
colour,
k
o
and k ^ are used by Hausas to represent the sound of the English k. There is a distinction of sound between the two, though in the
writing they are frequently
;
t^ (which in
this dictionary is written k) is
n. listening
p. 230, kit
else.
interchanged,
= shuni. jurara,
thing
muna murna
cf.
M. H.
yi jurara listen.
a sub-palatal guttural.
Hausa name mairua,
i.e.
for it
is
The
kam
the watery k;
jurare*, to listen; seesaurara.
it
jure, to kick
person pronouncing it puts his mouth into such a position
jure^
an
;
see shure.
intensified
jure-
form of
is
so
called
because the
;
ka
;
kabbar
156
that he appears to be shooting
future
out water from the throat.
personal pronoun masc. sing.
The other k
called kamn
is
The distinction between the two k sounds is specially marked
lasan the licking
k.
where k is an initial letter. The sound k is sometimes interchanged with that of «, J] and ^, e.g. kunche, sunche; kufu, fu/u kurji, gurje. ka, second personal pronoun ;
mase. sing., is
1.
prefixed
as subject
to
;
it is
also
tense, also to the passive, e.g.
you
will
come
out,
kabobi,
pi.
it
;
verbs and preps.,
e.g.
follows
sun ka-
inaka they have seized you,
is
from
which baskets,
ropes,
hats,
are made. to swell, used of swelling
caused by sickness.
kaba,
kabuwa,
syphilis
;
a
swelling,
kaba na kashi rheu-
matism cf dumar-kada. kabaki, pi. kaboka, 1. a large .
;
quantity of food in a calabash,
B
30
;
2.
a large
kabania,kanibama, kabuma, a brood mare.
kaban kura, a vegetable poison
used as an inseparable
used for smearing arrows. kabare, a bird, the appearance of which is a sign of bad luck.
possessive pronoun
object possessed
and -rka or
is
-Ika
object possessed
is
;
when the masculine
when the feminine
ubanka thy uwarka thy mother.
see Gr. p. 24, e.g. father,
2.
fibre
leaves
3.
tnaka or gareka to you
-nka
before
and
its
calabash.
it
dum palm
the stem has grown up;
abundance,
as object
specially used of
is
the young
forth
2.
a large
1.
palm with edible
afitasdaka you are brought ;
2nd
q.v.
fruit
kaba,
mood
the
p. 40.
species of
the verb in
za which denotes the future
fito
ka% kaba,
etc.
suffixed to the auxiliary verb
zaka
Gr.
for
ka, head, a shortened form of
it
the perfect tense and in the
imperative
cf.
prefix
ka, a concessive particle
;
B
28
ka ka zaha which thou mayest choose^kan, q.v. kowojche
ka, a shortened form of kaa the
0^
I
kS,bari (Ar. j^), grave; B 169, F 101 kana kabarinka kai
dai thou art in thy grave alone.
kabbar*
(Ar. jl^),
say 'allah akbar,' is great.'
A
72 to
i.e.
'God
kabe kabe, to brush
kakahe to brush
;
thoroughly, also used as intr. V.
sai rdba
kakahe wait
ta
dew has
the
till
risen
is
(i.e.
brushed away) kabeke*, one possessed of food; cf.
kada
157
kubewa
(K.),
kachala, a chief slave of a king (a Bornuese word). kache, to scratch up with the nails.
(S.)
kachibiss
which and on
meeting.
pumpkin
kabia,
gardens
in
houses
;
1.
gourd,
or
goji (Z.).
cf.
conduct, habit;
2.
a
kabido, kabudo, a cape made of palm fibre with hole for head, used as a protection against rain.
all
J-j^i), kindred,
the people belonging to
house
one
maikahila one
;
large following.
knock against. kabrara, to be large or corpukS,bra, to
kabtu, fore
see kauri.
first hoeing of land besowing ; cf kufurtu.
kabua,
.
syphilis
kabuma,
see
;
to shake.
karka*, conjunction, 1. J) b^ ku do ania kada yan uwanku su berku hainya take care lest your relations leave you out-
kSida,
that not, lest
;
(heaven)
;
of
an
kabus, kabushi, pi. kabussai, an edible gourd. kabushi, softness, ya yi kait is
preceded
in
3.
imperative sentences
denotes prohibition,
B
41
kada ka lura da aiki nai look not closely at his work ; B 141 kada ka hita follow it k§,da, to shake, specially used
antelope's horn.
bushi
2.
by domin = in order that not;
not.
see kaha.
kabama.
kabura, a whistle made
in-
like a pea with small seeds inside, used as a plaything for children
lent. ;
an unexpected
kachokacho, a pod
it
kabri, thick
(S.),
kachichia, a wood-boring
side
who has a
yin or
sect.
thing abhorred.
kabila* (Ar.
;
yenke kachia to circumcise.
(cucurbita pepo), a kind of
grows
scattering, dis-
persal of property or people.
kachia, circumcision
kahaki.
kabewa
kacha kacha,
soft to eat.
the phrase kada kai to beckon with the head, assent, say yes ; see geda kai, cf.
in
kauda kai to dissent. kada, to strike, e.g. a drum. kada, kashe, to conquer, over*
;
kada
kadanya
158
throw (not connected with kashe to kill) kdda itatua to clear the bush kdda or kyarda is used before a n., kdshe ;
;
before a pron.
kada, cotton,
for the cleaning
of cotton before spinning see
only, I alone,
ka kadai,
ski
kadai, etc.
kadaichi, the state of being one or alone, found in the phr. shi kadaichi he by himself cf. makadaichi unique, kadaita, 1. desolation yin kadaita, to lay waste 2. v. to ;
;
under abduga. kada, to stir into, mix in
;
(e.g.
of soup).
kada
[Ar.
be alone
he the Ar.
^^^-cii,
here pronounced
^
is
but in
d,
is
;
shina kadaita daki
alone in the room,
kadami, used in the expression kadamin abduga a spindle with cotton on
alkali ^^oJUt , judge, it is pro-
nounced as l\ to judge, condemn, chastise kdda magana to contemn. kada kada, a shrub with pink flowers which appear from the ground before the leaves ;
(Cienfuegosia
heteroclada,
k^da, k^do, pi. kddodi, kaditna, kadunduna, crocodile. kadabkara, also kadafkara, a bird which is said to carry its eggs in its mouth; the lesser bustard. 1.
a cross ridge in a
tilled field joining
tudinal
ridges;
tilled field
kadai,
;
kadamiski
or
karamuski,
an imported velvet or plush cloth esp. used by women. kadan, if, when, kadan, little, few ; kddankddan q.v.,
very
very few.
little,
kadan-dunia, kadandonia, a
Malvaceae).
kadada,
used in
it
spinning.
cf.
the longi-
2.
a well-
kwiya.
exceedingly,
used
in
salutations after sanu, harka, etc.
kadai, only, alone, ni kadai I
harmless centipede,= rfaiofe^/a cf
.
shanshani a poisonous cen-
tipede,
kadangari, kadangare, dangarua,
f.
ka-
kadangaru, the common house lizard. When the male puts on its mating pi.
colours it is called kutu (in Kano), kiski (in Sokoto) and
jangwada (in Zaria). kadango, tattoo marks behind the eyes.
kadanya
(Bassia Parkii), shea-
butter tree
;
the
oil
obtained
;
159
kftdara
from its seeds (main kadanya) is
of the consistency of butter;
it is
of
an
largely used as
food and
England
is
article
exported to
for use in the
manu-
facture of soap, candles, etc.; ci.kade.
kadanya rajl aipoison
used for smearing arrows.
kadara, kudira (Ar. jjj),
1.
to
kS.fa
indigenous tribes, used generby the Fulanis for
ally
Hausas.
k^do
a
crocodile
;
see
kadondunia, centipede
;
see
(K.),
kdda.
kadandunia. kafa, a leak in roof, pot or canoe; a little hole; ya yi kafa it leaks cf prov. ahin ;
will
or decree;
hold equal
to liken,
2.
to. :
fragrant resin, the copaiba tree (Daniellia thurifera, Le-
guminosae). the fruit of the shea-
butter (kadanya) tree
;
nami-
jin kacle a tree with white blossoms:
its foliage
resembles
cotton
obtained
from the silk-cotton
kadarko,
tree.
bridge,
2.
to nail, fasten with nails
3.
to set up, to place, pitch,
jj^i, to appoint,
to order (used of
God), to
warn.
kadi, spin
n. ;
A
4.
;
ground
ya kafa goshinsa he
spinning, yin kadi to
fe,
.
M. H.
5.
jirigi
to
ya
fem. kdfafia, kdfafa,
kada cotton.
;
kdfawa founding
akafe stuck
;
in.
k§>fa, kafTa, pi. kafdfu, kafofi, s (cf.
Ar. sa£»,
1.
palm
of hand, sole of foot), foot,
leg
kafa the sole of the akafa on foot, F 95
tafin
;
foot
kado
kafafe
hahe (Fulani words).
pi.
kdfafuj finished, established,
kadi, a blow. pi.
himself;
cf
;
grounded on the rocks ; kdfa-
kafafe
cf.
;
kafa lema to pitch a tent 13 mu ga ankafa ragaya we see ropes set up (for weav-
founded
stilts.
kaderta, Ar.
put
kafa chikin duchi the boat
to overturn.
kaderko,
a nose with-
to build, esp. to
1.
ing)
a tree,
is
kdfal alura a
wooden beams on a house
prostrated e.g.
;
needle's eye.
k&fa,
that of the kadanya tree (Lo-
kade, to cut down,
-
out nostrils
phira alata).
kaderi, the
babu kafa a
worthless thing
kadarko, bridge see kaderko. kadaura, a large tree with
kS.de,
.
hanza hanchi
;
duk
adufitse
ma kushe-
;
.
kafada
160
wa by
the feet of
all is (thy)
grave pressed down;
kafon batsi white
flowers
and
silvery
kdfat
hairy leaves from which scent
yaki a portion of an army separated from main body;
is made, =fariti-gamu, q.v. kafirchi, heathenism; see kd-
kdfat fatake a collection of
caravans;
zumunta
prov.
cf.
akdfa ta ke relationship is a matter of the feet, i.e. if a person does not take the trouble to walk
to
his
see
relation the relationship be-
comes
no
of
kamun
account; cf. 2. spur of a
kdfa;
cock, fin of a
fish.
kafada, shoulder.
kafan*
;
cf.
lika-
fani.
j-?l-£»),
unbeliever,
infidel,
heathen. kafirta, to become an unbeliever,
kafito (come out), a bird or animal snare made with cane and slip-knots. kafuna,
da kdfo horned; 2. horn-trumpet A 78 rana da maibusa ya busa kafo on the day when the sounder of the trumpet shall sound maikafo trumpeter kdfon mariri the horn of the oryx. horn,
1.
;
kafarji, a small tortoise. kSifau,
kafiri, pi. kafirai, kafirawa (Ar.
kS,fo, kS,ho, pi. kafoni,
shroud
(Ar.),
furchi. kafirfita, sand-fly.
mud
;
see kdfo.
kafche, to plough or prepare ground for sowing, makafche one who ploughs kS.fe (cf Ar. rt .
cf.
;
kaftu.
U=3 to recede), and so, of a ,
to subside, sink well, to
dry up, rijia ta kdfe j
also tr. to dry, e.g. meat. k^fi, kaffi,
barrier
kafo,
pi. kafij
swamp with blind, blind
makafo,
gate, stockade,
makamta, blindness.
soft
id.,
and
man;
makopchi, makamchi.,
k^fo, ya kdfo baki he stuck out
kdfa.
of time)
a
mud. cf.
kafi, kafin, prep, before (used
kafia, to
k2,fo, mire,
establishment, cf
1.
2.
;
;
;
cf.
slip,
kafofun-guga
kami. e.g.
as in
his lips to drink
soft
mud, B 142 ka kafia damai maiafkawa thou slippest confusedly and art about to fall. kafiboka, a convolvulus with
;
(S.),
i
see kdfa,
an
arch!
used in building, in Gandoi
masharua
kafon
is
used.
i
batsi, a wdld plant some-
times eaten in times of
j
scar-^
city at beginning of rains.
;
kafora
;
kafora .1
(S.),
the iron blade of
phatic,
thou thyself;
thou,
used with ka to form emphatic
lioe.
kafra,
kai
161
to
tr.
knock against.
aor.
2nd
ka nema
pers. kai
hoeing of the ground before
thou didst seek ; also with da, tare da kai with thee thy-
sowing
self.
kaftu,
hoeing,
the
esp.
first
yin kaftu to hoe
;
Frequently used as an
exclamation to
kafche.
cf.
call
anyone
kafu, a cloth put on a horse under the saddle.
yaro ho boy
kafur (Ar. j^lis), camphor.
used as an exclamation ad-
kafurchi, heathenism
see kd-
;
dressed
to
firchi. ;
in-
vent.
kagada, when
used in Sokoto
;
for saanda.
kag3.ra, eager desire for; yin
kagdra da to desire eagerly.
kegania,
fortification,
pi.
kagaru,
barricade
kai
more than one tafi !
kai, sometimes used in Sokoto
see kdfiri.
kaga, to find out, discover,
;
sometimes
it is
!
person kai ku
kafuri, heathen
kS.gara,
or attract his attention
made
good cf wanda ke da kai the popular course. kai, pi. kanuajkawana, kawuna, 1. head of animated beings; chiwon-kai headache 2. tig. top or summit of anything kain tudu the summit of the hill, kandaki an upper storey for keau^
.
;
;
entrenchment; also used for a stretcher of boughs on which a man whom it is
in a house
desired to honour,
conjunction with the personal
of trees,
by kage
is
borne
invention, false accu-
k3,ge, to stiffen,
used of a limb
by cold or disease;
Jmgeiva stiffening
;
see gage.
kago, used of a house of which the roof has fallen in. kagua, pi. kagunai, an edible crab which lives in the water. kai, pron. R. H. D.
sum, substance
is
2nd
pers. sing,
em-
kai in
used as a periphrasis
for the reflexive
and emphatic
pron. {a) with da,
sation.
stiffened
3.
chapter of a book, pron.
his friends. (S.),
;
or chief point of a statement,
e.g.
ni da^
kaina I myself, shi dakansa he himself, etc., ita dakanta takanta she herself; without da as ni kaina I myself, C 4, kai nasa himself, or
itc(,
(i)
C 5.
The
final i is
except in the
first
kanka, kansa,
dropped
person, e.g.
kansu. 11
The
;
kai
:
162
forms kaina
are also used
etc.
as reflexive pronouns in the
kainya
kaida,
rule, law,
ya hata
kaifafa,
kansa he destroyed himself ya sha kansa it was too much
sharp.
objective case,
e.g.
:
samu kanta she
for him, ta
was punished
cf
;
.
abin ya zo
kanmu the thing has recoiled on us, gama kai da to intrigue with, dakir
ya sami kai
he saved himself with
diffi-
kan litafi the beginning of a book ta kai ta kai culty,
boundary, rate
of tax assessment,
kain
sharpen,
to
(cf.
to
be
Ar. aa^), edge,
e.g.
of a knife, of the bridge al-
F 144
sirat,
;
da
kaiji edged,
sharp.
kaikai, kaikaiyi, itching pain the itch, crowcrow, a disease
W.
coast
kaikai, the chaff obtained
when
very
common
on the
of Africa.
;
every one for himself;
cf.
aka^i above, a contraction of
a kai na on the head kai, 2.
1.
of.
to carry, to carry a load
to take, take away, con-
duct, guide rive at
;
attain
3.
.
na karia false da kawowa is
dealings
kai
;
also used for
and fro cf labarinsa ya kai koenna the report concerning him went everywhere kdda ta kai don't let to go to
.
;
;
it
To
escape.
this verb
probably to be referred
is tlie
kai in the phrase ba shi kai
hakanan ba or
it
is
it
not so
is ;
kaicho,
1.
cf. kcira.
;
2.
to
kaikaya, a leguminous shrub. kailula (Ar.
kaimi,
;
kaimin kadangare (lizard's spur) a plant with prickly seed capsules about 1 in. long.
kainijia (compound of kai and ijia),
eyelashes.
fully,
to
see kaya.
alas! i.q. kaito^ q.v.
iijJLi), to doze.
kayami^ spur, also used of the spurs of a cock pi.
kawa
;
;
accusation
sation,
accuse;
kainnain
take away, kaiyo to bring, kaya a load, kaiwa a present. kaia, burden see kaya, kaia, a thorn
beaten out.
kaikainya, side-plaits. kaikara, lit. bringing of accu-
too much,
cf.
is
to, ar-
da katvowa
cf kai
;
any grain
or kai nai, plenti-
in great numbers.
kainua, water
lettuce (Pistia
stratiotes, Pistiaceae).
kainya, kanwa, the 'ebony tree
'
(Diospyros mespilifor-
mis, Ebenaceae).
3
!
kainya
kanwa (kwoi),
to lay
season (damana) before the
In the
rain has quite ceased.
eggs.
kaitara, plural kaitarori, the leather thong attached to the
and passed through
saddle
the ring of the girth
(baicji
majayi) to fasten the
kaitaro, see (S.),
taro,
!
fool
;
would
kaka
found suff.
wawa
given to a king
in
pron.
con-
CI
alas for thee,
kaichoni
kaiwa, a present,
or kai-
woe
is
me.
especially one ;
.
approximately
correspond to November.
kaka, pi. kakani^ 2.
1
.
grandfather
D 58 akantarshi-
ancestor;
damu we
hal
kakanmu
a-
be gathered together even to our ancestor shall all
Adam. kS,kabe, intens. form of kabe, q.v.,
brush
to
brushed
a
cf kai.
Hausaland
part of
greater
mu dukamu
seq.
alas
kaitunka
or
latter.
kaicho (K.)
struction with
O
kakari
163
kainya,
kaito
;
tree,
off,
to
to
be
fall,
of
off,
let
to shed leaves.
kaiwa, a large leather sack. kaiya, an exclamation of negation, Why What an idea
kakabi, to marvel as at a thing
kaje, reed buck, cervicapra
kakS,fe, to stick to
!
re-
kajerini, the
name
of a bird.
kazizi, a tuber from
which a cough-medicine, also
see kabri. ;
see kafa.
plied
the children in a
to
home for freed slaves. kakakat or kakat, a word
im-
plying likeness, only used in
made. used interrogatively; cf. kaka sunanka what is your name? kaka ne ka sani how dost thou know"? kaka zaka yi how are you going to manage? In Sokoto yaya is often used for kaka ; kokaka however.
proverbs
rials, is
.
;
frankincense for use at bu-
kaka,
.
fat
kaka-gida*, a nickname ap-
dunca.
kajiji,
never before seen.
kakabra,
how;
k&ka, the harvest season, which lasts about one month and comes at the end of the wet
:
kakakat
ku7tnen
doki, like a horse's car.
kakaki, trumpet, trombone. kakanya, grandmother cf. ka;
ka.
kS,kara, a small piece of ivory, a tooth.
kakarai, without cause. kakarako, crowing; see kaka^ ruko.
kakari, 2.
1.
vanity, vain, untrue;
swelling on hand or foot.
11—2
;
kakartsa kakartsa, to bow
cf karkata.
;
.
kakaruko, kakarako, kukaruku,
n.
crowing (probably
onomatopoeic)
;
cf
agwagwa
.
and talatalu. kakarya, guinea-corn which has sprung up in an unsown
form 136 hanza kalai kalai ha addini the washing of clothes is worthless apart from religion ; generally used with clothes, for reduplicated
B
cf.
away
in war.
kakezua hausa, a
plant re-
sembling ginger, which grows
damp woods
(Costus afer,
Scitamineae).
kaki, to
wash
to
well
and
thoroughly.
kakau* = maikauda, one who
in
kalai* (Ar. ^^), washing of
wanke
farm.
kakat, see kakakat. drives
k&lemu
164
kalami* (Ar. jt>*:)^), words; cf. M. H. p. 220, kalaminsa. ke nan this is what he said. kalango, a drum, made with wood or out of a calabash like an hourand held undei* the arm pressure on the strings alters the sound of the drum. One such would be used by theking'sfool; ci. jaujewhich it
spit.
shaj)ed
is
glass,
kaki, found in compound kakin
;
zumua
bees'-wax.
ka-ki-ganin allah (thou
re-
fusest to look at God), the
name
of a species of horn-
which appears to be always gazing down. kala, used in Gando for palm bill
rib.
kala
5
(cf. (1)
is
a drum similar in shape to
the kalango but of larger
kalankua,
gleaning of harvest, remainder of nuts, food, etc.
;
yin kala
to glean.
size.
a string worn
across the forehead as a cure for
Ar. ^Js, herbage),
1.
2.
headache or as a charm; yin kalankua to look at
anyone in order to encourage him 3. the top layers of brick on a wall, coping stones. ;
kalabi, handkerchief on a wo-
kal^ta, to glean
man's head. kalabta*, to sit down, used of camels, donkeys, etc.
kale, to regard lightly, disre-
gard
;
;
see kala.
see kicde.
to
kalemu, kallemu (K.), 1. 2. the wing of an insect
drink at midday), breakfast,
barbs on an arrow-head be-
midday meal, any meal.
hind the actual point.
kalachi
(cf.
(?)
Ar.
jU,
;
kalgame kalgame
intertwine,
to
(S.),
hook on to. kalgo, kargo (Bauhinia reticulata, Leguminosae), a small tree with slightly fragrant leaves, used for wrapping up food in its bark is used by women for darkening their lips ; from the bark of the ;
made the
kalgo tree are
used to
Gr.
cf.
p.
masuyin daki da
38,
cords
up the reeds in
tie
house building; 1.
138,
kalgo.
kali*, keli*, to shine as metal, a star, etc.
M. H.
p.
below
;
see
kal-
kalilan* (Ar. JjU), a to
1.
ceae), a prostrate herb,
little.
lidi,
q.v.
applied to
2.
a
command, proclamation (Ar. kalkada, kalkade, kankade, karkade, to shake, shake oj0f; kalkada kura to shake off the dust D 5 6a wanan da kan ;
jishi ha shi kalkade ha that let
him
cast
not away.
similar flowers.
kalkashin
piece of cloth. n.
kalikashin,
(S.),
karkashin(K.), under, under-
A
neath, below.
form kalkas
is
shortened
commonly used
as a prep, or adv., underneath,
zomo
kalkashin
(Indigofera
a bush with small leaves and pink
Leguminosae),
kalkeche, wild dog or
kallo, n, gaze, stare to
look
the bottom or base
of anything,
probably formed
from kasa ground.
jackal,
yin kallo
;
carefully
at,
gaze,
ka faye kallona you continue staring at me, makalachi one who stares, in a bad sense. kalma* ( Ar.), word see kaldmi. ;
;
kalmashe, 1. to bend, roll up, make a collar, hem 2. to avoid in pass.
kalmasa, ;
towel, napkin, small
kalkashi,
The name is also Sesamum radiatum
an erect and larger plant with
stare
kalkS.fi,
with
those of
to
head, see kalemu.
command;
which he hears
similar
flowers
kalle (K.), to break. kallemu, the barbs on an arrow
kashin.
kaliye,
Pedalia-
sesamoides,
theca
flowers.
227.
kalikashin,
karkashi (Cerato-
kalkashi,
sp.,
kalia*, falsehood, for karia, q.v. '
kalm^sa
165
B
;
let it be kalmashe with
37 akalmasheta
avoided zuchia
;
=
desire, to
3.
to fail to get one's
be disappointed
;
4.
kalmasJien zuchia illiberality.
;;
kalme
kama
166
kalme, an iron-pointed pick. kalmisa, n. used of rough des-
kS-lo,
rah
halo very fine
;
.
;
2.
kam
my
in
a swellfor
opinion
usually implying a negative
kam=I
statement, ni it is
not
kama,
did not,
I.
lay
to seize, to catch,
hold on, to continue, go on
with;
then in
various
condary applications,
e.g.
kama hainya he took
would not believe;
suka kama tafia they proceeded to march ; kowa ya kam,a gabansa every one took his
own road
the
fire
;
wuta
ta
ka-
used in sense of to be catchable ; ta kamu it is likely is
;
makdma,
q.v.,
that which lays hold or ;
is
makdm,i
arms,
k^ma (Ar.
id.), as, like,
kama wanan
like as;
kam,a used with a word denoting like this
;
measure = about ; with da kamada and kamanda
affixed
=
like as,
according as
(cf.
kdmada to be
like to most commonl}- kdm,a assumes the constr. forms kam.an, kamal, kamar, kaman ivanan like this, kamanda or
ba
;
kan;
ya his
ya
kar)ia I
m,u
;
and bring
to seize
tam^karda), yin
road, pursued his journey;
{~ ya yi)
cf.
se-
kama it succeeds 7ti
kamo
laid hold of, handle
as to, e.g. ni part,
in tens, to catch all of
.
^
to be caught
eaten in soup.
kalulua, 1. a gland ing of a gland.
;
kam,uwa
zom.0 ha shi
dag a zamne a hare is not caught by sitting still ; kam,ame a prisoner; kankama
cf kali.
(a
lun itache a dried-up tree. kalua, seeds of the dorowa tree they are contained in a pod like that of a bean and are
my
fits
prov.
Kanuri word). kalu*, found in compound ka-
kam*,
it
kame
ya kama exactty; kamuwa, ;
capable of being caught
kitsu.
used in expression kdlo
kalu, broth
supplicate;
hakinka keep quiet
woman
habille coiffure of a
pending the proper
^a7??(xA;r{/
kamata)^
abhida ha shi
kama ha
that which is unkdmache to befit, to M. H. become, to behove. 206, cd)iri da shi hai p. kamacheka ha that which is not becoming to you. kdmdta to be becoming and so, to be necessary; ya kamata it fitting,
is becoming, we ought, etc. kamache, to befit see kdma. kamal, kamar, like; see kdma. ;
kamame,
prisoner
;
see kdm.a.
(cf. (?)
become
He retains^ a Hausa; The Kam-
etc. of
ahakivariga.
Fulah kama friend); maikd-
ma
state.
the religion,
Nupe.
friend
partner,
steamed.
kamberi, a man of Hausa parentage born and brought up-
(cf.
fellow,
;
kahama.
N.W.
lies
Ar. rt ^-i^, to
rich),
1.
fine
expen-
up
sive clothes, stored
2.
strength
;
trea-
king
sures, esp. those of a
he
of
shina da kambi
strong.
is
kambi
(S.),
a skin disease, esp.
of horses, yaws.
kambori, kambari, nail, also all
the finger-nails;
shell
;
calico
cf.
finger-
2.
egg-
3. fish scales.
kamtbori* (Ar. is
1.
used collectively for
or
j^oi), fine
brocade,
white
such as
imported from England; alkamura from the same
Arabic
kambu,
root.
a leather
arm guard
;
;
kamfa
kan
168
worn from wrist to elbow, worn by hunters. kamfa, the hole in which grain kashe kamfa to is planted ;
kamshi, kansi, kamsa, scent of any kind;
B
kamsir, applied
of the first sowing.
kamu, kamn,
when, by the cf. sai ka ; shiria kamin na zo you must get ready by the time I come; cf. kafi. D 21 kami mareche until evening A 1 2 kam,i ka zona when thou sittest down till,
until,
time that, before
;
cf. M. H. p. 206, kam,in yi wonka until I have washed. kamk^ima, to utterly capture,
in tens,
kamna
form
see
;
(Ar. ^J^),
kamna
kdma. 1.
an
incense,
2.
169.
go over the ground sowing in the places where the grain has not sprouted as a result
kami,
1.
agreeable smell, ahin kainshi
to the metal
cartridge case used with the flint-lock
gun
to catch
;
maikamsir.
cf.
;
see kdma.
a measure of length from the elbow .to the tip of the middle finger, cubit; a common measure used in selling cloth.
kamua*, a pledge held for money owing. kamunk^fa, the two pieces of cloth
sewn on at the bottom
of native trousers
;
they are
about six inches wide and
love, de-
brightly coloured
;
cf.
wando
kamna
maikaynu trousers embroidered up to the top. kamzo, ^anzo, food burnt on the fire, a dried crust; cf. M. H. pp. 169 sqq., refuse
a thing beloved, ina kamnaka I love thee; B 165 muna
kan*, kana or kanda*, con-
sire, e.g. is
aroused
kamna directs
tax
ta tsaya love
C ^ ya maida ga hanza dunia he ;
his
desires
towards
this vain world, abin
kamna we desire, or with y\ e.g. na yi kamnansa (=ina sonsa)
I
love
him
;
then
;
kan su gama
wanan kana ka
yi
finish this before
you do that,
at seeing a friend;
a
until,
before they have done, kare
v.
cf.
2.
kan-
kam^na, kauna.
kamro,
junctive particle, before that,
to look pleased
kam,na to lose heart;
kamna fuska
yenke
food,
reed-grass
;
kamro a water mouse.
heran
wonchan
B
57 kanda ta rabika before
it
part you.
kan,
if,
allah
when; cf. M. H. p. 228, kan ya so if God will
kan it is
kanga
169 probably an abbreviation
of kadan, q.v.
kan {kam
before h) or ka, a
defective auxiliary, used in
order to give to verbs (1) a frequentative habitual or
roof; sabero su kan jamaa a kaindaki mosquitoes collect in the roof of a house.
kandama, yin kandama tie down thatch on to kandami,
who always performed
kandare
ablutions with sand
subjunctive
his
(2) a
;
concessive
or
sense,
B 137 almajiri shi kam
bida
dengi
would seek tions
;
(3)
nai
the
pupil
his
after
rela-
the sense of neces-
fire
he will
say,
Alas
;
cf.
Gr. p. 28. small, few; used
as pi. of karami, q.v.
kanda, how, the way in which, according to. na kasa ji kanda I am at a loss to ;
cf
.
storey, a
;
to
kande, a name given
to a girl
born after the birth of two or more boys. kandilu, dung
cows
of
or
camels.
or
kandun
ido,
de-
1.
what is on the inside of anything by simply looking at
it
;
2.
charm
a stone used as a to
tied
a
woman's
neck ; 3. evil eye. k^ne, pi. kdnena, kdnaij kanoni, younger brother; for fern, form cf. kanua. kS,ne, kanne, 1. winking; 2. to wink with one eye, yin kanne, id.;
kanniawa winking,
see
kankani.
kanenchi, brotherhood,
kan.
kanda, koda, a dried-up nut. kandaki, pi. kandakuna, composed of kai and daki, lit. head of the house
(S.),
used of skins.
claring
person masc. singular of the
understand
kangare
(K.),
stiff,
kandu
;
little,
be
the
kan, on the basis of; see akan. kana, before see kan*. kana, personal pronoun, 2nd
kanana,
kun-
see
;
kandiri, a long straight walking-stick from Adamawa.
ya
!
continuous present tense
pond
du77ii.
che
sity or certainty, e.g. sai
gamu da wata ya kan kaitaro when he meets
a
roof.
sense cf. A 54 wanan da kan rika taimama the man ;
to
second
room above, apex
of
kanfa*, remainder, Sokoto for saura p.
137,
1.
used ;
cf.
in
Gr.
11.
kanfaie* (S.), shoulder, kanga, a knife see kangar. ;
.
;;
;
kanga kanga, konga, without
plain, flat place
ravine
trees,
M. H. p. 197, na konga the mallain cf.
dila tnalami
jackal
desolate
of
cf.
;
the
is
places
kamjo.
kangalai, a long piece of wood tied beside the ear, projecting
some distance before and behind, used as a punishment for
for thieving.
kangar, kanga,
a rough by pagans,
with circular handle to fit on wrist and blade projecting backwards
2*. cavalry-
;
assembled for war.
kangar a,
;
da kangara
B36;
eye
;
kankada,
to drum, intens. form of kdda. kankale, to scale a fish.
kankama, evil spirit. kankama, new sprouts growing up
after trees or grass
kankama, an intensive form of kdma to seize. kankamna, to dislike, ill-treat kamna.
cf.
kankamo, see
to seize
vigor-
kankana,
little,
kankane,
single one of a which one has been
lost.
species of cucum-
ber or pumpkin.
kankanchi
may
(possibly this
be the French cancan Ara-
^Xi^,
idle gos-
dishonour, humiliation,
anger, quarrelling
;
B
83
mu
sa kankanchi let us put aside
yin kankanchi da to quarrel with cf. prov. talauchi kankanchi poverty quarrelling,
kangi, a leather thong, e.g. the rope by which slaves are fastened neck to neck,
1.
fem. form of
q.v.
fiercely, strong-
kangarua, a
and bring
kdma.
sip),
kango,
have
been cut down.
bicised into
pair, of
the
kdne.
cf.
kankana, a
kangaradda to excite to mutiny cf. rebellion,
adv. phr.
kS,niawa, winking with
1.
knife, used esp.
ously,
kankanchi
170
pi.
kangaye,
desolation;
2.
and ruined house; built without
as a prison
kani, before
kania, anus.
;
;
kangogi,
a desolate 3.
a house,
a door, used cf.
kanga.
see ka^i.
;
is
degradation,
i.e.
there
is
nothing like poverty to humiliate
a
man
ma
;
cf.
M. H.
yi kankanche'
p.
200, ni
I
too will do (him) a bad
turn,
kundumi ga
niache
kankanchi ne baldness disgrace to a woman.
is
a:
;
kankanda kankanda head
kai, to bend the
see kdda.
;
;
found in expr. yin kankanin ido to look with of kane^
the eyes nearly shut.
kankane,
kunkungaba,
kankungaba,
part of the embroidery on
fern,
kmikanwa,
pi.
A 22.
kankanta,
Imlin
littleness, cf.
kankanta childishness.
kankanta,
Gr. 138,
1.
;
commercial metropolis W. Sudan, G 5; cf. 'Hausaland,' pp. 100-123.
the
kansa, himself see kai. kansakali, a sword. kanshi, a sweet smell; ;
see
kamshi.
make
to humiliate,
cf.
kanne, winking see kdne. kano, pronounced kanno, Kano, of the
hankana, kanana^ small, little,
;
.
the front of a tobe.
hinclii.
kankani, a strengthened form
small
found in Hausaland, cf under bareiva.
kankandi, kenkendi, a sack. kankani, to quarrel cf. kan-
few,
kantururua
171
34,
yun-
ya kankanta dunia Yunfa would humiliate the world. lankantawar kai bringing disgrace on oneself. kankara, 1. hail; 2. flint of a t'a
gun.
kankara, kankari, 1. to peel, scrape, rub out cf. makan-
kansua, keasua, a grass which makes horse-fodder. kanta, da kanta callous. kantalma, a large basket. kantara, to bend, tr., kantare be bent
to
:
of
a tree to
grow crooked. kantara* (Ar.), a bridge. kantu, pyramidal load of
salt
;
kara
A
2*. to
38 one to rub out 24 mata
hoe grass,
A
kar ka sata akankari you may not put a wife to hoe grass.
kankashe, to hatch
;
see ken-
kankashi*, haunch, used
of
roach
into the shape
kantu about 2J
ft.
pi.
kanki, major)
kankesai,
cock-
transport across the desert.
hartebeeste :
for
beating leather.
by
women
(bubalis
for list of antelopes
as beads round the
from kain tururua head of the turuT^vcu neck,
see kenkeso.
;
a
of
high for
kantururua, black seeds worn
the cow.
ikankaso, ;
;
made
kantukulo, a small mallet
keshe.
i
such as could be carried on a sugar is also man's head
ant.
probably
; :
kaniia
172
kanua, kanwa,
sister,
fem. of
kane, q.v.
kanumfari
or
equivalent
is
(Ar.
Sokoto
the
cloves,
JuaJji),
kanwa, kanwa,
kanunfari
hanchiii kade.
desire for food, greed.
natron,
saltpetre;
1.
farin kanwa used in making •
jan kanwa used as a medicine 3. kanwa gwangwa4. rasa = maganin haifua kanwa ungurnu used for making armlets with. The natron imported into Hausaland by native caravans is tuo
;
2.
;
;
chiefly obtained
lakes in
from natron
Bornu near L. Chad.
k§,ra
da duchi
to stumble against
a stone, a noun
kdro
wonchan
this
conflicts
with
kara,
also used as
is
wanan ya yi kdro da
;
bleating
any animal
meets that, or that.
the noise of
:
;
karar bindiga
report of a gun.
kara,
1.
cause of complaint
kai kara to bring an accusation
maikawon kara com-
;
plainant
;
ta kaishi
kara she
made a complaint against him 2. to with ga = to accuse ;
call
upon, refer dispute to
a
judge, accuse.
kara, to add to, to increase, tc when fol repeat an action lowed by another verbal forii ;
kanwa,
kyanwa,
cat;
see
keniva.
it qualifies it
kanwuri, open
space, glade in
a wood.
'again,' or
kanzo, burnt food
;
see kamzo,
kap, entirely ya chainye dawa kap he has eaten up all the ;
corn.
in the sense
o:
the adverbs 'more,' 'further,
with a negative
'no more,' 'not again,' etc. e.g. ya kara kuka he con
I
tinned crying, ban kara tashi I did not rise again
;
cf
.
kar ]
kapara, perjury,
used
chiefly
in the phrase yin kapara to
swear falsely
;
cf. (?) kafiri.
kar, a form of the prohibitive particle kdda^ q-v. ; 24 kar ka sata akankari you may not
A
put her to hoe grass.
come together two rams, or as
kS,ra, kS.ro, to
violently as
in the shock of battle
;
kdro
increase. j
k&ra, pi. kdrdre, m. reed, stall or stem of plants e.g. kara', hachi, karan shinkafa stal ;
of corn or rice,
achi the
karan masa^
name of a water ree
often planted near mosques karan jiki a straight well-kni body dan kara a piece ;
corn stalk.
c
{
'>:
karambani,
meddlesomeness cf prov. karambdnin akwia ta yaida kura it is no business of the goat to salute the hyena, i.e. if a man meddles with that which does not concern him he has him-
a secret; cf. fatauchi kara caravan work is not a thing to be talked about; ya yi masa kara he kept the matter quiet for him, ite. he
kara,
did not give him
away
;
ka-
a netting needle;
cf.
(= kazalaha)
rata to keep quiet. k5,ra,
karangama
173
kara
da kara generous.
kara*,
self
for
his
mis-
karambo, a form of smallpox. karami, fem. karama, karamiay
shami.
a town.
pi.
(S.),
thank
fortunes.
karabgari*, a forced entry into
karabka, karauka
to
.
;
high
karamu, kanana, kankanay
little,
small.
karamia, a species of gourd. karamta, smallness see ka^
road.
karafa, ring of metal placed
;
round hands or legs of women.
rami.
karamuski, karamiski, ka-
karafafa, a plural form, strong j
men
;
damiski,
cf. karfi.
karafafa, karifafa, karfafa, to
make strong ya karafafa mayana he emphasized what ;
he said
;
see karfi.
karaga, couch of king or judge, judgment-seat, seat on which a king is carried about. karago, a beggar, a destitute person
;
cf
.
jankarago.
karaia, a two-stringed musical instrument see garaiya. ;
karakashi, the name of a plant. karaki, a tree.
karama,
pi.
karamomi
(Ar.
d^\jj^), wonder, prodigy.
k aramami or kannanii,sprout or stalk of guinea-corn, etc.
karam^ta, a
species of
hawk.
1.
a European cloth
of soft texture
2.
;
a small,
red, velvety spider.
karamuskin-giwa,
a shrub with a red flower, the leaves turn from bright red to green.
karan hanchi, nose
;
bridge of the
cf hanchi. .
karana, kyarana, the giant cactus, the fruit of which is ground up and used as an ointment.
karanchi,
abstr.
n.
from ka-
rami, a small quantity
ka-
;
ranchi ddga mutane few men.
karandefi (S.), corn stalks used by tanners,
karangama,
ladder, steps
;
see
;
karangaza
;;
174
karangaza, lung sickness
of
cattle.
karangia, karengia, karingia (pennisetum
a
distichum),
grass, the prickles of
which
karba
karasa, to complete, succeed in doing something. karata, to keep a thing quiet see kara.
karatu
(Ar.
I^lji),
.reading,
stick to the clothes; the seeds
are used for food, especially in the northern part of
Hausa
land on the borders of the
karangoda, a small male ;
ante-
A 9 wanan karatu
education,
hamza ne
Hamza
desert.
lope
then story, language, words,
;
this is the story of
yin karatu with
cusative, to read
;
ac-
makaranta
school.
cf goda. .
karanna, giant cactus;
see
see kdro.
;
karauka, high road;
karana.
karanta
kS,rau, armlet
(Ar.
tji),
to read.
karantasda, karantasa, karantashe, to teach ya karantasdashi he taught him to
see
ka
rabka.
k&raurawa,
bells
sheep and goats,
attached to etc.
;
breaking.
read.
karantseyi, the tearing of a gown.
karapata
(S.),
shoulder.
karapta (cf. (?) Ar. wJji, to draw near), with da^ to meet a person coming from opposite direction, e. g. ya karapta dashi.
k^r^r^, a tall leafy twiner covered with prickly tuberous hairs which cause severe itching on the skin (Mucuna pruriensis, Leguminosae). karara, a woman without child,
karayar zuchia trembling of the heart; M. H.
yin karaya to break; proverb laudi ba karaya ba bending is not breaking p. 64.
cf.
cf.
karya,
id.
karaya, a long fish like a dogfish with large head. karba, karbi, snatch cf.
2.
;
1.
to take,
to
to accept, receive
;
karba ba I do not
ba7i
believe it; M. H. p. 221, ya karba he consented; 3. to suit,
agree with, inga nan ba\
ta karbeni this dress does not
barren.
karareyo, a karari,
karS,ya, trembling, excitement,
brittle grass.
cleanness,
piireness
suit
me
;
4.
man let me
to relieve a
of his load, en karbeka
I
j
{
rua da karari pure water.
give you a
lift,
karban
rai\
;
!
karbainya the receiving of a man's spirit at death,
oneself
;
karha rtiagana to karho to take to
answer,
karereya
175
hence the imperative
knrho recei\'e
!
cf.
karha take
maikarar kwana one who at the point of death,
makaren
end.
defi
of arrow wounds.
a healer
Also used
impersonally to qualify ad-
karbainya, a thorny shrub.
verbially other verbs,
karbawa, answer. karche (S.), to wipe
magana ya ;
see karta.
hanging river banks (Mimosa pigra, Leguminosae).
kardua, a goat in milk. k^re, fern, kdi'ia, pi. karnuka (Kanuri
keri),
house-dog;
clog; cf.
kdren
pro v. aje
karenkadonkaren gidan woni keep a dog for yourself because of the dog in another's house,
i.e.
ya yi
kare he finished
speaking ya kare is frequently used impersonally = ;
kardaji, a thorny shrub over-
(/Ida
be prepared with
it is
enough, the matter
kare,
to
ward
oJff,
interpose
obstacle between oneself and
another
they shrank from him.
;
the cooking (ddfa)
;
sun kare
da
shi
ya
kare gari ddga he defended the city against.
kare (cf. (?) Ar. js, to stop, be done with), 1. end, e.g. D 85 gidan kcvre an abode which comes to an end, lit. house of end 2. v. tr. to end, finish as V. intr. to come to an end, e.g. B 74 da kai da dunia ku kare duk thou and the world ye shall both come to an end. abinchi ya kare may either
mean
at
;
with which you will be atkdrem huki a nicktacked, for the jackal.
is
an end. karewa ending, end, an intensive form karkare to come utterly to an end, is found, cf. B 141 dunia zata ta karkare this world shall come utterl}' to an end makdra or makdre end.
the same weapons as those
name
is
karshe
is
ended or the food is at an end. ^aren kumolo breakfast.
kare-dengi, the helmet shrike (prionops plumata), so called
because
its
blood
is
used in
certain poisons.
karembiki, a woman about to give birth to a child.
karengia, a thorny grass
;
see
karangia.
karentsaye, to tear. karera, the large intestine = tumhurkunia.
karereya, an intensive form of karya to break.
;
karewa karewa, end
see kdre.
;
karfafa, to wax strong, strength-
en
see karji.
;
karfashi,
(K.),
a
somewhat
re-
karfS,sa
species of fish
a
sembling
spiny back
with a
perch,
only used of animals. kar-
karfi, karifi, pi. karafa, faifai, karfuna,
karfi
brass
da
;
;
1.
strength,
2.
karfi
jan
iron;
powerful
maikarifi strong.
na
kawo mani shi okankdrithQve was brought me just what I was longing for. k^ri, young deleb palm before the main trunk has grown up.
kari, abundance, increase
fin.
karfata, karifata, the shoulder,
power
karia
176
F
84 su-
karfe hali they have a
;
see
kdra to increase; ya ke neman kari he is asking for more.
karia, bitch, fem. of kdre. karia, masc. or fem., story;
what
2.
is
story, falsehood, lie;
D
tale,
1.
merely a
B
107,
Hence the expression
7.
karfafa
gidan
strong;
mag ana to enjoin M. H. p. 197, a%o
house of falsehood, opposed to gldan gaskia the place to which all go when
let them come and use their strength; ka?'-
they die until ranan gohe. karia and gaskia are often
strong disposition, to strengthen,
karfafa strictly;
wax
su karifafa
karfi or
karifa very strong, karipi
is
sometimes used for
an iron cooking-pot
it
;
is
also applied to the striking
of a clock,
what karfu*, cf.
cf.
karifi
nawa
this
present
lit.
used as masculine words, karia ne
it
karia to
lie,
the
lie
to
;
is
false,
cf.
yenke
kariata to give cf . ankariatashi
he was contradicted,
kari-
achi falsehood, makariachi a
o'clock is it? pi. karfuna'*',
karia
world,
a whip;
liar.
karia, a cactus-like shrub with
kurafu.
kargo, the name of a tree
;
see
red
flowers
kargo, a red and white ram. k^ri, meaning karin magana a proverb see kere. dokin kS,ri, longing, desire for ;
;
;
kdri the coveted horse; an-
(Pachy podium
Apocynaceae).
lealii,
kalgo.
karia, defence,
protection,
a
shield.
karia,
break
karie, ;
ryewa.
kariewa,
toi
see karya, karye, ka-
;
kariachi
turned off from it (the road), of a canoe to swerve aside;
kariachi, see karia. kariba, to take
kariegalma
;
see karha,
(hoe-breaker),
plant with hard
woody
a
stalk
and small yellow flower from which an ointment for bruises is
made.
karifata, thigh
;
see karfata.
karikache, to bend, see karkache.
karikara or karkara, kcurkaroni
karori,
ji^),
karkashin
177
the
pi.
kar-
(cf.
Ar.
cultivated
land
round a town or village cf. prov. komi nesan jeje da karkara agdba however long the journey through the forest there are homesteads ahead cf. M. H. p. 204, tajiri da shi ke karkara nan the merchant who is in this district. karikari, karkari, to draw,
cf.
mutum
karkdta.
sition,
man
akar-
bad dispokai karkache you have
kache a
of
done wrong. karkachi, 1. a game played by children 2. a jest. karkachi, (eat not) a poisonous plant with narrow leaves and ;
mauve
bilabial flower, like a
foxglove.
karkade, to
shake
see
off";
kcdkada.
;
rhinoceros.
karkara, cultivated land
;
karkara, kwarkwara, a tree with back-turned thorns, the bark of which is used as a medicine for sore throats, a gum is obtained from it.
gracious.
q.v.
karingia, a thorny grass; see karangia.
karkari,
kaririye, to break up, an in-
karkarifa, very strong, an
tensive form of karya, q.v.
tensive form karifi, q.v.
kariya,
kariye,
see
karya,
karye.
to
draw,
scrape,
scratch; see karikari.
karkaro,
wrist
bangles;
in-
see
karo.
karka, an abbreviation of kdda ka do not thou. karkache, karikache, to be
karkas, underneath ; see karkashi, a synonym for
karkashin,
ya karkoAiheta he
kalkashin.
;
R. H. D.
seq.
tsalia
anus.
bent, to totter, also to leave (a road)
see
karikara.
karkare, to come utterly to an end, intensive form of kare,
drag.
karlmu* (Ar.^^j^),
karkanda,
underneath
;
12
see
;
kark&ta
178
and by metathesis
karkata, hakartsa^
rana midday
1.
to bend, decline;
ta karkata it
cf.
2.
;
to
is
past
bow with head
to one side so as to listen
intently
D
32
with kunua
;
^it
ear,
karkata kunua en
gaia inaku gaskiana give
may
tention, that I
at-
explain
you the truth which I have, ka kakartsa kunua naka 3. to make a misto
F
7 abokina ;
take
cf karkache. .
;
kark&ta,
n.
karki, to
finish.
crookedness.
kartaje
an armlet made
Nupe women. karo,
1.
partnership, clubbing
goods together
;
a deposit.
2.
meet see Mra. karo, 1. a kind of gum put in ink 2. kdron maje, a sort of gum drawn from a tree and kS,ro, to
;
;
used for perfumes. karo, the butting of rams and metaph. the ram itself pushing with the head. karofi (K.), dye-pits; kurdin :
on dye-pits or on
karofi tax
karkia, yoke, Y-shaped, put on
natron
of
(kanwa), especially worn by
irrigated plantations.
necks of slaves, also a stick
karoka,
tied to a dog's neck to prevent
karoki, boards, paddles. karoro, a bag of cowries
it from biting the holder. karko, n. end, ending; cf. B 71, karkomu dunia duk karewa
as
for
this
our
world
come
to
it
continuance in shall completely
an end
;
cf.
karshe.
karma, idleness, profligacy, mischief, used with dan or yan as
prefix
to
denote
idlers,
loafers, profligate, also applied
women with whom men consort. karmami, stalk of corn
such
to
road, highway.
;
cf.
kororo.
karpashe, a fish. karri, meaning see karsana, a heifer.
kdri.
;
karsani, vigorous, active. karshe, end, the last used adverbially B 94 domin abinda ;
zashi gani
karshe
for
that
which he will see at the end makarshe the last; cf. hdrey karko.
;
see
karta
(K.),
wipe, wipe
karamdmi.
karmatako, white clay. kami, kasni, kauri, smell
karche off"
;
to run very hard of
burning, a putrefying smell.
(S.),
to
karta da gudu :
to clean
the land of grass. kartaje,
a
scraper
used
by j
k^ro,
kdrau,
pi.
karaurawa,
leather-dressers.
;
karu, to abound, to increase, used of the sun, to rise high, e.g. rana ta karu the sun rose
high in the sky, opposed to
rana
yana karua
ta ragu.
is
being increased
;
see
karu, twigs of wood put at top of net (taru) and used as cork floats.
I
.
a bad woman. !
karuanchi,
see karoki.
;
karusa, a word used by the Hausas in N. Africa for a carriage.
i
karya, a plant from which a poison is obtained, also a lotion for the itch
i
;
cf karia. .
karya, karaiaya, n. a fracture. karya, karyi, karye, to break, to spend money karya azu^ni to breakfast ka karya mani zuchia you break my heart, you discourage or dishearten me; karyewa breaking; ka;
;
>
rarre broken; id.
;
iia
kasa, to win at dara ; cf kdshe ; kasa kune to pay attention. k§.sa, pi. kdsashe, kdsaisai
earth, soil
;
;
1.
the ground
2.
akasa on the ground, usually to akass; hence
(cf.
down below
abisa above);
na kasa m.,
one beneath, the lower; ahin kasa = worms, etc. used as an adv. tafo kasa, shido kasa come down 3. land, country in a geographical sense kasan hausa — Hausaland. kasa, to put down, to lower to the ground; shortened to ;
!
I
I
tion of kalkashin^ or akass.
kasa, an exclamation of surprise.
ta kasa fem., used as adj., the
boots.
karuki, paddles
I
kill.
used to express,
profligacy.
I
I
to
shortened
karufa, pi. karufai, high riding-
i
up, to scatter.
kas, an abbreviation of kdshe
.
karua, bad woman, prostitute cf prov. da auren karua gara kiivon zakara better keep a cock to lay eggs than marry .
j
branch broke; kakarya to break open, break to pieces; kaririye^ karereya to break
kas, underneath, an abbrevia-
kdra. \
kasa
179
karu
it
;
karaya,
q.v.,
karye I have broken
something, I have sustained
a fracture ; reshe ya karye the
kass,
kass
nata
A
used fig. 29 anso ta rauria chikin magana ;
her be willing to
let
lower her voice in speaking, to fall short of, to lack,
hence to one,
disappoint ha ya kasa mani
fail one,
e.g.
komi ha he
failed
me
in no-
M. H. p. 219, SU71 kasa zama they have been
thing;
cf.
12—2
kasa
180
restless
also to
;
to give
fail,
ya kasa sukansa his heart failed him when about to in
;
make
man
a thrust; kasashe a
no account, something which fails or falls short of of
a standard kasasda to decline ; ina kasasda karifi I am ;
growing weak
make
lower,
kasashe
;
to
;
'
kashi portion.
see kdshe.
;
kasada, 1 to believe in, to rely on God ; 2. to enquire God's will from a mallam. .
be great, to be
fully developed
nan ya
;
cf.
zakaran
kasaita that cock
is
magnificently developed.
kasala (Ar. J>I^), found in compound maikasala, abeggar
who
used like
to continue, remain;
kasanki, old thread-bare cloth, kasanta, 1. v. to defile; 2. n. ;
see kazamta.
kasantada, to build, kasarantam, meddlesome. kS,sari, a
water
;
mixture of bran and
cf.
;
man
no account;
of
see kasa.
kasashi, a fog or haze. k^sau, nakedness na iskeshi kdsau I found him stark ;
naked. kS,sau*, kSiSO, killing, murder;
cf.
kasa.
kasausawa, a kind
of
long
not used for throw-
spear,
or chasbi, beads (Ar.),
kasegi,
forked iron stick on neck of a horse. kaseri or kasari (used in Sokoto for tsari which is used in Kano), the water in which corn
etc.
which
is
has been washed,
given to horses to
drink.
kash, an exclamation of annoyance.
kashe
;
see kashi.
(K.), to exist;
see
kc(r
kashe, to overpower, bring to the ground, condemn, overthrow alkali ya kasheni the judge condemned me; to beat in a gambling game, cf. M. H. p. 172, daia ya kashe daia ;
the one beat the other.
see kaseri.
kasasake*, plates; p. 72.
less
shi.
tabeta.
uncleanness
kasashe, a
kashe, a portion
refuses to work,
kasanchi,
grow
ing.
kS,sa, kisa, to kill
to
to
kcisa.
kasba
kasa, python.
kasaita,
kasasda,
ous
less.
kasa, to divide up into small lots for the market cf. '
kashe
cf.
M. H.
kSiShe,
kS.sa,
kisa,
kdsau murderous
;
to of
kill;
money,
I
;;
kashe
ya kashe kurdi kurdi hanza I wast-
to spend, e.g.
na
kdslie
ed
my money
;
magdna
kisa
to end conversation; kasso go and kill (someone) and come
back
intens.
;
forms karkdshe,
kdkkashe, to slaughter.
kashe kamfa, second time
to
sow land a pro-
(S.),
(Kats.), next day = wanshekare (S.). kasheri, a kind of stork. kashi, a violent beating hada kashi to flog ; han kashi a
kashegari
;
rout
ambasu kashi
;
they were routed.
dung
kiashi,
idiom
:
;
part.
kashi, pi. kasusua, bone, F 175; kashin ido = long ridge over tsotso
backbone.
cf.
kashe.
kaska, vermin infesting
horses,
goats, etc., a tick.
kaskaifi
(edge-destroyer),
a
plant with a long narrow and
dung) a small shrub with a rough lanceolate leaf kdshin-tdma the scum from molten iron. kashi, kashe, portion; na raba kashi kashi I divided
into
it
fudu anraba
dunia the world into four parts;
is cf.
divided
kasa to
2.
1.
to be, to exist,
to continue
en ka shiru kashe tinuest silent,
if
;
B
54
thou con-
kashi
called
(mouse's
tail)
away
in disgust, to despise,
dishonour
;
makaskachi, mai-
kaskasta oppressed.
kaskastache,pl.tete^it (from kasa earth), lowly, mean. kaskastu, keskestu, n. tribal marks on face. kaskawani, a small herb with white flowers, rubbed on the skin in order to cure crow-
divide into portions.
kashi, kashe,
sometimes
:
kaskasta, keskesta, to tattoo. kaskasta, kuskunta, to drive
(goats'
kashi
flowers
to get
kashin awaki
trouble,
;
su
kisa
(Uraria picta, Leguminosae).
ahanu
39
muna
or
rike
into
;
n. killing, e.g.
ka yita kashi, makdsa a vital
vmchiar-hera
hjxishe kashi
heaps
k&shi, kisa,
hairy raceme of small purple
flogging. n.
seldom occurs in colloquial Hausa.
kS,shinkai, kisankai, murder;
hibition, warning.
kashi,
quently found in written but
eyes, kashin kai skull, kashin
see kamfa.
;
kasheji
kashedi,
D
kasko
181
is
fre-
crow kasko,
;
cf
pi.
.
kiskauami
kasake,
sl
(?).
vessel
made
of clay, round, without top, of
medium
size
;
i.e.
larger
;;
kasni
than huta, smaller than tulu dainyen-kasko an unbaked pot, hence
an unreliable
per-
kami, kauri, a
kasni,
smell
burning, smell of putre-
fying flesh
kamshi.
cf.
;
verb kdshe to kasso,
kill
!
1.
a
flint
with a flint. kasua, kyasuwa, a species of
kasua, kausua a market in which
(Zanf.),
some
special article is sold,
meat,
bread,
grass for
animals, any market or market-place, trade;
cf.
M. H.
203, 8uka chi kasua they
on trade dan kasua a man brought up about marcarried
;
kets, or a small trader; allah
shi
a wall.
katambiri, marks painted on faces of women the dye used is
made
of the fruit of the
dirt}?-
water
katanga,
is
thrown,
wall of a hut:
1.
sherds of pots,
katantanwa, 2.
1.
2.
etc.
untimely birth;
snail shells,
katar, good luck,
grass.
kasuwa,
p.
wood
katami, kwotami, a hole where
match to strike fire with kestu wuta to strike fire
e.g.
thin laths of
kiriya tree,
kill.
see kdshe.
kastu, kestu, ketu, 2.
antidote for poisons.
katamba*,
;
kass, a shortened form of the
or
katalla, an emetic used as an
such as are used in building
son.
of
kato
182
bada kasua a salutation
to a traveller.
kaswa, kazua,
katara*
slight sw-ell-
pi.
kataterri,
thigh-bone,
katarsa*, to gratify a wish,
D
70.
kateri, katteri, success, good luck,
katerta*
(cf.
(1)
Ar. J£4, digmaikaterta ;
nity), prosperity
prosperous, katifa,
kato, 1.
to wish.
kS,tara, katarra,
D
83.
katifu, mattress.
pi.
fem.
katuwa,
pi.
ing anywhere on the body
katon itache a strong
2. itch.
M. H.
kata, a bowl in which (Fulani)
women
sell
butter.
katagi*, gida katagi a wellbuilt house {% M. H. p. 70.
katakara,
lesser bustard.
kata^
strong male or female (slave);
p.
(strong
name
tree,
228; katon kano
man
of
Kano) the
of a tree often planted
in lines.
kato*, spoon.
pi.
katoch% katuna, a
;
;
kauri
183
katsa katsa,
n.
wiping,
a
of
e.g.
(lisli.
katsa, katse, to tear, to come to an end ; katsewa tearing, katsari, a tree from which a
kauchi, a parasite which grows on various trees (Lo van thus globifera, Lovanthaceae).
kauda, kaushe
(before pron.),
to take or put away, remove,
katse, to wipe.
withdraw see kawa. kauda, koda, a dried-up
katsi, to untie, unloose, break
kaule, a blue stone.
charm
•
is
made.
;
off.
gamu
;
met.
katumi, a charm
;
cf
hatuin%
.
id.
katuwa, fem. form
kato,
of
q.v.
kau,
C
give place, go
1.
20 en ka ga
tsofa
away; nan ka
kau nana when thou
che .
per-
ceivest her age thou wouldest
say to her. Depart from here; cf. kauche. 2. to spread out ;
kawa, used
kau, etc.
kau
kauna, liking, respect cf bani kaunarka be friend s. yenkan kauna destroying good will. ka' yenke mani kau7ia you ;
B
23 6a su katsu they have never
(Ar.), ever
katsu*
or
for
kua
kawo
in
Sokoto
also.
(a
Fulani word),
uncle.
kauchara, alkauchara, the river of paradise,
F
214
;
cf.
Koran cviii. kauche, cf. D 13, ta kan wanyi duka babu kauche it shall include everything, there shall
be no getting away from it kdda ku kauche kainku do not duck your heads; cf. kawa, kau.
nut.
.
have forfeited my regard, maikaunarka your real friend. kaunato cupboard love, na kaunato sarki I want the king to do me a good turn, kaura*, to remove, e.g. a tent, to wander.
kaura, a species
of red guinea-
corn given to horses.
kaura, a
title of
respect usually
given to a king's son;
Katsena = a
in
general.
kaura, n. removal, migration, makaurachi the place migrated
to.
kaura, an evil spirit which makes men fight. kaure, the covering of a door see kiaure.
kauri,
kabri
corpulence,
(cf.
fat
;
Ar. jl^), ba
ta
da
kauri she is not gross, kauri, kasni, kami, the smell
;:
kaushe a
burning,
of
putrefying
smell.
lili
they would give a reason to change colour. The
2. intr.
kaushe,
to
take away;
see
kauda.
kaushi, roughness, unevenness of surface.
kausua
market;
(Zanf.),
see
following are allied forms kautva to remove, kawas, kawasda, kawarda to take away, put away, disperse, over-
kauda
throw,
to put away,
remove, withdraw
kasua.
kauwa, to remove see kawa. kauwe, kauwai, quiet, silent, ;
it is also
used in the sense of
simply, only, alone;
kauwera*, a
flat
cf.
kawoi.
place near a
house.
used with turn the head away
kai, to
;
so as not to look at anjrthing,
hence to move the head so as express dissent,
to
kauche
kawo
kai to duck the head,
to bring, bring near, to bring
kauwi,
tribe,
people belonging
to a particular town.
kauye,
kawa
184
is; intr. to arrive at, reach,
kauyuka (Ar. aj^), a small village; kauye, dan pi.
kauye a yokel
to the place where the speaker
mun kawo kawo ga
ya ; he reached akawoshi let it be {= isso) gari
sariki
the king,
kauyenchi a gidan kauye (scattered houses), an expres-
brought here, kawawa, kawowa, particip. forms ; D 7
sion used to describe appear-
ku
ance of a blighted maize cob where the grains are few and
karia leave off false dealing,
between; the word is probably derived from the
bringing back falsely
rustic dialect
;
;
far
;
171 ha ni ragi kauye ha I
will
not decrease even the
edge, koivien
rua edge
of a
stream, outskirts of a town,
akauye on one side
kawa, ward
1. ;
give
kawu
to take,
D 46 si^
;
cf.
prec.
bring for-
kan kawa da-
kawawa na
up taking away and ;
to be brought,
carry
following.
kauye, kowi, kowie, side of a body or edge of anything
B
lit.
kai da
her
(q.v.)
pass.
kai to
apparently be-
longs to the same root.
kawa, used or
kau
in Sokoto for
kua
also.
kawa, longing, desire for, friendship, only
used of women.
kawa, a female
friend,
friend of a bride
with the bride is
married.
the
who remains
till
the latter
-;
kawaichi
kawaichi, to conceal seekawoi. kawainia, kowainia, bangle ;
1.
silence; yin
lence;
alone, only; ba
si-
komi
achiki sai abinchi kawoi there
kawalwalnia,
is
vapour
rising
(An^^-i), to ;
esti-
aka-
E 7,
wcmiata
heads,
pi.
of kai, q.v.
kawanya
(K.),
a round piece
kawara, a palisade. kawara, alkawara, cowries; kaivara, specially used of the
throw of the ling (chacha)
shells in ;
gamb-
to take a-
kawashe, to kawazuchi,
covet
D 13;
see
(cf.
dicate
kawu,
participial cf.
form of kawa.
Ar. rt t^^), to absariki
;
;
uncle
;
ya kawu.
see kawo.
species of ficus yield-
ing a milky juice like rubber;
a stone in the path.
kaya, kaia, pi. kayayaki, masc, load, burden, goods;
Cll
ya kunchi kaya nai he unties his
kauye.
kawia, a red earthen powder used to stain women's eyeV)rows and for making ink.
goods
tools,
;
2.
apparatus
instruments, ;
cf.
kayan
tuo dishes, eatables, ya yi ka-
large shady tree, with
yan hawa he dressed himself as a slave, M. H. p. 223. kayan daga battle-arms, shield, etc., kayan yaki id., kayan ado
woody pods
ornaments, trinkets,
to bring near, to bring;
kawa. (Afzelia
wanzensis, Leguminosae) ; (laivo.
kawu
species of
tail.
kaivo, bringing
1.
ousness.
kawechi*, edge, end,
with red
fish
kawwa,
purge. grasping,
still!
see gamji.
way, disperse; see kawa.
thick
akawaita be
kawaichi silence, concealment, e.g. of a crime.
kawuri, a
see kurdi.
kawas, kawasda,
see
pass,
kawowa,
of anything, circle.
kawo, a
kawaita to be
silent, only, still;
just
it is
kauwe, kauwi quiet,
kawora, kawara, a
D64.
kawo,
nothing inside but food
wind,
distribute.
mate, to fix a price for
kawana,
2.
only; iskan kawoi
hot sun, mirage.
kawama, to kawamata*
i
a maternal uncle.
kawaita, to be still; see kawoi. kawalia, a procuress. in
j
kawo,
k&woi, kSiWai,
kaivoi to be silent, keep
or finger ring.
i
kaya
185
cf.
yan ddka a as
is
used
etc.,
ka-
large pestle such for
beating up
kaya guinea-corn;
my
3.
C
gift;
iS na
kayana I made ready
shiria
gift.
;
bones in a fish (the spine is kashi). kaya kaya rustling
wind
kayeta a
in trees,
quantity of thorns, impossible to M^alk over
gum-bearing
kayar knsu
kaya a
tar a
;
tree.
(mouse's thorn), a
prickly twining
plant with
tuberous root used in making
medicine (Similax
sp.,
Lilia-
= marin kusu. kayar rakumi, a thorny shrub ceae)
= zazari
giwa.
kayar-da, to throw down
;
see
kada.
kaye,
common
fowl of Yoruba,
lit.
duck, sa kaza drake.
thus;
so,
1.
used to point out a certain person or thing which is to 2.
be nameless, so and so, such and such (cf. use of wane) na hashi ahu kaza I gave him such and such a thing ya fadi kaza da kaza he said so and so, ahu kaza such and
;
;
such a thing. kazaf,
kazap (Ar.),
abuse, false
accusation.
,
kazalaha, interference in the affairs of another = karamhani.
kazallatua, a nickname for one who interrupts a conversation.
kayataswa,
kayaya
yariha,
ka,za (Ar. IJ^^),
kaya, pi. kayayua, kayoyi, fem thorn kayar kiji the small
of
kazgainya
186
excellence.
kazami, fem. kazama,
ka-
pi.
(K.), pi. good.
pi.
kdyoyi^ n. overthrow,
zdmai (Ar.
juj-i),
1.
dirt
;
2.
dirty, unclean, vile,
condemnation.
kayes, kayer; kayesda, kayerda, to throw, knock down, condemn.
kayo, to bring to the place where the speaker is see kai.
kazamta, kazanta, uncleanness, refuse.
kazan, kMan (S.), if. kaza-rua, a black water
bird,
darter.
;
kaza, kasa*, pi. kaji, hen, fowl; kaza miaiyaya or kaza da ya-
kazata*(S.), to run away cf.
(?);
Gr. p. 137, 1.7.
ya the constellation 'Hen and Chickens which appears
kazaza
when the rainy
kazgainya, a female animal
'
season
is
com-
ing ; kazan duchi a species of quail (microperdix)
;
kazan
(cf. (?)
Ar. J^), hump-
back.
(e. g.
a sheep or goat) which
has not yet had young.
i
I
;
kazgama kazgama,
scratched, grizzled,
used of a warrior, a masculine woman. kazinzemi, kazunzmni, bug.
kazizi, a tuber
;
kazua, kazwa,
see kajiji. itch
cf.
;
home
deserter or lingerer at in time of war.
ke, 2nd pers. fem. sing, of the disjunctive personal pronoun, i.e. it
would be used in an-
swer to the question who, cf. Gr. p. 10. It is used with the preposition da, e.g. dake with you (f.), but maki to .
you(f.).
ke, the emphatic form of the
2nd
pron.
pers.
kawoshi
brought
it it
;
fem. ke ki
is
you
cf.
kai.
(f.)
ke
subject
is
nan of
so it
is
is,
who are,
The
is.
common
while that of ne
gender,
masc. and
The verbal forms ending in ke are most commonly used in asking quesof che fem.
answer to a question in which this form has been used. Ex. mi ku ke yi what are you doing? tions or in the
Ans. aiki working.
—
mu
;
see kan-
sua.
keau, usually pronounced kiyo, 1. beauty (physical), da keau handsome, beautiful 2. also used of moral beauty, good, kind. Hence the phrase da keau well, it is well; this is used to express assent; B 135 en ta yi keau if she act well maikeau beautiful, kekeawa, a redupl. form of keau, kekeawan hali a good disgreat beauty; position, 1.
A
2.
very good, very
pi.
form keawawa
cf.
mata hiu keawawa two
beautiful
women
fine. is
found,
keke-
cf.
;
awa.
keaun-kira
(S.),
a horse,
of
well built.
ke, defective subst. verb, e.g. shi
keasua, grass fodder
;
kas-
wa.
kazum,
kebanche
187
we
ke yi
are
Followed by da
to have, to possess
da su we have them.
;
m?6 ke
keaure, door cover see haure. keauro, kyamro, see kemru. keauta, 1. an act of kindness, benevolence; yin keauta to show favour, do a kindness, e.g. ka yi masa keauta. thou didst a favour to him 2. a ;
;
gift,
a present.
keautata, to
make
a
thing
good.
keautaye, to keautayenka
bless
God
aUah
;
give
shi
you
prosperity.
kebanche, kebanta, rate,
distinguish.
to sepa-
;
kSbe
kenwa
188
k§be, to separate, mark
off,
except, akebe separate, apart cf.
.
klha.
ward show
kebe, iron stirrup. keche, kiche, to rend;
see
measure),
account, reckoning;
see ki-
daya.
a town with a fence or
stockade round kefifia, tortoise
kegarua,
;
of prosperity
kekewa, the
p.
cry of the jackal.
n.
pictus).
kembi, a
disease
kirkeshi,
a
of
wolf
horses,
refusal to share food .
(K.),
in
the
pi.
kamare, arrow-shaft.
kenda, kendu, a spot. kenge, a plank made of giginia wood.
dryness.
kekashe, kekassa, a tobe.
kelkeche, (Lycaon
made of palm planks. kemru, kyemru (S.), kyauro
swelling
expose to the
ground.
128), echo;
hands. kek3.sa,
flat
with another ; cf kurulla. kemi, kiauren kemi a door
keje, a reed buck.
a
cf
see
;
see kogua.
kekarai,
;
kele, a small length of cloth.
kememe,
see kififia.
fortification
kegua (M. H.
for-
out-
yaws.
it.
kdgara.
e.g.
kdma
kekua, hard, open,
kedaya (cf. (?) Ar. j^,
good
is
also kikiyawa.
keta.
keffi,
good appearance tune; kekeawa
to air, to
air,
to
dry,
kekasashe^ fern.
kenke,
worry,
to
cause
to
trouble.
kenkendi, a sack
;
see
kan-
kekasashia^ pi. kekasasu, dried,
kenkeshe,
aired, dry.
kekata, trouble brought on by one's
own
acts.
keke, cloth, made of blue and white alternate strips. keke, kyekye (used on the coast, etc.), a cart or wheel,
a wheel-barrow, carriage.
word
is
The
not Hausa.
kekeawa, kakyawa, see under keau cf. M. H. p. 202, kekeawa kama kekeawa arziki ;
kankashe,
kesa, to hatch or kenkasa to
;
cf.
ken-
kenkesa
sit on eggs. aa tana kenkesa has she hatched her brood ? No, she is still sitting. kenkeso, cockroach. kenki, an antelope ; see kanki. kente, a hoe = kurugga.
ta kenkeshe
?
kenwa, kyanwa, f. keanwa, pi. kenwuna and kenwai^ cat, wild or tame cat
;
it is
used
;
;
kepta as the feminine of cf.
muzuru
;
mu!ia.
kyapta, v. in phr. kepta ido to wink keptawa, kiptawa winking keptaivan ;
;
ido a
moment
of time; kepta-
fva
da gani the twinkling of
an
eye.
cf.
I ran hard
dakir.
anvil
forge
;
see kira.
a
;
nudcera
cactus-like
a
(S.),
anointest his face ;
cf. ki-
rinjijia.
kerkera,
kerkara,
kirkira,
used of a hen, yin kirkira to
cackling.
eu-
hammer-shaped
used by
hunters
for
throwing at birds. kere, to hang up,
e.g.
meat, to
magana he under-
stands, he has his wits about
him; an expression applied
man who
understands
the drift of what another is saying from his opening
keren
2.
1
.
mat made
old
of grass
old rags, old clothes, or
old rug.
kestu, ketu, a
flint
with which
see kastu.
;
kesu, 20,000 cowries;
cf.
ko-
roro.
kere, kari, understanding; ya yi keren
keso,
see karkia.
;
to strike fire
erect the ears.
;
when thou
with utter darkness
kerku, iron pole. keskestu, kaskastu, tribal marks cut on the face.
white viper (echis carinatus).
words
rana ka
kerkia, yoke
kerbubua, a short black and
to a
67,
shafa dufu kirim, hnska tasa
an
phoi'bia.
stick
A
cf.
cackle.
to
keranna,
k§r§
haki kerin very
haki, ;
q.v. (Ar.), n.,
na gudu ker
kera,
with black
kepta,
ker,
ketare
189
magana
used to denote a
is
also
proverb,
keta, wrong, injury, evil; see kita.
keta (Ar.
*Li), to cut,
tear, split
ya
;
cf
keche
.
;
rip,
alfijir
glimmer of ya keta hadi he broke the law; keta da keto the first
light appeared
;
daria to laugh heartily; ketua splitting.
an innuendo, or any hidden meaning anawaka kari kari
ketara,
they are
yin ketara to cross. ketare, sometimes pronounced
pi.
ketare -ketare,
n.
;
singing
songs of
various meanings. k§ri, falsehood ; yin keri to
lie.
kerin, kirin, kirim, very; used
ci'ossing
etare
;
(cf. (?)
Ar. jii, to tra-
verse a country),
to
cross,
;
ketare
190
pass over,
pass
by,
ki
trans-
oflf
home
shekara ya kewayo
;
gress a law, skip in reading.
a
ketaruwa capable of being crossed, ha shi ketaruwa it cannot be crossed, ketare da
came round again;
(S.) or
(before pron.),
to
make
to
ya
ke-
him
tarsasa he ferried
rewa
crossing,
keta-
;
keta-
ketaren
nan on
this side.
star to rise
ketu, a
flint
cf
;
;
of
visible,
a
;
ki,
see keta.
(cf.
kewa a salutation addressed friend
who
is
lonely,
F
being dead;
his
104
dehe ketva to take
loneliness,
away mourning. kewanya, a square
of
men
1.
make a
to
go
circuit,
round ; e.g. ya kewaye ya tafi gida he slipped to
spin
sq.
as object
2.
;
gareki to you ki, kia, 2.
kewaya, kewaye, kewayi, kewayo, sometimes proround, to
27
For use of kina and kike, cf. Gr.
Gr. p. 34.
it fol-
lows verbs and preps, as zasu kasheki they will kill you (f.); of -nki,
see kewaya.
nounced yewoye,
cf.
ki7L^ kia,
p.
fern, sing.,
for its use as subject of a
verb,
sanu da
;
lice.
second pers. pron.
Ar. «ty, a
(?)
desert), forlornness
one
the act of surrounding.
keya, the back part of the head; maikeya a man whose head
1.
kewa, kiwa
to
back.
kewaya, kewayo, n. encircling,
keyaya, kiyaya,
see kastu.
ketua, a splitting
to act
5.
;
protrudes at the back.
keta.
.
uwaka
deviously, to go behind one's
ren gulhi on the other side of
keto, to become
to
3.
;
77 ya7i
over in the grave
ketaras, with-
ketare, used adverbially
;
F
su kewoiyeka thy brothers surround thee; 4*. to turn over, F 105 su kewoyeka chikin kushewa they turn thee
out object, to cross.
the river
season
2.
the circuit of a place surround,
over.
maketari a ferryman,
the
to go round something, to make
ketarasda (K.), ketarshe
cross, to ferry over,
year passed,
-7'ki,
1.
(f.);
-Iki
3.
for use
see Gr. p. 24.
to hate, to dislike;
to reject, to refuse, to say
no; till
7 har shi
22,
ya kia
indeed he would refuse
altogether
;
cf
reduplicated
.
form kinkinta to refuse ; to hate
;
kije*
forms are
allied
ki-
yaya* refusing 'E2i ku tuba ;
;; ;
Ma
191
ku her kiyaya repent, give up refusing
kiwui/a, kiuya dis-
;
obedience, refusal, objection;
yin kiwuya to refuse exertion, to object to labour;
maiki-
ivuya or makiyachi one dislikes labour
who
makiyi, ma-
;
kiya adversary. Possibly kita cruelty, envy,
from ki
;
may be formed
cf kinji.
pers. fern, sing., cf. Gr. p. 33; cf.
M. H. you
226
p.
(f.)
kiafa, to dry
connections,
tafi
samu
kia
kibata, to be kibe, to
kill.
arrow akahalda kibia he was shot with an arrow makibia por-
kibia,
pi. kibo,
;
cupine.
Ooj^),
sulphur,
brimstone; the native Hausa is far a wuta. kibta, to wink ; see kepta.
see kyafa.
man
kida, to reckon kida,
(Ar.
l«Li),
reason,
(S.),
Ar.
jci,
sum
and death
innumerable
the expression itiaikiamal dunia is used of a recluse or of one who has
renounced this world. small
red
ants
dawa
;
see
cf.
;
counting.
kida, kidi,
1.
a
drum
kiaswa, a grass with a soft flower head which turns pink. kiauri, kaure, the mat used as the covering of a doorway. kiauta, goodness ; see keauta. kiba, pi. kibobi, fat yin kiba to ;
fat.
or any
^\Qku
ber kida molo leave off
ming
(cf.
su Ji kidaya didiya ki-
;
;
musical instrument;
kiyashi.
mark
kidaya
measure), reckoning,
account,
;
see kidaya.
;
kididiga,
resurrection, also used of grave
cf. kehe.
;
beshi
kiche, to rip up, tear; see keche. kichichia, death watch. kida, kada, v. to drum,
kiama, kiyama
kiba, to
to fatten
kibu
;
to listen to, to leave a
grow
fat,
kiba,
cf.
meat
in peace.
kiashi,
rela-
tions.
will find.
kiale, kiyale (Ar. Ji), to neglect, despise, let alone, refuse
•
kibanta*,
kibrit* (Ar.
.
kia, a future prefix for the 2nd
go,
kidi
;
2.
drum-
drumming play, to drum;
playing,
yin kidi to
kidin dambe a peculiar kind of drum-beating for dancing;
makidi, makadi a
drum
stick
intQWB.iovmkankadato drum. kidaya, kedaya, v. to count, reckon kidawa counting. kide, to push aside. ;
off,
to except;
kidi,
pi. kide-kide^
drum-beating.
kidibi kidibi, liver
see gidihi.
;
kididiga, reckoning
kileri, arrow-shaft.
see kida.
;
kidio, kudio, quickly.
down
;
lay out
to
kikkiffa
upside
sold into slavery on account
committed by
fault
klfi, pi. kifaye, kifoji, fish
;
kifin rijia
;
fish of the well)
flat shell
land
tortoise
;
kunkuru
cf.
with
convex
kind of knife. kijinjiri, a species of palm from the leaves of which hats and mats are made. kikinia, stammering.
kikiyawan sition;
cf.
hali, good dispo-
Gr. p. 165,
1.
1;
kila, perhaps, for ivotakila, q.v.
name
of a bird.
of skin;
pi. kildgiai,
D
1.
15 azdba
anadandakasa kamal kilago his pain is as though he were a skin that
made
is
beaten;
of skin.
;
2.
used in
fertilis-
a young palm
tree.
kilin kilin, kiri kiri, an imitation of the glass
killsa,
2.
a
cf.
;
1.
sound
of falling
girin girin,
etc.
to take exercise
horseback
;
2.
on
of a horse, to
trot.
kilishi, a kind of rug or
mat
of wool, etc., for sleep-
ing on. kilishi,
cow-hide, skin, carpet or cover
tent
kilili, 1. pollen
made
see keau.
kilago, kilabo,
glitter; other
kililu or kilulu, prison.
see ki.
;
lit.
litafinka
ing palms
kijigi, a
made
a butterfly,
Mallam, open your book (the flapping of his wings on a tree suggests opening and shutting of a book).
kifil kifilj blinking of the eyes.
kilabtu,
kilikili, kellikelli or kilkili,
allah God's horse, rtialani bude
shell.
kije*, to hate
and
a black
(S.),
white horse.
a
a stay-at-home.
with
a white horse. mould.
kama (lit.
a large water tortoise
kifiiia,
kill, rust,
names for butterflies are c?oAjm
self or relatives.
kifi to fish
num-
kili, fem. kilia,
kilikamya
kikkiffar to upset.
kifakondo, one who has been
some
kilga, kirga, to count, to ber.
kifa, kife, to turn over, to tilt;
of
kima
192
kills,
thin strips
meat cooked with
oil
of
and
pepper or dried in the sun, kiliya, hedge.
kilkal, the cry of the guinea^
fowl; cf. M.H. p, 106. kima (Ar. i^) 1. little, or few in
number, anything small;
;; ;
kimanta kima very
kinia
little
;
htku-
nial kinia a small pot
;
2.
rest,
remainder, what
is
left.
divide,
to prevent
large tree
slipping down.
(Xylopia Aethiopica), ground and used as a purgative medicine, hot like pepper, brought from Nupe, etc., M.H. p. 123.
kimbar mahalba, with
a
shrub
white blossoms (Brysocar pus coccineus).
I
kingi,
kini, small sticks placed in roof
price,
kimanta, to assess, kimba, fruit of a
!
kirari
193
fragrant
kimpsa, kintsa ku kimpsa manikaya get ready the loads, kimsa, to load a gun. kimshe, to press down into a ;
from
the grass
kinji, refusal to hear, a com-
pound
of ki
obstinacy
;
and
ji,
hence,
maikinji enemy.
kinke, trouble. kinkinta, to refuse
;
see ki.
kintata, to conjecture, to suppose.
kintsa, to gather together
;
see
kimpsa.
kiptawa, winking
;
see kepjta.
kira, to forge metal, to
mend
;
m,aker% maiA;ira a blacksmith
receptacle. I
I
j
I
kimshi, n. yin kimshi to load a gun cf. kimsa. kin, 2nd pers. pronoun fem. ;
;
used with perfect tense;
sing, cf. '
!
Gr. p. 27.
kina, a
arrow poison is obtained, kinchia, a bulbous plant, pi.
woven
dum in
kindodi,
of fibre
call,
a basket
from the young
palm, used as a strainer
making soup,
kindigaye, gathering of many people before a king for dis-
anvil.
summon
to
;
1. v.
;
out,
F
142 su dora
kira they keep on crying
kirawo to summon to where the speaker
is,
to call
;
cf.
kiraya. kirS.na, a species of cactus. kirari,
1.
praise,
laudation,
F
240 suna kunia yin kirari they praise; 2. self-laudation 3. flattery; 4. a call passed from village to village; cf. (?)
kurari.
kirari, kirare, firewood, small
cussion. R. H. D.
to
kira suiia
name makiran salla one who calls to prayer; 2. n, to
calling
bull.
kinami, the leather cords to which the stirrups hang. (A Fulani word.) kinS,ra, a tree from which an
kindi,
makera
kira, kiraya, kiraye,
13
;
kirawo
194
kirawo, to
call
;
;
water,
kirhe
obj., e.g. ta
is
used without
kirhe ta
kirchi, a scab
kawo masa.
kire, to be mutilated, to muti-
told
him
n.
manis (genus Pholi-
dota).
a short green grass,
kirikiri,
kirin,
ver37^
stone
kirfa, to falsify. cloth.
;
kiri, pi. kirra,
a twisted cow-
see kilga.
kiri kiri, the sound of falling
kiria,
of
a
tree
see
;
kiriya.
kiribi, a
cowries
girdle
or
apron of
kirigi, skin, hide after it has
been tanned, the skin before tanned is called fata kirigin kdda the scales of the it is
;
cf.
kilago.
kiriki, of great worth
;
ya yi
he acts well ; mutum kiriki a reliable man; abin kiriki something good; makiriki
ganan kiriki correct language. kirikinju, a kind of wolf
;
cf.
kelkeche.
kirikiri, open, unabashed, di;
thatch,
conical
to-
gambling,
playful
2.
demeanour
light-
;
a
3.
noisy or restless person.
kirinkore, a small mouse. kiriya, a small tree which often grows on roofs from which blacksmiths obtain charcoal,
worn by pagans.
(dead) alligator
a
of
kirinjijia, the green teal.
see kilin kilin.
;
acts as the key-
binding the reed rafters
hearted
hide rope, a noose.
name
mat-
the plaited
gether at the apex of the roof;
kirga, to count
glass
see kerin.
;
1.
work which
mutilating.
kirfawa, cutting folds of
ya ki I and he
aikeshi
plainly to go
refused.
kirikiri,
kirinia,
late.
kirewa,
na
kirikii'i
also called karie-galma.
see kurji.
;
kirkira looks one straight in the face
see kira.
kiraya, to call see Mra. kirbi, mashing or pounding of yams orfura. kirha to pound, to beat anything mixed with
rect
;
idonsa kirikiri ne he
garwashin kiriya, from
i.e.
is
it
also obtained a vegetable
used
poison
arrows
;
smearing
for
cf katambiri. .
kirji, pi. kiraza, kirijai, breast,
bosom. kirkeshi,
kelkeji,
wolf;
see
kelkeche.
kirki, worthy
;
see kiriki.
kirkira, kerkara, probably an intens. ^'
'
form of kira
(cf.
Ar.
* '
dj£sj^, the cackling of a hen), to cackle, found in
A 29
kadadai ajita yi sagara mai-
;
kirma
kita
195
two wives
of the poly-
kirkira let her not be heard
of the
calling fowls, with wide-open
gamist if he takes a third wife he has kishiyoyi 4. used
mouth cf. kurkurkur. kirma, soldiers on foot; sarikin kirma a leader of infantry. kirme (K.), to knock down. ;
kirmiche
;
;
metaphorically for the corol-
complement
lary or
cf.
;
rana
kishiar dere.
antidote to arrow poison (Bri-
kishimi, an old solitary male antelope of any species which has left the herd maikishimin ido a man with one eye. kishingida, to recline or sit on
Euphor-
the ground with legs crossed
confusion, e.g.
(S.),
of a confused crowd or illegible 1
land writing.
;
kirni, a tree which provides an
ferruginea,
edelia
and elbows on
l)iaceae).
kirsa, a bribe given to a judge; chitvon kirsa a pretended
ill-
ikirta
0;3, Uj^,
land
= noma
2.
;
1.
up
to dig
draw a
to
ikirtani, -strong
made
white
string
of flax, cf.
;
kdshe.
kisa, kissa (Ar. Uai), news.
kisaka, a hairy caterpillar
;
see
thirst. ;
see kitse.
kisim-bijimi,
a
grass*;
see
kiskansa (S.), suicide. kiskauami, kaskauami, a shrub with red berries, and dotted leaves (Psorospermum Senegalense, Hypericineae)
yisaka.
kisakisa for kusakusa, near, M. H. p. 225. kisankai, murder ; see kdshinkai.
cf.
kaskawani
kiski, the lizard
kiso,
1.
kisanta, to be jealous.
3.
kishi, thirst
curls
;
see kishirua.
klshi, kishia,
pi.
kishiyoyi,
1.
emulation, j ealousy ; yin kishi to refuse
the
kishi,
kitsim-hijimi.
kisa, to kill
3.
kishirwa,
thirst; jin kishirua to feel
kisi, fat
line or furrow.
the
versation.
kishirua,
ness.
knees,
attitude for eating or con-
;
2.
jealousy, hence
name given
to either
mate
(?).
common
of the
see kadangare.
;
to twist;
hair
2.
twisted;
worn by women
in
down their cheeks mai;
kiso hair-dresser.
klta,
cf.
yafadi kita he
fell flat,
B58. kita or keta,
q.v.,
mischief,
13—2
:
kitaba
196
kiyeya
evil of any kind, envy cf. prov. kowa yi keta kansa the evil that a man
kiyale, to neglect
does(recoils on) himself; mai-
kiyama,
cruelty, ;
ketachi* worker of
evil.
shi
kiyashemu may God pro-
tect us
;
cf.
kiyaye. see kiale.
;
resurrection
;
see ki-
diiia.
kitikwa
kiyashi, kyashi, a very small fly, sand-fly, to be distinguish-
gether.
kiyasi* (Ar. ^li), to measure
kitaba* (Ar. J^li^), book. (S.), a bundle of millet with the stalks plaited to-
kitila, a
heap of anything.
kitse, to plait
kitse, kisi, kichi (S.),
pi.
kit-
see kaure.
saisai, fat.
kitsim-bijimi
(bull's
fat),
a
grass used in thatching.
kitso, kiso, a helmet, shaped
worn by Hausa wo-
coiffure
men.
kiwa, loneliness see kewa. kiwata, to keep or feed (ani;
kiyauta, goodness ; see keauta. kiyaya, keyaya, lice. kiy ay a, kiy awa, refusing; cf ki. kiyaye, 1. to keep carefully, .
kiwo, hatred, q.v.
•
refusal, a
form of
yin kiwo to hate,
remember
to
preserve,
cf.
prov. idan ka ruhihta ya
tahata
gudu
mals).
ki,
by a rule or comparison, D 94. kiyau, well see keau. kiyauri, covering of a door; ;
cf. kiso.
;
ed from kiash% ant.
to
idan ka kiyaye litera
scripta
other forms of
ya
manet
kiyaye are
kiyada, kiyasda and kiyashe)
kiyaye kanka spare thyself,
refuse.
used
i.e. don't trouble ; 2. used to denote ready obedience; ki-
intransitively of the cattle,
yaye magana to obey a com-
kiwo,
1.
to tend,
to defend,
watch
protect;
cattle,
2.
mand
to feed, to graze.
kiwuya, kiuya, refusal to work, laziness cf. M. H. p. 147, maikiwuya a man who refuses to work see ki. ;
;
kiya, to refuse
kiyada
(S.),
;
(K.), or
kiyayuwa
kiira ha ta
yaye a shepherd. kiyeya, kyeya, envy, dislike,
see ki.
kiyasda
;
the hyena cannot be tamed. kiyayeni suffer me; mnkihatretl,
abokin kiyeye a thing
to be avoided
;
cf
.
maganin
before n. obj. kiyashe^ to pre-
kiyeya rahuwa the cure for
serve, defend, protect, allah
hatred
is
separation,
abokin
;
kodai
197
kiyo
person;
kiyeya a repulsive see ki. ;
tive sentences, neither, nor
hence
use
its
2.
an
as
inter-
mutum ya tafi man go here ko
rogative, e.g.
ko did the
1
not so ? ko
is it
hdka ha
for ko ha
is elliptic
may
also
precede the sentence or both
precede and follow
sake of emphasis
it
for the
even,
3.
;
A 66 hakana kishirua ko ya sha kogi hiar so too he shall be thirsty though although;
he drink of
five
koda although, used
in
streams ko
is
;
cf.
also
sentences where a
negative meaning is implied though not expressed, e.g. ko ko is d((ia not even one.
sometimes equivalent to *I think,' e.g. ka nuna mashi nama show him the meat, ya gani ko 1 think he has seen
sometimes equivaindeed ko, indef. pronominal prefix by which most of the indefinite pronouns and abverbs are it.
It
is
lent to really
!
!
formed from the interrogative,
however; yaushe when, ko-
yanzu yaushe at any time now, koyanzu immediately. ;
kiyo, well see keau. kizauro, see under ahduga. ko, 1. either, or, and in nega-
or
;
wa who?
e.g.
anyone
;
mi what ^
thing, etc.
;
kowa komi any-
kaka how, kokaka
kobdodo or gobdodo, a thorny bush.
kobdua, gobdua, the yolk of an e^g. kobri, kwobri, kwauri (K.), kubri,
pi.
kwahruka, kwohru-
ka^ shin-bone, kohrin kafa leg-
bone, kohrin kofa door-post,
kohrin itache a dried-up tree.
kobro
(K.), incompleteness yin kohro to be incomplete
or insufficient.
kobsa, kopsa, kobso, pod of nuts, beans, etc.
koda, though, although; cf. ko. koda, kanda, a dried-up nut. koda, to furbish or sharpen a sword.
koda, kwoda, kidney.
koda*, the threshing of corn for payment; cf. maikoda. kodago, kurdugo, fruit of the fan or deleb palm see kwo;
dago.
kodai, kwadai,
1
.
desire, long-
ing, eagerness for, appetite;
prov. kwodai raahudin wohala vain desire opens the door to trouble cf. kwadxzye cf.
;
to
long after;
privata.
covetous
;
2.
membra
makwadaita, q.v., makwadaichi co-
vetousness.
.;
;
kodi
kodi, a top or anything spinning round ; makodi a stone used for smoothing a grind-
dan kodi a small ball. koenna, anywhere, wherever, stone
;
everywhere. kofa,
pi.
hole
kofofi,
door, gate
E
;
for
1
9
en-
masuzua ga
who
kofqfin hirane those
quent the gates of the kofai, ruin
;
kofato,
kofatai, hoof.
pi.
pi.
fre-
cities.
thief carried
a
tying a
by a dogari. ;
see kugi.
koguna, kogina and
any large collection of
water,
lake,
ravine
through which
large
river,
a
any
water flows. kogia, hook see kugiya. kogo, hollow ; kogon itache hollow of a tree ; den, etc. kogon duchi chasm. ;
kogua*, koi, egg
D
19;
cf.
koiyo.
koiyawa
teaching
koiya, koya, a red clay used
women's
for staining
eyelids
;
faces or
when mixed with
koiyo to learn, ha (or hada)
koka*,
used
Sokoto
in
equivalent to
kaman
Gr.
20.
p.
129,
1.
kokanto, doubt
kokara
(S.),
;
as
like ; cf
see kokonto.
a tree from which
walking-sticks are made.
kokari,
1.
to
deavour,
A
tr}'^,
2,
attempt, en-
26;
3,
2.
to
work diligently, cf inaikokarl .
one who endeavours, diligence,
B
kokaru
16 ^w hada ko-
karunku give
diligence, yin
kokarinsa to do one's best.
echo. ;
teaching; koiya na
koiyo to teach. for
kogi, buzzing of bees kogai,
n.
:
kofsoshi, kofsuna,
kind of guitar.
pi.
koiya, q.v.
koiya,
natron it is used in snuff. koiyo, koyo, n. learning yin
see kufai.
kogawa, a rope
^kogi,
he taught me; maikoiya a teacher, makoiyi, makoyi a scholar ; intens. form koi-
shaitan the teaching of Satan,
trance, a hole, e.g. in a strap,
kofsa,
kokia
198
see kwoi.
koikoiya, to imitate another's pronunciation or actions.
koikoiyo, n. imitation. koinya, kwanya, skull ; koinyan kai, id. ; see kwanya. koiya, to learn koiya ma to teach, e.g. ya koiya mani ;
koki,
a small
stories
= the
red
insect,
in
spider's wife.
kokia, a tree with yellow hardshelled edible fruit, its leaves
are eaten by cattle (Strych-
nos spinosa, Loganiaceae); na-
mijin kokia another species of Strychnos with smaller
fruit.
.
kokiar-biri, a tree with paired capsular fruit which
grows in damp ravines (Voacanga obtusa, Apocynaceae). koko, a drink made from the flour of gero beaten up in a furumi and drunk hot, honey being sometimes added. koko, or also, an abbreviation for ko kua, frequently used for ko.
koko,
kokuna or dmi-koko,
pi.
koloko
199
kokiar-biri
kolemin dawa maganin maikishi the expanse of the desert is the cure for a jealous
man. kolfa, kwalfa, n. skimming of milk, etc.
kolfe, kwalfe, to skim. koli,
exhibiting goods for
n.
dan
sale;
drinking-cup.
stibnite
to canter.
ing,
questioning,
1.
reason-
disputing,
continued asking;
2.
doubt,
kokore,
form of kore
intens.
to drive away.
bium
lead, is
tight.
pinnacle;
see
konkuo.
kokwafa, kola
kokolwa,
cf.
brains,
kolua.
cf.
2
;
their
the edge of
plant grows to the height of feet.
tract
;
cf
30 Jezebel...
ix.
posuit
ejus
stibio.'
also used for staining
the teeth and
lips.
kolkole, konkole, to pick out, to pick the teeth, peel fruit.
kwolkoli, a metal
helmet. lice
kollo, skull
kole, a small red pepper, the
about two
is
kolkota,
(K.), eager desire.
kolemi *, a wide
painting
for
Kings
kolkoli,
to canter see kokofa.
(S.), water-lily.
kolama
sti-
it is
It has been so used from very early times,
It
;
;
much used by Hausa
eyebrows and
yin kokua to wrestle,
skull
or
found in the eastern parts Hausaland. Antimony powder, or a sulphide of
'oculos
kokulwa,
o-n/x/xt
of
fighting, wrestling, exertion;
ridge,
= the
of the ancients
their eyelids.
kokoro, a life-time. kokua, kokowa, kokawa,
kokua,
antimony or
^J^^),
women
uncertainty.
kwoUi
J
(Ar.
kokonto, kokanto,
vendor of
kwalli or
koli, kuli,
a small calabash used as a
kokofa, kokwafa, kwakkafa,
koli a
small wares.
;
;
see kwalkwata,
see kolua.
kolo, carrion kite.
koloko, a material for making a black dye, obtained from the fruit of the hagarua tree.
;;
kolua
konkonche
200 ko-
kom.tsa or kwamsa, mucus
to go back, return; B 143 tun ha akoma ha while as yet there has not been a
kona, chaff. kona, kone, 1. to burn, to destroy by fire ; intens. form konkone to burn up comkuna and kone are pletely,
koUo, kwalua, kulwa, skull, brains. koma, flea see kuma.
kolua,
from the eyes.
;
koma,
komawa
returning,
komo to return
ing,
the speaker
is,
returnto
where
to return here,
come back, ya komo kasua he came back from the markomowa coming back. ket, koma, homa, foma, hand-net to
generally used as intransitive forms, ya kone
it
burnt,
is
but kasa tana ^^onrt the ground 2. to is scorched with heat ;
burn with
desire, etc.
ta ku7ia the heart
;
with a handle like a shrimp-
konane, fem. konana,
net.
nanu, burnt
komarchi, a
large snake
;
see
komaro, a
leather bag
see
;
;
horses
kome,
;
cf
n.
.
pi.
hurhurwa. kome-kome,
thing,
komi soever Gr.
komi,
a canoe.
A 48 ha. it
tree, etc.
see kwondariya.
kondo, centre of thatched see
roof
kwando.
of an e.gg. kone, to burn see kona. konga, a plain see kanga. konga, a knife see kangar. kongi, beams made from the ;
;
anything, every;
hahu komi nothkomi or ha
so also ha
ing,
see kunci-
;
(S.),
kome,
kom.i,
scorpion;
kondua, yolk re-
turning.
komi*
ko-
m.a.
kondariya, a bent
kuniaro.
komaro, utterly destitute. komiawa, returning see koma. komayya, a grass given to
pi.
konewa burn-
:
ing.
konama,
kumiirchi.
zucfiia
burned
kominene — whatbe, whatsoever see ;
a
drinking
trough for animals made out of a hollowed log. komiO, to return here; cf. koma.
of preg-
nanc3\
konko, a drinking-cup. konkole, to clean
p. 18.
kwomi,
fan palm.
konlka, a condition
p. 61,
to peel
;
teeth,
M. H.
see kolkole.
konkonche, kwankwanche, to loose or set free (slaves) see kunche.
;
konkone
;
konkone,
to
clear
fire,
by
fire;
see kone.
konkoni, stropanthus used poisoning arrows,
konkosa,
for
etc.
to strike (e.g. a pot)
so as to produce a sound.
konkua, kokua,
highest part
of the inside of the roof.
kono*
kormoto
201
korare, to hasten. korare, pi. kof'am, a fugitive
;
dark shiny blue cloth. p.
(K.), alms.
kora.
cf.
kore, a furrow. kore, to drive see kora. kore, a long tobe of black or
kore,
kopsa, pod of ground nut
;
see
kohsa.
f.
koria,
kworre, dark
pi.
green, kore kore light green cf.
shudi dark blue.
produced naturally or by shaving maikora bald. kora, also kori, before a n.
kori, stump of tree
;
kori, kwori, q.v.,
used of swishing the scum off
koria, a gourd
korino,
a
cala-
bash, intens. form kokore.
to hurry, to drive
away;
D
'21 ya kora kansa chikin azdba he hurries himself to (the
place of) pain
ing
away
I
;
;
korowa
driv-
koro sauki to send
;
korurua,
see kworia.
komo,
leather
kora, pi. kare kore, driving away. kora; kore or koro, to drive,
see kobri.
;
pi.
quiver.
water before
filling
;
shudi shudi light blue,
kora ( Ar. APji), baldness, either that
M. H.
203.
;
1.
the dye
green dyed is
produced
by a mixture of copper filings (sinadari) and lime juice or tsamia; eyes
medicine for the
2.
made from powdered
A
goat's skin.
kwarno
variant form
used
is
for
green
leather.
korjini, ugliness;
da korjini
terrible.
help. I
"
korS,ka, eagerness
;
da koraka
korkora, concubine;
see kwo-
rakwora.
eager. I
korama, apparently a
pi. form oikwori; 1. a nullah which dries up in the dry season 2.
a fast-flowing
stream,
torrent.
a
korkosa,
n. shamelessness korkosa unabashed,
korkwasa,
driver
;
ant;
da cf.
kwarikwasa,
kormoto, karmS,to,
1.
to carry
korami,
trade.
false
koranga
(K.), leader, guide.
against another secretly
news,
to
tell
tales ;
2.
kormoto
which
to interfere in a matter
one
does not concern
karambani
3.
;
cf.
;
to betray.
kormoto, kannS,to,
n. gossip,
mischief-making, yin kormoto to carry secret
H.
news
cf.
;
M.
p. 196.
of
see kworno. koro, to drive,
korofi, dye-pit
containing
cf.
;
kora.
see karofi.
;
cowries,
of the leaves of
the tukurua palm (possibly
from Ar. j^, Heb. cor, Gr. Kopog = a large dry measure). kororua, top, summit. korto, kworto, fern, kortua, adulterer, paramour. kortonchi, lasciviousness. kortu, a small gourd see kurtu. korya, a gourd see kworia. kosa, corpulence. ;
;
kosa, to be over phorically
to
ripe, so
be
meta-
tired
na kosa I am
waiting,
hurry, ha shi kosawa da tane he
is
of
in a
mu-
patient to everyone.
kosa, kiisa, an iron nail. kosa-kosa, a short-legged
fruits
;
egg-shell, peel of
1.
kosfar arsashe a cart-
kosabro, a sack made
of grass
for holding cowries.
kosada, to get enough ;
see koshi.
in
2.
;
pi.,
branch-
ing off of roads.
he
to
1.
to
satisfied,
have enough 2. used as n., a being satisfied, satisfaction ;
(esp.
of appetite)
prov.
cf.
;
ba dadi tana gidan na koshi '
not nice
'
keeps house with
am satisfied,'. i.e. only a man who lives in luxury can 'I
afford
be
to
discontented.
who who is
kosashe, pi. kosasu, one
has eaten enough, one
koshada* a causa-
satisfied,
tive form of koshi to feed to
sun sun koshi, they ate and drank till they were satisfaction, to satisfy
;
chi SU71 sha
satisfied.
koshia, 1. a wooden spoon 2. a shuttle. koso, a small drum, open at one end, slung from the ;
see kotso.
;
kota, handle,
e.g. of
Katsena bota
can.
satisfy
kwosfofi^
shoulder peli-
oil.
kosandi, inner wall of a house. kosashe, see koshi. kosfa, kwosfa, pi. kosfofi^
koshi, etc.
20,000
made
usually
guinea-corn;
kwororo, a bag
or
kosai, a cake cooked in
ridge case
komo, husk
kororo
kotakwana
202
kotafani,
is
shield
an axe;
in
used. see
;
kiitu-
fani. to eat,
kotakwana,
n.,
ment, neglect
;
1.
postpone-
2.
defiance.
; ;
;
kotamta kotamta,
to speak in parables
kotana*, cousin, relation. kotanchi, kwatanchi, 1. compare, to liken together;
to,
to
to place
pass, akotanchi is
like
;
chin hifka like
this,
ka yi
mini kotanchi ydda zan yishi give me an idea how to do this cf. kutumshi likeness, ;
kotanta,
145.
;
kowa, kowanene, fem. kowa, kowacheche ; the adjectival forms are kowane, f. are
unto 2. kotanchin kdza about so much, kotan-
F
babu kowa or ha kowa no the pronominal forms
one
see kotanchi.
made
ku
203
kotamta,
kicatanta to speak in parables.
kotami, kotamia, kotumi, a large earthen pot with wide
mouth. kotashi, a small basket used by women ; see kwotashi, koto, of a bird, to peck also ;
used of the grazing of cattle
kowache, Gr.
die it
kowddane see ta kowa ha
pi.
;
18.
p.
is
anyone pi. pers.
;
bcc
not the property of combined with the pron.
kowanenmu nenku each
denotes each
it
each of
of you,
us,
kowa-
kowanensu
each of them.
kowainia, a
finger-ring,
the
ring of a bit, etc.
kowane,
every,
any,
each
see koiva.
kowar-wake, the husk
on
pods of beans.
kowie, side see kauye. koya, to learn see koiya. koya, red clay see koiya. ;
;
or sheep
rtiaikoto
;
;
kotontawa, time, to
beak.
1.
to
pay a second
pay over again
;
2.
to spin round.
a
kozo
(of.
a kettle-drum),
j^3^, drum shaped
like an hourheld under the arm,
glass,
one end open, it is covered with skin in front, but is open behind cf. kalango, ;
jaiije.
kotutura, stump of wood
;
see ko.
see ko.
koyi, an example.
koyo, n. learning see koiyo. kozo, a kind of drum see kotso. kozozobe, kwazazzabo, 1. ;
;
course or hollow of a stream
see
everyone, anyone, any;
;
without water 3. holes in the road made by running water. ku, 2nd pers. pron. pi. you. -nku, your, is used when the 2.
a
deep
;
;
kututura.
kowa,
mediately
koyaushe, at any time, always
kotso, koso, kotso, Ar.
koyanzu, even now, now, im-
ravine
kua
and -rku or
masculine,
when the
table
feminine
Malvaceae).
object possessed
Gr.
cf.
is
;
to denote
the second person plural of future
of
(Hibiscus It
esculentus,
a climb-
is
ing gourd and grows esp. on
p. 25.
kua, a verbal prefix the
which are used as a vege-
is
-Iku
object possessed
p.
kuda
204
tense;
Gr.
cf.
33.
house tops, in Kano pronounced kabewa.
kuble, kulle, kulli
it
is
Ar.
(cf.
Ja5, bolt), to lock, lock up shina kulle it is locked,
:
kua, kwa, it
too, also, likewise;
cf.
follows as an enclitic the
word
which
to
ticularly refers,
more pare.g. ni kua ni it
shiga I too shall enter,
kuba, a cross beam. kubaka, 1. the fold
E
37.
in waist of
trousers through which the
cord (zaria) runs;
2.
the cord
round waist of trousers.
kubche, kubuche,
to slip or
drop out of one's hands, also to escape from prison, cf. kubche kubche to try
kuto.
to slip out, used of
an animal
caught in a trap ; cf gubchi. kube, a sheath for knife or .
sword;
cf.
talauchi yi
M. H. p. 206, kan wa halinka
kube poverty acts as a sheath to your character, i.e. makes you act hypocritically. kube, to mix, intens. form ku-
kuhe
kube*
;
see kivabe.
(K),
little,
small.
kube, an ear of corn. kubewa (a Yoruba word), the 'okra' plant, the ripe capsules
na kulli akwati I locked the box; makubli or mahulli key, button.
kubli, kulli, a lock. kubri, shin-bone ; see kdbri.
kububua, a poisonous
snake,
with large brown spots in a single line down its back and a white belly.
kubuta, to be innocent, to be unharmed, to be acquitted, kubuta, n. ankle boots used for riding.
kucha, kuza,
to rush or fall
down, kuchi, pi. kuche-kuche^ talking, conference.
kuda, throbbing
pain,
e.g.
of
toothache.
kuda, kuje, kudaidai
pi.
(cf.
kudaje, masc.
Ar.
pi.
^tj>i,
stinging insects), fly; kuda7i
kisan doki, kills fly.
horses,
i.e. i.e.
the
fly
that
the tsetse
makafon kuda a large which is so easy to
horse-fly
catch that
appears to be
it
kudafi, a small ant
;
see kui'-
dafi.
kudaku, a
of
species
sweet
kudanchi, southwards. see
a
to withdraw.
;
;
;
adverbially, e.g.
ya
taji
kudu
he went south. kududifi, kudundifi, pond, cistern, a pit from which clay has been dug.
kududura, a
small knife used
grows amongst
a medicine
is
made
from it it is apparently the same as wuta-wuta, q.v. ;
kudukuki, cheek, cheeks. kudumbia, the cracking skin in
sect
cf.
hambudiga.
see kiidu.
Jeru-
of popping into
yl
kuduss = ya
shiga rami,
kufa, a stain, the scar a
wound
thing, e.g.
left
by
the trace of any-
:
ku/an wuta, a mark burn, ku/an mai
made by a an
oil stain.
kufai, kofai,
pi.
ku/ai/ai, ruins
a place, a desolated or dilapidated town. kufita, kufuta, pi. kufitai, ku2. long futaij 1*. sandal riding-boot with spur. of
;
;
see/u/u.
kufuli*, to extinguish a
fire
or
light.
kufurtu, the
first
hoeing of
the land before sowing
;
cf.
kabtu.
kuge, a kind
of cymbal.
kugi, the roar of wild animals, of
the under-joints of
caused by a small ;
;
kuduss, used a hole, ya
kufu, lungs
by women. kuduji, kudugi, a plant about two feet high, with a flower like tobacco, it
sc^uth
salem.
kudi, a black and red cloth. kudi, a bug. kudi, money see kurdi. kudigi, a weed ; see kuduji. kudira, destiny see kadara. kudis, kidis, quickly. kudu, an apron made of skin. kudu, kudus, south also used
toes,
ball
maiming.
kudus,
kudus or bimin kudus,
kwadandemi.
(S.), intr.
dctwa,
make a
kudunia, range of hills, hill. kudure, to lop, or break off. kuduru, 1. a man with his 2.
kudandan,
kudandemi,
kude
to
fingers, toes, or ears cut off;
potato (dankali).
;
kudundune, of anything.
blind.
hut
kugiya
205
kudafi
in-
the noise of an ostrich or the cooing of doves, or buzzing of bees.
kugiya,
kogia,
kogua,
pi.
kugu
206
kugiyoyi,
hook,
ku-
clasp,
gian fdtsa a fish-hook,
kugu,
kugogi, loin.
pi.
kuibi, side of the body; see a
disease
women somewhat
in
similar to
kuikuyo, young
of
an animal;
kuiwa, a kind kuje, fly;
see huda.
kuda
flies,
kuje
is
of smaller
flies.
oj
2t
kujera, kushera (Ar. ^^j^), chair, stool, esp. the
wooden
on which women pi.
sit.
kukoki, fem. Kanuri
(Adansonia digitata), the baobab or monkey-bread tree. id.
The Hausas
eat its fruit
and
making soup. grow to any great
its leaves for
It does not
height, but has often a girth of 60 to 70
kuka,
pi.
ft.
koke-koke,
lamentation;
masc, cry, kuka to
yin
raise a cry, howl, low,
cry,
etc., of
men and animals,
e.g.
sania tana kuka the cow lows (ruri
kuka,
is
see kaka-
;
kuku, an
edible fish, six inches
on
used of the
pers. pron.
bull).
2nd
pers. pi.
used to denote the narrative or historic past;
cf.
its
back.
of grass.
generally used of the larger biting
kukaruku, crowing
long, with sharp scales
see kwikuyo.
use
doing so) he complains of
himself.
ruko.
elephantiasis.
kuka,
kuka, to make complaint; cf. kada kowa ya kuka da woni ya kuka da kansa let not any one complain of another (in
kwibi.
kuikui, kukui,
stool
kul
Gr.
p. 28.
kukube, an
form of
intens.
kuhe to mix,
kukui*, a swelling see kuikui. kukui kukui, the sound made by a guinea-fowl ; cf M. H. ;
.
p.
197.
kukuki, a
tree,
the bark of
an almost watery juice it is sucked by thirsty travellers
which
contains
tasteless
:
tomentosa,
(Sterculia
Ster-
culiaceae).
kukuma,
a musical instrument
which
played by rubbing.
is
kukumche, pi. kukumtatu, one who has his hands tied to his neck
;
cf
.
seq.
kukumi, kunkumi, of a man's
hands
the tying ;
cf.
prov,
karamin sani kukumi ne a little knowledge is as the tying of a man's hands to his neck, i.e. 'a little knowledge is
a dangerous thing.'
kul*,
if,
when
;
cf . kur.
;
kumachi
207
kula
kula, a shrub from the roots of which a hot spice is prepared. kula, 1. to care for, heed, be
concerned about, used abso (B 90) or with direct
lutely
aec, or with da, quently, with ga
or, less fre-
to care
2.
;
also used of a ball of
pounded
ground nuts cf. kubli. kulo, kuUo, to watch, look on. kulu, pi. kulayi, wale made by ;
a whip. kulu, 1. froth skimmed from the top in the making of bread
ga dunia
or masa cakes 2. leaven. kulubutu, a creeper with edible
he cared not for the merchandise of the earth, kuli* intention, e.g. ina da kulin tafia or na kula tafia I think
kulufita (ever-coming-forth), a synonym for the gauta (tomato), so called because it is
for in the sense of to covet, e.g.
C
52 bai kula ha
;
fruit.
ever bearing.
of going.
kulba, the common reddish smooth-skinned lizard (ma-
kulum
buia Perroteti) ; cf sharindo.
day],
1.
always, constantly;
hence
2.
used with other ex-
.
kulde, to strip off*; see kwalde. kulere, a wooden-tipped arrow. kuli, intention; see kula.
kulikasa, shamelessness. kulki, kuruki, pi. kulake, a short stick, club, a govern-
ment messenger's staff". kulkusa, very near see kusa. kulla, to tie two pieces of string ;
pressions of time, every, e.g.
cf.
kulyaushe.
kulume, an
edible fish with red
about
fifteen inches long.
tail,
kulutu, protuberance, swelling. kulyaushe*, always see ku;
lum.
enter on a quarrel, to join
kuma, kuma,
issue
;
;
kullu to be joined to-
gether.
kulla,
n.
again.
a
flat fish
with reddish
snout.
twisting cotton round
a pin before spinning. kulle, to lock up.
kuUi, kwoUi, antimony; see
kuma, koma, flea, louse. kuma, kum.ma, a stick. kumachi, kum.urchi, kwomiachi, a black cobra, hooded
but without spectacles, 14
koli.
kulli,
borrowed
Ar.>^ J.^= every
kulum safe every morning, kulum dere every night, B 88
idiom kulla gdha to
together
[originally
from the
pi.
kulli-kuUij
a knot.
to 6
ft.
ins.
long (naia nigricoUis).
;;
kumakumi kumakumi,
a horseman's arm-
our made of iron.
kum.allo, faintness
see
;
ku-
rtiolo.
infirm, feeble,
lazy.
kumam.anchi,
1.
weakness,
infirmity, feebleness;
2.
what
woman's hair. kumbura, kum.bure, to
kom.aro,
a
small
leather bag.
swell,
F
pi. of
kumchi,
;
with pride.
e.g.
see
kumhure.
kumburi, kum.buria,
n. swell
kum.chi,
pi.
kumatu^ cheek
dan kiunatu a man with
q.v.
kumhuna^ kumbabo-
pi.
bi,kumbai, fish
1.
finger-nail, scales
hude kumhabi she
ta
;
spread open her fingers;
an edible
shell-fish sold in
2.
the
markets. of shaving the front part of
the head only
;
the heathen
custom of leaving a tuft on top of head.
kum.bi, a colour made from bones and used for marking
kumibu,
M. H.
p. 186.
a small calabash
1.
2. a round shankumhu.
with a cover; object
;
cf.
kumbu, ktoibua,
1.
a long-
handled hoe with triangular blade 2. a leather ring worn ;
fat
cheeks.
kum.chi, kunchi, narrow, confined, difficult of passage, it is
often applied to the thorn
surrounding a town
fence
1. 29; kumchin zuchia hot temper; makun-
cf.
kumbe or kwumbe, the fashion
camels,
30
kana kurnhurawa thou art proud kumhurata swollen,
ing.
kiunatu, cheeks,
kum.ba,
up
kmnihuraivn,
;
swelling with pride;
kum.burata*,
trying or troublesome.
kumaro,
of a
or hasty plaiting or doing of a
to be enceinte
kum.am.a, weak,
is
kumolo
208
Gr. p. 130,
kuchi or makunkunchi a full of anger,
lit.
man
a heart in
which there is no room kumchin sarkakia an imhedge or brake yahho wanda ya yi kunchi domin girnia na^sa praise which was unworthy penetrable thorn ;
of his greatness.
kumia, shame
see kumya. kum.kum.ia, a poisonous species of euphorbia tree about two ;
feet high.
charm round the wrist. kum.buche, to tie up in a knot.
kum.O, a yellowish red biting
kumbuchi,
kumolo, kumallo, qualm
as a
esp.
used of rough
ant.
or
; ;
kumpa
;;
kundi
209
faintness
arising from
lack
kumyata, kunyata, kumyache, to shame, to be ashamed.
of food.
kumpa, froth see kunfa. kumpsa, to bud, used of young ;
grain
cf.
;
f.
kumshashia,
up,
to tie
kumshashe,
kumshashu,
pi.
up cf (?) kimsa. kumshi, n. tying. kumshin-lalle, the binding of tied
.
;
the hands or of the feet in
henna bandages
pi. ;
cf.
Gr. p. 27.
a bag;
in
pers.
used with perfect tense
kohsa.
kumsa, kumshe, e.g.
kun, pronoun, 2nd
;
see Icdle.
kumso*, to hide anything. kumtata, to makenarrow, A 67;
kuna, intr. to burn see kona. kuna, to burn see kona. kUna kuna, pure, unmixed rua pure water, nothing but ;
;
;
water.
kuna, anger, disgust. kuna, kunna, to light, set kunna fitila light light to the lamp kunna wuta adaki ;
;
set fire to a house.
kunama, konama,
see kimncfii.
kumurchi, kumuchi, kwomachi, komarchi, a cobra;
momi, kunamai,
1.
pi.
kuna-
scorpion;
of a
2. hammer of a gun or rifle kunaman rua electric cat-fish. kunba, finger-nail see kumba. kunche, kwanche (K.), to
kumya, kunya, kumia, shame,
andaureshi ya kwanche he
cf.
kumachi.
kumuria, a kiimiis
fire-swallower.
the sound
(S.),
;
loose,
blow.
bashfulness,
rashin
tied
to
get
up and got
loose
loose;
kuncha^he, fem. kunchachia^
of good of pro-
pi.
kunchachu, untied, loosen-
sa,ba3indbada kumya
ed
;
manners or of sense priety.
was
good manners
kumya want
untie,
shame jin kumya to feel shame, to be ashamed ba shi da kumya ba he has no
to put to
;
sense of shame.
zina su ka
F
kumya
11 5 masu-
those
who
be put to shame; sun yi kumya they felt ashamed, sun chi kumia ke nan they sin will
were ashamed, M. H. R. H. D.
p. 196.
maikunche a wrestler forms kwankwanche
intens.
and konkonche to set free. kunchi, bush see kumchi. kunda, a charm placed in a field see kwanda. kundege, kwondege, armlets, F225. kundi, pi. kundaye^ a book dan kundi a small book. ;
;
'
U
;
kundu kundu, used with
yi,
of
an
kundu, a bird's gizzard. kunduda, a headman. kundudufi, a pond
;
see
practices.
kunkumi, a man with kudu-
dufi.
kunduma,
n. 1.
toppling over,
B
150 5a ni yi kunduma en fada ha I will not topple over so as to fall
;
to dip the
2.
in water.
kundumi, kandami, a pond. kundumi, n. baldness caused by shaving off the hair. kune, kunne, pi. kunuwa, 1. ear, sa kunne to give attention to 2. kunnen itache ;
leaves. ;
animal.
kunkeli, a small shield. kun-ki-chi, a small weevil which eats corn, its name is derived from the saying, if you will not eat, we will eat
kunku,
pi.
kunkaye
dried brick,
i.e.
(S.),
a sun-
ball of earth
mixed with straw.
kunkumi, portant
M. H.
kunkumia (S.),
soot
;
his ;
see
see kun-
kunia.
kunkunia,
blight,
used
soot,
making ink. kunkunta, narrow, used doorway; cf. kumtata. in
kunkuru,
of a
small land tor-
1.
water tortoise curved wooden board to which the unwoven thread toise, cf kijifia .
2.
of the
warp
is
fastened,
it
thought to resemble the curved shell of the tortoise.
a celebrated or imperson,
kunkumin
a rich merchant; p.
kunkurus, kurunkus,
205.
kunkumi
cf.
is
decapi-
tation, the finishing of any-
thing;
cf.
the phrase ku7i-
kurus kan kusu the cutting off the head of a rat, an idiom denoting that a thing is done and finished with so kunkurus kan damharia, M. H. ;
p. 166.
kunkuwa, an
you.
tajiri
hands tied to his neck kukumi.
is
kunfa, kiunfa, kumpa, foam yin kunfa to foam. kunfu, used of the meat surrounding the heart of an
it for
who
usually applied to one
has become rich by dishonest
arrow, to miss.
head
kunta
210
kunna,
ant-heap.
to light
;
see kuna.
kunsa, to fold up; cf. kumtata. kunshe, to wrap into a bundle. kunshia*, sleep, F 75 see kwana, kunta, to untie see kwanta. kunta, n. loosening. ;
;
; ,
kuntawa
;
kurda
211
kuntawa,
sleeping
see
;
kwan-
make unlawful
chin kura to
F201
gain;
taiva.
dilalai imasuriha
who who
kuntu, blanket (a Nupe word). kuntukuro, a small drum.
da kura the
kuntumi, a merchant. kuntunkuru*, applied by the Hausas to the brown army-
keep back money for things
made
gruel
guinea-
of
kunun - dorowa
(dorowa
is
kunyoyi^ a ridge of
pi.
in farming in which seed
planted
kupturu, (corn)
cf. kwiya (S.). kuturu, blighted ;
kur*, kul*,
if,
dai even
kura,
B
pi.
7.
p.
when,
ankache masa
C
with
contrasted
as
maiido; M. H.
to him,
if
199.
is
be said
it
kur dai or kul
if.
kuraye, hyena, fem.
149 ina gani sarai kura the hyena, is
kure, a
also used
;
male
wasan
kura an unappreciated joke dan kura the name of a parcf ticular kind of turban M. H. p. 203. goshin kure the doka or woman's head ;
;.
dress.
pi.
fears.
kurddai,
kuran
(Ar. O^js), the Koran. 1. trailing rope plant;
2.
a ladder
;
see
karangama.
kurari, threatening, boasting yin kurari to brag;
cf.
kirari.
kurar-shanu (cattle dust), a weed with yellow flowers and Compositae).
kurS,sa
(S.),
a bunch of corn.
kurba, to sip. kurba, a small
lizard.
n. sipping.
kurche,
to escape
;
see kuhche.
kurchi, to escape. kurchia, kurichia,
pi.
esp.
unlawful
overcharging, cheating,
ku-
rdche, kurchiyoyi, dove.
kurchia*,
kurichia,
chia,
childhood,
1.
kurumutuar
kurichia death during child-
hood 2. childishness. kurda, to press through a narrow place, creep in kurdanan kurdanan wandering this way and that, zigzag;
;
kura, dust. kura, gain, profit, ij;ain,
yana kura he
a small round hatchet used
kurbi,
;
-
cf.
white leaves (Conyza spinosa,
kur
e.g.
gata I see distinctly, there
hyena,
sold.
kura (?),
kuranga,
broth), a species of bird.
soil
i.e.
for cutting grass.
corn, rice, etc.
kunya,
brokers
unjust profits,
kurS-da, kuradda,
blanket.
kunu,
make
ging.
14—2
;
kurdafi
212
Aurdafi, kudafi, small black
kurdi, kndi, used as a
pi.
of
and nmri, 1. cowries (kawara and alkawara are also used in the same sense); ijia
2.
used generally for money any kind ; 3. price, e.g.
hurdinsa
nawa what
is
the
price of it? kurdinsa ya isa
enough
it is
for
it.
kasa tribute, taxes
form
kurfu which there
is
no
outlet, the
interior of a house furthest
ants.
of
;
kurdin a plural
much
found, kurdede
is
money
;
fUa
kurdin
;
a tax
from the door; hainya tana kurewa the road ends here ;
ramin karia ha shi wiyar kurewa the hole of a cf.
prov.
lie it is
not
probe
difficult to
to the end,
i.e. it
detect a liar in his
easy to
is
lies.
kure, en wuri ya kure when the time comes, used when the sun comes out after dull weather.
kurege,
pi.
kuregai, kuregogi,
kurdin boda a tax paid to the English, i.e. 15 p.c. on value of
jerboa (dipus), the length of
caravan.
gresses
by
paid
caravans,
kurdi*, a small biting insect found in mats, etc. kurdudufi, often pronounced
kududdufi
or
kududdiffi,
pond see kududufi. kurdugi*, a great man, warrior cf. M. H. p. 189. kurdugo, kodago, the fruit of the gigi^iia palm ci.kwodago. ;
;
kure, mistake see kurre. kure, pi. kuraye, a male hyena
;
see kura.
2.
of,
dan kure
to push
little finger;
another;
3.
in
Sokoto to miss, used as an equivalent for kuskure.
rewa
is
;
it
pro-
by a series of jumps it burrows in the ground and feeds chiefly on grain cf. Browning, 'Saul,' vi, 5, :
" half-bird half-mouse."
For
a story concerning a jerboa, cf. M. H. p. 106. kurenga, a trailing rope-plant;
see kuranga.
kurfa, kurufa,
pi.
kurfai, long
kurfi,
pi. kurfofi,
kurfu, hole,
empty cartridge-case. kurfu, pi. kurdfu (Kanuri kor rafi hide), 1. a whip made of cave,
to probe, to go to the
1.
end
body is about eight inches,
of its tail ten inches
riding-boots.
;
kure,
its
ku-
used of a place from
skin to
;
2.
flog,
flogging, yin
they flogged him girdle.
kurju
su yi masa kurfu ;
3.
a horse-
;
kurga
kurmuwa
213
kurga (S.), conversation. kurga (K.), piles. kurginguma, a beetle = gur-
kurkia, virgin
gunguma, q.v. kuri, empty threat
kurkuku, dungeon,
in
Kano imha
(Sokoto),
The
used.
is
word
is probably a variant kuria a war drum, cf. Hausa riddle ahu na kara a fiawa ha hanji a thing that cries in the bush with no
of
bowels 1
A drum
Ans.
;
cf.
seq.
kwuriya
kuria, kurya,
(Ar.
cji, to beat a dinim), a sort
;
see kurikia.
kurkono, kurukunu, guineaworm.
kurkura*,
to scrape
prison.
see kar-
;
kari.
kurkura*,
to err, to fail;
cf.
kuskure.
kurkura, kurkure,
n. gargling.
to gargle, to
throw
water out of the mouth, rinse the mouth, v. n. kurkurewa. wide - opened kurkurkur,
mouth
see kirkira.
;
kurkusa - kusa kusa very near. kurkushe, a swelling on the
of
stringed
drum, open at
one end, used in war. kuria, a red vegetable stain
foot.
kurkutu (S.), a small drum. kurkwiyo, youngling seektm;
for the teeth.
kuria (Ar.
kuyo.
iftji),
lots;
dice,
yin kuria to draw
lots
;
je/a
kuria to throw with dice or with cowrie shells used as dice.
kurichia, dove
;
kurikia, kurkia,
see kurchia. pi.
kurikoki,
kurimi, dense forest see kurmi. ;
kurji, pi.
;
see kirji.
kureji, kirchi, gurje,
kurdje, kurareji, scab, boil,
on dogs and horses, itch maikurji onewhoha.s the itch. kurki, hen-coop. kurki, a bird like a crane. esp.
;
kurmi, dense forest. kurmus, the ashes of stick, cf.
a burnt
F 207 umta ta
kurmus the
kurkiyoyi, virgin.
kurji, breast
kurma, deaf see kuruma. kurmajo, a (Zanfara) tribal mark on the temple. kurme, swimming, bathing.
kone
;
fire
burnt
it
up
completely.
kurmusu,
pi. kurmusoshi, kurmushe-kurmushe, eating in
secret;
maikurmusu one who
hides
himself
to
eat
;
cf.
kurulla.
kurmuwa, kurme.
sprinkling
;
cp.
'
kurna
kurna (Kanuri
kurna, Fulah
kurnahi), zizyphus jujuba, a large tree of bushy appear-
ance with small leaves and red edible berries.
kuman na
nasara
sara), a
flowers,
'
(Melia
kurna
(or
tree with
lilac
the pride of India
Azedarach,
Melia-
ceae).
kurre,
pi.
kurakuri, accident,
Also as
mistake, error.
na kurre
made a
I
v.
mistake.
kursa, kursan goro a large kola nut.
kurtu, kortu,
pi.
kurtuna, a
calabash used as water-bottle.
kuni,
f.
kurua, dwarf, pony;
doki kuru,
id.
kuru, in silence cf. kurum. kuru, a small hand-drum open at one end see kuria. kurua, kurwa, 1. soul, spirit, shadow; 2. echo; cl.kururua. kuruchia, childhood see kur;
;
;
kuruki,
a
kurufa, long riding-boots
;
see
kurfa.
kurufi*, an iron chisel
bably a corruption of
;
pro-
karifiy
short
stick
kurukunu, guinea-worm
kurugga, a hoe
=:^
kurugunguma,
pi. kurugungumai, a winged beetle which
amongst
the
guinea-
corn; see gurgungvmia.
see
kurukure, to throw out water from the mouth see kurkure. ;
kurulla, refusal to share food with another (used in Sokoto);
kememe, kurinusu.
cf.
kurum, silence, e.g. D 94 muna kurum we keep silence yin ;
kurum, lence
;
da kurum, in
si-
29 abersu ku7-u
let
left alone, i.e. let
no
id.
D
them be
one speak to them haka silence.
;
kurum-
kuruma, still water. kuruma, kurma, pi. kurumai, 1. one who is deaf; 2. to be deaf; cf. prov. kuruma tnagana che consent
'silence
kuruman
gives
wui'i
a
cowry without a hole in
it
(i.e.
'
he
;
like a deaf or stopped-up
kurum,chi and kurumta
ear).
is
;
shina da kururnchi
deaf.
kurumi, to embrace, grasp. kurumta, kurumche, to be silent.
lence
kente.
:
kurkono.
kurumta, kurumchi,
q.v.
see
;
kulki.
deafness
chia.
lives
kurungu
214
;
n.
si-
yin kurumta to be
silent.
kurungu, a (Siluridae)
length.
species of cat-fish
about 3 feet in
;
kurunkus kurunkus,
see Jmnkurus.
kurunkushewa,
white flowers
delicate
= lut-
;
kurua^
cf.
;
3.
echo
;
kusanchi,
spirit
kurya, a drum
;
;
see kurua. see kuria.
kurzunu, roughness; da hirzunu rough, uneven. kusa, mouse see ku.su, ;
kusa,
n.
near,
nearness, proximity,
da kusa near kusa da or ktisa ga
nearly;
hand
near
;
to,
to
condemn;
yin kusa to be or
draw
kusata,
to
draw near
speaker.
kusatowa, coming near; see kitsa.
kusfa, or (in Sokoto) kusua, a hole, e.g. at the bottom of
a wall, larger than raria.
kushe*,
to despise, to attri-
one who is doing good ci.kusanchito condemn.
bute
evil to
:
kushe kushe, kushekusheya, an itching sore on hand or foot; F 106 suna dirkanka har kushekusheya they beat
mantashi
kushe wa, kusheya*
he
nearly forgot
ktirkusa, kulkusa or kitsa
kusa very near, kusawa drawing near,
kusata, kusache or
kusanta to be or to draw near to.
n.
kusata
is
also used as a
consanguinity,
kusatowa
see
kusa.
kushera,
;
;
see
;
kitsa.
near, ya yi kiisan (or ya kusa) karewa it is nearly hnished. ya kusa he apya kusa ya gaya proaches, inani he was near to telling me ya kusa ya (or ya kusa)
it
see
kushe.
kusawa,
tuo.
kurwa, a
see
;
kusato, to draw near to the
id.
kururuta, to complain about, kuruskurus, edible root of small plant used in making
at
;
kitsa.
kururu, crop of a fowl. kururua, 1. a cry, scream 2. comifin kururua to cry grievance
kusa, tin ore see kuza. kusa, nail see kosa. kusache, to draw near to ;
a plant with
niijin tsada, q.v.
plaint,
kuskure
215
thee
feet
thou art sore
till
cially
spe-
;
used of sores on the which are prevalent
during the rainy season. stool; see kujera.
ku-
pi.
mound
shewoyi, kusheyi, the
over the grave, tomb wurin kushewa or wurin kusheyi ;
burying-place.
kuskunta,, to drive away
;
see
kaskasta.
kuskure, kurkura,
1.
to miss,
kuskus of
an arrow to miss or
mark
to hit the
kureta I missed
it
fail
na kus-
;
to fail
2.
;
to keep a promise, then to
in
fail
D
to err;
dut}'^,
mu
kada
kiitufani
216
kurkura
let
4
us not
in our duty.
fail, i.e.
(cf.
Ar. jj^), corner; kusu-
hanu
ruan
elbow
ina da kusuruan the)
of
(stalk
;
bada
i
uku the
badai grass
has three corners or projecting angles
;
kusuruan arewa
nearly North (a point of the
9 J « J
kuskus* (a
(Ar.
t^,...C.,fr>),
cuscus
North African native dish
made
of macaroni, etc., used
by Hausas in N. Africa, not in Hausaland).
known
kHsu, mouse,
kusun-tanka
a
mouse which nests in roofs kusun kyauro (K.), kusun kyemru small
white-bellied
;
water-mouse; kusunkusumhisa hanu forearm (S,),
;
squirrel.
kusua, see kusfa. kusufi (Ar.), eclipse of the sun. kusugu*, anything small or insignificant, also applied to .V
anything of ugly shape.
kusumbi, hump humpbacked.
kusumbi, and
kusu mouse
(i.e.
bisa above), squirrel.
kusumburua,
a reed growing amongst the guinea-corn and
like
it
edible
;
in appearance flutes are
kusurua sukarua^
(or
;
chi.
kutara, the name of a tree rafters made from it are bent by being heated in the fire.
:
Hence a beam
for
pumping
water with, DIG shina takura kamal kutara he falls down like the
water
;
beam
see jigo
pumping which is the
for
word most frequently used. implying kuto, to escape, motion towards speaker, ta kutofi, a bead necklace worn
by women.
restiveness.
kusumbisa
;
kuto she escaped here.
da kusumbi
;
gabaz kusuruan arewa = North-East maikusurua angular. kuta, to persuade. kutanchi, likeness see koian compass),
by
q.v.),
made
;
not of
it.
metathesis
pi.
kusu7'oyi
kutsa, to trespass on a for bidden place, to step over a boundary. kutu, the male of the common lizard (Sokoto equivalent^ kiski)
;
see kadayigare.
kutufani, kotafani, pi. kutu fanal, a large round shield
made
of skin.
;
kutuma
kutuma = bura. kutumba,
pi.
away from kutumbobi,
a
^hort and fat person,
kutumshi*,
F
likeness,
145
for kotanchi, q.v.
kutunku, kutunkun bauna a large bull buffalo,
kutunkun
barao a formidable
kutup
klitup,
tottering,
ap-
or blind,
kuturi, the hinder part of an cf.
;
jakuturi
the
crupper,
kuturu, 2.
kutare^
pi.
applied to gero
leper;
1.
= blighted.
kuturchi or kuturta leprosy,
kututura, kututtura, kotutura, kuturtura, or kututurri, 1. stump of a tree, branch with leaves cut off;
kuwa, a cry, shout, kuyafa (S.), spoon; see kunafa. kuyanga, kwiyanga, pi. kuyangai, kuymigi, used as fern. of
hawa =
plural
is
i\.
female slave; the
used of slaves of
botli sexes.
kuyiwa, kiwuya,
refusal
;
see
'
e.g.
ya kwdbo
it came loose and fell down by me. kwabia coming loose. gatari maikwabia an axe with
a loose head.
kw&be, kw&ba, kwa.bo,
to
kwdbe linzami use your bit, ya kwdbe ma^ananshi he stopped his mouth. kwabe, kube, kwaba, to mix, A 76 kam ba rua kwabe kasanka ya sheka^'e if there no water to mix with your earth is dry.
is it,
kwabi, n. mixing. kwabri, kwauri, pi.' kwabruka, shin-bone
ktvobruka,
;
see
kobri.
kwache,
1.
to plunder or take
snatch
;
2.
to
to rescue, deliver,
kwache booty ; 3. to rua ya kwa^che the rain hindered me. kwaabin
prevent, stop
cheche
;
kidnapped. who one
stolen,
maikwachewa snatches away
;
kwaso
to
snatch.
kwS,chia, the raised part of a
ki.
kuza, to rush see kucha. kuza, kusa, tin ore. ;
kwa,
haft,
a thing away by force,
stubble,
2.
the
gatari ya ktvdbe.
repress, hinder, stop short
thief.
walk of the old
plied to the
animal
kwadandemi
217
also
;
see kua.
kwS,be, to come head of an axe,
loose, etc.,
of the to
come
saddle
;
see kwochia.
kwachia, pi. kwachaye, a glass basin, M. H. p. 73. kwadai, longing for; seekodai. kwadandemi, kudandem.!, a
;
kwadaye
218
hut made with the
in
by a
closed
kw3,lo
mud walls and
kernels
through a top which is
tained from
grass
nuts which
roof, air circulates
hole
;
circular
;
expressed from
shutter (60^0) attached to a
clusters.
pole.
as food
kwadaye, kwadigo (S.),
kwan
to long after.
dan kwadigo
or
a farm
kwadi,
pi.
uvula
;
kwadon chinya thigh muscle kwadon kofa lock of a door. kwagiri, a long pliant creeper
making walkingmaikwagiri a nick-
sticks
;
who
to one
is
fond of beating men.
kwagua, cf.
1.
pincers;
2.
a crab;
adj. fading.
long, slender, light-
e.g. of
to pick a thing out,
a hole
;
see kolkole.
kwakota, a tobe
;
see
kwa-
(Elaeis guineensis),
soup
said to be the old
to pick the teeth
kwakwari,
is
sakatta.
cf.
;
kwakwalwa, brains
;
see kolua.
place or hole
made
for horses' dung, etc.
kwakwSita, kwakota, a tobe with short, lined body and wide single
skirt.
kwakwume,
to
grip,
twist
to grip the
throat.
kwalla,
thoroughly; revile
kwalde
;
cf.
1.
to
to
2.
wash
jeer
at,
makwalla.
or kulde, to strip off
leaves from a stalk.
kwalima, greediness. kwalkwasa, travelling
oil
palm
made from
its
ants
see kwarikwasa.
kwarkWatta,
kwalkwata,
kwata.
kwakwa, pi. kwakoki, kwakuna tree,
is
kwalfe, kolfe, to skim.
coloured snake.
kwakole,
kwa-
of the
kwS.la,
kwajiri, kwagiri, a cane. kwake, fading away, as of a dyed
garment; kwaki,
Attagara
home
kwakwutne wuya
kugiya hook.
kwakia, a
;
progress, a circus canter.
halshi
name given
by the Hausas
altagara coco-nut palm.
kwakwalla, kwakwalla hakori
biceps;
for
large
in
largely used
is
kwadodi,
kwcidon
used
is
cf.
;
kwadon hanu
toad,
frog,
(
oil
seeds or
its
grow
It
oil ob-
Arago tribe.) kwS,kwafa, kokofa, kwokkwofa, a canter with little
labourer
works for wages. kwado, an arrow poison gwazankwado.
kwado,
who
main ja the it. The
kolkota, lice. kwalli, antimony kwS.lo, a ball
;
;
cf koli. .
see kwolo.
;;
;
kwalo kwalo, kwalua,
nut, seed
1.
capsule, e.g. of the water lily;
kwalon goriba nut of the dum palm 2. big, fine kwaluar kaza a plump chicken. ;
:
kwalua,
skull
kwama
(S.),
see kolua.
;
on a to
B
field of battle
;
Imnkali ya of; kwanta da I (or he) approved of ba ka kwana sai ka mutu you won't live till night;
approval
kwana
bean.
the base with a circle of hair
over the crown.
kwami, used kwmnin wuta
kwanda
da,
to
lie
kwankwanche, id. makwanche a place to lie down kwanta to in, a burial place with
;
;
compound
in
kwo/nche
;
down, to sleep, to rest, 58 kwanchiar hankali da lie
;
a kind of red
kwEunbe, a head shaved round left
kwanda
219
lie
down to
sleep ; hankalinsa
quently used instead of the
ya kwanta he became reasonable rainsa ya kwanta he was satisfied kwanta da to lay down; kwanta arua to float; Tua ya kwanta (or kwana) the water settled kwantawa lying down F 63 ka san kai dai ka kwantaioar kushewa thou knowest that
kwana fudu four kwana nawa ke nan
thou shalt lie down alone in the tomb; kwantasda to allay;
kwamme kuka
(S.),
;
see
gwami.
the fruit of the
tree.
;
kwamsa, kwansa, mucus from the eyes
kwana,
see komtsa.
;
kwanaki, kwanuka,
pi.
the 24 hours of day and night,
The
day.
form
sing,
is fre-
plural, e.g.
days
;
how many days ago was it ? kwanaki ya tafi he left a long time ago ban kwana to say ;
good-bye night,
;
;
to
kwana sleep
;
to pass the
ankwanda
rua the night has been passed in the rain
;
sai
ankwan
good-bye for some time
bin (lit.
;
kwanto lying in wait, ambush n. sleeping kwan^
kwanchia, chiar
;
hankali,
n.
content
kwankwanche or kankwanche, adv. lying down. kwanafi, see kwarnafi.
kwanandaga,
bivouac
;
see
kivana.
till it has been slept twice), sanu da kwana biu a greet-
kwanche,
ing after a prolonged absence
kwanche, to untie see kunclie. kwanchi, n. lying down. kwanda, kunda, a cup in-
kwana biu biu every other day kwananddga a bivouac ;
to
down;
lie
see
kwana. ;
;
kwando verted on a reed in a
field as
a charm against thieves, the
supposed to cause the thief's hands to sight
drop
of
it
is
kwando, kondo,
1.
the centre
inside a thatch roof
reeds
a
2.
large
where
meet together round wicker
basket.
a white oblong shield, usually carried by high n.
officials.
kwangara,
v.
to strike with
kwangare, boxing. kwangi, laths or bamboo sticks used in making ceilings. kwango, the wooden frame of shield
;
see
kwan-
kwankwani, kwonkwani,
a
which form the chief source of arrow poison in N. Nigeria (Strophanthus hispidus, Apocynathe seeds of
The name
is
also ap-
Strophanthus mentosus which is a
woody
to
sartall
climber.
kwankwasa,
to
knock at a
door, to tap a pot to see is
;
kwanta, a load
to loose, unbind, cf.
;
kwanta,
e.g,
kunche.
to
down;
lie
see
kwana. kwanta-rafi, reed buck cervicapra redunca for list of antelopes found in Hausaland, cf. under barewa. ;
kwantasda*,
allay;
to
see
kwantatoi, sand grouse;
of.
suwaka, ladin rogo.
kwanto,
lying
in
wait
see
;
kwana. pi. kwanyoyi, or kivanyuna^ skull, brains see ;
koinya.
gara.
ceae).
;
kwanya,
a drum.
kwangura,
plied
kwanson abduga cotton pod. kwanta, pinching yin kwanta
kwana.
fist.
shrub,
shell of eggs or nuts,
cartridge-case
:
kwangara,
the
kwanso,
to pinch,
off.
the
kwara
220
if it
cracked.
kwano, a tin basin Nupe word (2).
or bowl, a
kwara,
the act of trying
n.
swallow something under kwarika.
to
;
kwara, the River Niger;
see
see
kwora.
kwara,
pi.
kwarori, grain, fruit,
kernel,
kwara kwara,
1.
a thin jointed
mat; 2. a thick split cane woven mat used as a door hanging, also called 'munaJiki' because it hides what is
within,
but allows those
inside to see out.
;
kwaraba
kwarkwata
221
kwaraba, thread-worm.
texture,
kwarai,
are strong.
thoroughly I
properly,
rightly,
na
;
understood
kwarai,
f.
ji
kwarai na-
aright;
takwarai correct,
proper.
kwaraka,
be greedy
to
;
see
ktvarika.
kwarakwara, kwarkwara^ kworakwora, a slave-wife = sadaka.
kwarami, dan kwarami corn buyer who buys on the farms sl
and
sells in
the market.
kwaranga, a ladder
;
see ku-
k war are to overtake, v. n., kwarare^ suka y% kwararensa they overtook bef. pron.
(S.),
witchcraft.
;
;
;
site
;
see kwdra.
kwarikwasa, a hammer. kwarikwasa, kwalkwasa, kwarkwasa, korkasa, a the travelling or driver ant it
travels
feeds only
cf.
kwarda, maikwarda one with a bent arm = mailaushi. kwardabi (S.), a door made
in columns and on living creatures.
away of the large mosque
(driver
evil spirit), the
swallow: hirundo senegalensis.
kware, kwari, to peel, strip, bark, skin, kwaro strips of black leather worn round the neck and hanging in kwaria
habits
its
'Hausaland,' pp. 96, 164.
kwarkware take
(S.), to
the
inside
clean out,
out
;
cf.
kwala.
kwarkwaro,
of corn stalks.
kwardodo
front.
;
For description of
him.
kwarche
kwari, quiver see kwori, kwari, a depression see kwori. kwaria, calabash see kworia, kwariche, the name of a poison given in food = sammu. kwarika, kwaraka, to be ravenous or greedy, to beg food maikwaraka one who lives by begging food, a para-
large black ant, usually called
ranga.
kwarari,
su yi kwari they
a
strip
tudinally in the shuttle and
round which the weft passes, hanchin kwarkwaro the thin
wooden pin on which volves;
cf.
kwarkwata, kolkota,
it re-
tangori.
kwalkwata, louse
(pediculus
of
capitis),
of
ka zuha mani kwarkwata I have caught lice from you.
cloth.
kwari, strength, firmness
the sliding wooden cylinder which works longi-
in
Sokoto
kyaya.
;
kwarmi
kwarmu,
pi.
socket, hole, joint of scissors,
depth of eye, maikwarmin ido a man with deep-set eyes. kwamafi, kwannafi, an ail-
ment affecting chest or throat, heartburn; kwamafi ya facia cured.
kwamo,
green
leather;
cf.
kwari^
pi.
a night
1.
moth, flying insect; 2. a thief who comes at night.
kwaro, small change for money. kwaro, strips of black leather (S.),
kwarsana,
a species of teal. chip with a
to
see kotanta.
kwatta,
;
yana
bakinshi
shin-bone, etc.
;
see kobri.
masc. or fem., a grain
of corn,
rice,
etc.
kwayan
;
ido ball of the eye.
kwazazzabo, dry
gully
;
see
kozozobe,
kwazo,
diligence,
da
kwazo
kwiafa, kuyafa
fingers.
kwasa, a hoe with long handle and broad cutting up
used for
stubble.
kwasakwasa,
a bird, pelican.
kwasfa, shell see kosfa. kwashe,partof the embroidery on the front of a tobe. kwashe, kwaso, to take up and carry away (distinct from ;
kwibobij kwibuna,
bone.
to scrape, scratch
blade
pi.
'earth
used generally for gu-
kwarzame,
a wooden
the body between the bottom of
kwalulu,
(S.),
spoon.
kwari-
jia.
with the
cf.
he has an accent. kwauri, dried trunk of a tree, ktvatta,
side of the body, the side of
ktvasa.
pea,'
kwatanta, to speak in parables
kwibi,
hammer.
kwarugom, great pain. kwarukwasa, ants see kwaruru,
kwaso to
take and bring.
diligently.
see kwclre.
kwarra
kwache), to take food out of
the cooking pot;
kwaya,
korino.
kwaro,
kwiyaka
222
kwarmi, gwarmi,
it is
;
the ribs and the thigh-
kwikuyo, kwikwiyo, kurkwiyo, pi. kwiakwiye, kuyakuy% kwikuye, youngling, young of animals, puppies. kwilki, kwilkin kofa door-post; cf.
kulki.
kwiwa,
a
shrub with
pink
flower, its leaves are used in
making temporary shelters. kwiya, ridge in a field see ;
kunya.
kwiyaka, a
cistern for collect-
ing rain-water.
kwiyanga kwiyanga, female
slave
see
;
kuyanga.
kwobe*,
kwontso
223
to repress
kwobruka
cf.
;
kwdbe.
kwabruka,
or
withered branches
plural of
;
kwolkwola, butterfly. kwolkwoli, kolkoli, a metal helmet.
kwolo, the nut
kwabri, q.Y.
kwochia, kwachia, 1. the pommel of a saddle, kwochiar gdba the front peak, kwochiar bdya the cantle 2. the shell ;
ball-like
;
see kivaXo ;
;
ripe
(S.),
wasan kwolo
kwolshi the
(S.),
giginia
unripe fruit of tree
cf
;
kwo-
.
dago.
cobra
see
;
ku-
murchi.
koda.
fruit of the giginia tree
of
polo.
kwomarchi,
of a tortoise,
kwoda, kidney see kwodago, kodago
fruit
fan or deleb palm, hence a
;
cf.
kwomi,
a drinking trough for
animals
kwomo,
kwolshi.
kwoddo, a mixture made
of
;
see komi.
a small bean eaten by
horses.
rama leaves, salt, pepper, etc. kwodogi, strong vigorous man.
kwonda,
kwoffa, a click made with tongue or teeth, a sign of
kwondariya, kondariya, a large wooden hook, some-
;
kwoinyaye, an
pi.
used of a bird,
aje kwoi,
to lay eggs,
kwoin kifi pearls.
kwokkwofa,
to
trot;
see
hroakivafa.
kwokua,
plant
name
of a poison
belonging
the
to
strychnine-producing family,
kwoli, antimony see k6li. kw61ia, face decoration see ;
;
or
fish,
which
also applied to one tree
encircles another.
kwondege, armlets;
see kun-
dege.
kwondo, basket see kwando, kwondua, kondua, yolk of an egg-
kwongo,
the
slightly
bottle;
gidan kwoliba
a prison with walls
with broken
glass.
tipped
curved
head-tray on which the women of
some pagan
tribes carry
their loads.
kwonkwombishi,
kdli,
kwoliba,
back
;
the
used for smearing on arrows, a
bring
times used for catching
vexation.
kwoi, koi, egg
to
restore.
a
black stinging ant.
kwonkwosso, hip-bone, kwontso (S.), bait.
small
;
kwora
kwara or man kwora, kwora, the Hausa name of the river Niger.
kworakwora, kworemi,
slave-wife
corn-trading
kori,
;
yan
korurua^
pi.
Hausaland usually made of wood and covered kworin kibia with skin ;
quiver for arrows. de-
pression in ground, pit, valcf.
korama. pi.
kworuka, kwore (cucurcups ; or calabashes are made from it; muna kworia we are at kore,
bita lagenaria), gourd
kworia
is
i.e.
kwotami,
katami,
kwotana, a
we
are eating.
also used to denote
back,
its
the glands
;
2.
yi kworo kworo
looseness,
(my
shoe)
ya is
too big for me.
kwozozobo, water course
;
see
kozozobe.
kwumbe,
baldness
kwungTira, shield
a
kumbe. oblong
see kwangara.
;
kwur kwur kwur, ;
cf.
;
large
cf.
the sound
M. H.
a stringed
drum
kuria.
kyafa,
p.
war. ;
see
i
(S.),
to threaten,
kyapa,
before a
to
fire so
dry meat
as to preserv
it.
kyafirflta, sand-fly.
kworomi*, maikworomi, one
kyama,
with sunken eyes. kwororo, a bag of cowries;
kyang, onomat. the clang
disgust, aversion,
metal on metal,
kyanwa,
see kororo.
kworto, paramour
a
i.e.
sick toad.
kyache swelling of
1.
small
a
used by
women. kwozo, a toad (kwado) with a
kwuriya,
guinea-corn.
beads
of
lid
126
kworo kworo,
hole
thrown.
loins.
guga a calabash used as a the husks of
is
kwotashi, kotashi,
of running water,
bucket.
first,
a
string
the shell of a tortoise, kworiar
kworno, korno,
regard-
worn by women round the
swelling on
kworia, kwaria, koria,
the bowl,
of
pi.
it is
;
basket with a
kwori, kwSri, furrow or
;
of indigo (bdba)
where dirty water
quiver, in
ley
egg-shells,
kosfa, q.v.
ed as better than the
kivoremi traders in corn.
kwori,
kwosfofi,
kwosuSTi, a second annual crop
a
kwarakwara.
see
kyara
224
;
see korto.
cat
;
see kenwa.
kyara, a black horse.
of
kyasi
laanta
225
kyasi, to measure ; see Jdyasi. kyau, well ; see keau.
times heard (where perfect
kyaure, door
tongue with the palate is not made) intermediate between r and /, thus we find jariri or
kyauro
;
see kaure.
(K.),
kyemru
arrow-shaft
kyaya, louse hwarkwata.
;
contact of the blade of the
(S.),
see kemru.
Sokoto); see
(in
jarili
infant.
I
inter-
is
kyerr, tight, used of a string.
changed with s, r, n and A, and perhaps with m; cf. halalj
kyetu, kyestu, ketu, a
halas; fasali,fasara', haherta,
flint;
later ta
see kastu.
minka
instances the Ar.
^
of modified d)
sort
dis-
count, a broker's commission.
The usual commission paid to the broker,
through
whom
a
almost every bargain in a
pro-
Hausa market is made, is 5 p.c. on the amount involved.
(i.e.
is
linke,
;
lumfashi, numfashi.
ladda, a special
la'ada,
The letter J is used by the Hausas to represent the sound In a few of the English I.
robe
lobe,
;
;
nounced by the Hausas as I cf. fululu from Ar. J>«a?, In the luUo from Ar. ^.03
woje
and in the case of many other words beginning
money paid and the buyer
with
the initial letter re-
pays the market fee or broker's
presents the Arabic article,
however the concluded lada cMkiQit. discount within) the seller pays the commission.
;
If a
man (lit.
sells
anything lada
discount outside)
.
last case
e.g.
I,
lahdri
from Ar.
from Ar.
j^,
laiji
In
oi«j-»-.
the
western districts of Hausaland and in the hinterland of
the Gold Coast an initial often substituted for
r,
I is
e.g.
he receives the whole of the
commission
;
transaction
is
if
laana, la'na Laj,
pi.
laanoni
(cf. Ar. j>xJ), a curse; kai laana a curse be upon thee !
lua^ lafi, liga, rafi,
riga,
rike.
districts the
ending in
for Q^ua,
like
In
these
feminine forms
-Isa,
-Ita,
etc,
not used, but the forms
are -rsa,
kun
yi la^na ye have brought
a curse upon you
ya yi laxina an accursed thing. laanta, laana, laanchi, to curse ya laaneshi he cursed ;
it is
;
-rta, etc. R. H. D.
An ^ sound is some-
him.
15
;
laasar
IMabi
226
laasar, fem. or
;
Ar. j-ap, day
(cf.
afternoon,
night),
esp.
applied to the time between 4 and 5 p.m. cf. Gr. p. 86. The initial letter represents
laberta, to publish news
;
see
labari.
labi, asmallor
newly made path,
labo, deceit, wickedness,
;
the Arabic article. labaran, the fast month.
labuda
^ ^
labari (Ar. j.^^ with art.), news, message,
G
7
;
labubu, f, labubua the young of an animal.
lahdrin dunia,
news of the world. When two Hausas meet their first lit.
(Ar.
certainly,
juS)),
no doubt, just so. labuje, name of town in Nupd, given as name to a kola nut of a superior kind, it being to be sure,
their place of origin.
question usually is e7ina labari
or e7ina laharin dunia
?
na
ji labarinka I heard news of
you laberta to publish news, with ace. to publish news of ;
cf.
lS,bu-lS;bu, soft, spongy,
labunijdam
haherta, id.
on a load, to put a saddle on, to pack up a load cf. M. H. p. 210, analahduwa shanu the oxen were being laden; lahche, ;
^
ment,
E
loaded
receive a reward
a bow-string used
pay cannot refuse to
lie
in ambush, to seek conceal-
ment; under
ga to hide at or yaki ya lobe alahe concealed lahaho cMkin gari Idhe
;
;
;
to proceed against a
town by
stealth; ^^>\,
liberal!
education,
e.g.
ladabi gaskia a true
education ;
D 33 en kun samu
yaya ku nema ladabi garesu if you have children seek instruction for them 2. the ;
«
'
'
I
;
ladama
education, good ya kamata sariki
of
result
manners
;
masu
ladabi the king ought to teach them manners; shi yi
the bowing salutation on
"i
the knees with hands resting
on
tlie
remorse;
grief,
ap-
parently a form of 7iaddma,
ladam
man who
(Ar. o^>*^), the the
calls to prayer,
1.
used adverbially,
;
e.g.
he came back or safely; ya samu
lafia
here well,
lafia he recovered his health sauka lafia may you dismount
safely
(a farewell to a horse-
!
lafiaye^ pi. lafiayazti,
;
a
lafiyeyu
healthy person
B
46 allah shi hamnu tcwana lafafa may God grant us
days of prosperity. lafua, a water-cress.
lagoni, lamp- wick made of twist-
muezzin. ladi,
well
ya komo
man)
ground.
ladama,
ladan,
laima
227
Sunday
2.
;
name given
ed cotton.
I
to a girl
who
is
born on a
I
I
!
i
!
i
'
Sunday;
see lahadi.
Sunday,
ladin kogi, crocodile bird. ladin rogo, sand grouse; kwantatoi, suwaka.
cf.
lit.
the
day.
first
l^hani, blemish, defect; lahani ga ido a blemish in the eye. laheru, a donkey's pad see ;
humble person,
ladiifi, a
lafero.
lafafa*, see lafia. lafe, to
lahira (Ar. Sj^t), the future
turn back the ears, used state including both
of a horse.
and
I
I
lahadi, ladi (Ar. j^'n)! ^>j),
lafe, to sew, to
mend
lafero, laheru,
hem
hem;
laiia,
A^U),
B
lafen zmie the
or edge of the cloth. lajiyu^
pi.
62
;
health
lajiyoyi (Ar.
health, i.e. good health,
yin ;
lafia to
common
7,
heaven
33.
lai*, see lau.
laidore, a shrub laifa*, to laifi,
there
laifi to
you well?
lafia or lafia lau quite
see raidore. cf
;
seq.
.
laifufuka (Ar.
pi.
be in good saluta-
;
condemn
OU*.
with article), that which is wrong, sin, guilt ; yin laifi to do wrong, hada laifi or laifa to condemn, babu laifi
in
tions, karia lafia are
sai
A
cf. lafi.
;
leferu, large
pad on a donkey's back, placed on top of akumari^ q.v. lafi, lafe,
hell,
is
no harm in
it
;
dauki
confess a sin or wrong.
laihi, eunuch.
laima, damp, mildew.
15—2
;;
laima
lallaba
228
lairaa, tent
see lema.
;
(Ar.
sacrifice); sallan lai-
A;ia> .gJI,
ya the
on the occasion
feast
of the killing of the paschal
lamb on the 10th day of the month Dsul Hiddsha, which commemorates Abraham's intended sacrifice of Ishmael ragon laiya the paschal lamb. lajibi (Ar.
sJ^sf. ,c
wonderful,
D
with
tame, cowardly
easy,
lahiya
laya,
laiya,
fanchi
easy disposition.
;
lalabtu,
laplaptu,
lalaftu,
darning; yin
to darn.
I.
lalas*, to burn with hot iron,
F 170 ana masu
pass, in
lalas
a hot iron shall be (prepared) for them ; used of burning or
marking the skin with a hot iron.
article),
lalashi or lilashi,
90
lala-
;
quietness,
idleness,
cf.
coaxing,
n.
ajaba.
persuasion
laka, mire, mud.
lalata,
l^ka, spinal marrow,
lakabi, a nickname, distinguish-
see lallashi.
;
destruction,
1.
condemnation
ruin,
evil
2.
;
dis-
position.
ing name,
title
(Ar. s,^).
lalata,
lakhira, see lahira.
lako
lako,
gently;
softly,
adaureshi lako lako
tie it
up
ayaba lako lako yike the banana is soft, loosely
;
lalaba, lalabe,
pi. lalahohi, feel-
ing, groping, the act of fond-
B
ling;
to spoil
tr.
1.
144 dunia ta kan yi
worthless
lalachi
;
indifference,
idleness,
badness
is idle,
lalache to perish, be
lalabe, lalaba, to grope in the dark, to feel after, search
with the hand
for.
lalache, to be useless, worthless, idle, to perish,
miscarry
ta lalache
1.
idle
lazy;
2.
quiet,.
101
the world
passes to destruction;
lala^
chewa perishing. M. H. p. 1 98 yaki zai Icdachewa — the war
perished;
dunia
B
lalatache, fern. 1. lost,
126 ku ber
lalatache
world to perish; mean.
2.
leave
ta
the
worthless,
lalita*, a small bag.
lallaba, to mend, repair;
cf. lalata.
lalafa
B
destroyed, pass away;
dunia
lalatachia, pl.lalatatu,
;
who
malalachi one
will miscarry,
it
mai-
;
lalachif
ing about.
the world,
to
idle or
would fondle (you) ya juri da lalabe he is accustomed to groplalaba
2.
;
linger about, to be
lalaftu.
cf.
; ;
lallabe, that which
is
incom-
lallasa, to persuade, appease.
lallashi,
persuading, appeas-
ii.
ing, coaxing.
da
lalle
all
circumstances
of necessity, ;
under
lalle
ne
it
necessary or needful, shina
en shi
must needs come, kana so ka zamna da you must needs wish to
lalle lie
lalle if
stay with him. lalle,
from which a red stain is made (Lawsonia inermis, Lythrariae).
lambe
(S.),
a pole weighted at short end with mud and with bucket at long
lambuna,
pi.
2.
1.
vnuncheka I credit you with
umri nan
my
eaten
by
horses. tasteless, insipid id.,
used of eggs
without salt or of broth withlami lafia out meat, etc. ;
very good health.
lamiranta, to long
after, desire
greatly.
cessity,
j«o1,
desire,
ordered), ne-
used of the
na
protection here,
security.
lamunta, laminta to be or become surety for; constr. safe, cf.
intr. to
be
ba ya lamunta ha ka
not safe for you to
halbi it
is
shoot,
lamunche,
id., e.g.
na
lamuncheshi I became surety for him. (K.),
to bind,
tie
up.
lana p.
lamiri* (Ar.
it is
lamuni I stand
yi
lana, curse
da lami,
ladan lamuni athe price paid
the corn;
irrigated garden.
grass
safe
of
a surety for pay-
;
lamyache
lami, pure,
security; wotiletter
ment of a debt; mailamuni one who acts as surety cf. M. H. p. 204, hachi na la-
end for irrigating ground 2. a dry season garden, an
lambusu, a
1.
with accus., also
a game played by
boys.
lambu,
conduct;
for
the henna plant
lelle,
Ar. ,>o*^),
kan lamuni
lalle, lenle*, need, necessity;
zua
obligatory time for morning
and evening prayers. lamuni, lamini (probably from
a partial repair.
plete,
is
langi
229
lallabe
for
;
see laana.
rana,
day,
M. H.
227, allah shi mailana.
landi, a wanderer.
langa,
lenge, lunge, a
dren's game, hopping
chil-
on one
leg.
langabu, the skin of an animal beaten, cooked and eaten. lange lange, lean, slender. langi,
lange,
lengi,
narrow bag for
salt.
a
long
;;
lankosa
!
lankosa, lankoshe, to droop, used of a leaf, to bend, tr. and intr., used of a tree, spear, etc.;
cf.
used in darning
stitch
laraba, larba (Ar.
w^), found
an Arab, larabawa Arabs;
E
laraba (Ar. nesday
;
l^j*:)\
lit.
j>^Jt),
Wed-
the fourth day.
larura (Ar. cj^j^), 1. necessity, e.g. E 14 domin larura for the sake of necessity
ya
trouble,
rike
;
2.
larura he
on receiving punishment for wrong-doing 3. needs, wishes, ya tsare da larurar sariki he looks after feels pain, e.g.
the king's interests
;
cf. tale.
laruranta, to hinder.
up up, consume
lasa, lashe, to lick, lick of cf.
fire,
to lick
hanu mahnia akathe hand that has soup
prov.
lasa
gets licked (of cupboard love).
lasabta, lasalta, to enumerate,
make a
list
;
see lisafta.
l^SO, a score, used like hauia, q.v.,
for
with the
e.g.
foot.
counting amounts
lafia, quite^
lau or lau lau quite
lau is sometimes used Sokoto without lafia, e.g.
well,
in
mu
lau It
49.
eat.
see litini.
;
latse, laze, to squash, crush,
lafia
in comp. halarahe its pi.
Monday
lau, adv. used with
see lahda.
;
laso, a composite material used
latini,
lappa*, a cover for a saddle. lapta, to load
laso
biu forty.
lasshe lashe, plenty to
see lalaftu.
;
by twenty.
divisible
in building walls.
tankoshe.
lankoso, drooping. lanza*, nuts. laplaptu, darning, the
and
lauma
230
ke
we
are very well.
also used as an inter-
is
jection implying denial, derision or disbelief
mu gamu wait
right,
;
(sotto till
cf
.
lau ai
voce)
all
we meet
lauashi, the leaves of onions; see lawashi.
laudi,
bending
cf.
;
proverb
laudi ba karaya ha bending is
not breaking. a sweet potato
lauer,
;
see
lawur. lauje, laushe, a small semicircular
grass
man a
;
sickle
for
cutting
mailauje, mailaushi a
with an arm bent like
sickle.
lauma* loma
(Ar.
a^),
B
a
30 wonda ke jiran kahaki dunguin .ha shi kulata da lauma he who waits for abundance to eat cares not for a mouthful. mouthful;
. .
;;
launi launi,
231 launonif launoka ( Ar.
pi.
O^),
1-
species
colour, hue;
;
2.
kind,
invisible
thin,
flour, dust, etc.;
as
fine,
cf.
roshi.
also the
from the
made the
is
name
fruit of
following,
layan sabanij i.e. a charm to prevent injury in war tuirir ;
kia mailawaye a sheep with
laushi, a sickle; see lauje.
laushiwa, being blunt; da
it is
;
of the tree
which
D 78.
laushi, loshi,
leka
lau-
shiwa blunt. lausuru, a plant with edible seeds (algaru) and leaf like a turnip's, one variety has red seeds, and a smaller variety
two
laya, a feast
lauya, to twist, to fold, to fold one leg over the other,
lawali (Fulani lawal), a track or spoor.
see laiya.
;
layache, to
layS,ta,
roll over,
roll up.
lazami,
lezami,
horse's bit
has black.
hanging from
wattles
the lower jaw.
laze, to crush
linzami,
see lizani.
;
see latse.
;
lazumta, lazumche ( Ar. ^jJ), adhere
to
1.
to,
stick
to-
gether; 2*. to be necessary,
lawashi = gainyen albasa the leaves which sprout from the
lazumcheni I must do,
e.g.
lazumtache
obligatory
cf.
;
top of an onion.
lawur, sweet potato, used in Sokoto for dankcdi.
lebatu, the wattles of a cock
lay a, pi. lawaye, layu (Ar. 3o\ with the article prefixed), 1.
lebo, lebe,
h-
a writing of any kind,
2. a freedom or manumission of a slave 3. a
certificate of
;
written charm or armlet, consisting of a piece of paper
written on and sewed up in a leather bag and worn on
the
neck
or
arm
;
ya yi
he made a charm) he vanished layan zana a charm which renders a man laya
(lit.
;
cf.
seq. pi.
ledai, spoon lefe,
1
;
lebuna, lehu^
a basket used by
.
made
lip.
see ludai.
women
palm fibre 2. a present sent by the bridegroom to the bride several of kaha,
i.e.
days before the wedding. leferu,
lafero,
pi.
leferai,
pad for a donkey; see
a
lafero,
laheru.
leka, leki, leko, to spy, peep, overlook, to look out from a
doorway
;
mi suka
leka
what
;
leke
232
did they peep at? ha ni so
kowa shi leko daganan I don't want anyone spying in here;* verbal nouns leleka, leke-
cf.
leke^ leke^
lekawa, shina leleka
(or leke leken)
dakuna he was
inspecting the rooms, ya leka
huta he squinted bottle,
into
garu
lekeii
the
looking
over the wall. leke, to
roll
up the covering
of
(S.),
the lower part of the
1.
lema,
Kanuri leima
laima,
(probably from Ar. tent, cf.
1
leather satchel;
2.
a
thrown over
piece of cloth
;
from Ar. j-**.), kafa lema to pitch ndde lema to take
a tent,
(lit.
to roll up) a tent
umbrella.
lemu, lemo (Ar. o>o-J, jj^^),
Pers.
lime, lemon.
foot;
see lange.
lesafi, counting
;
;
see
see langi. lisafi.
leshi, a cord or stalk on which fish are' fixed for carrying.
the shoulder.
lekke, to be stretched out, used
leso, a grass mat.
of a dog.
letafi, writing
dance accompanied by music, practised by young men.
leya, to kill for sacrifice;
lela, a
lele,
one much loved, darling.
lele, to tame, e.g.
an animal.
leleya, to rub or stroke with
the
game
hands.
A
children's
which a piece of stick is buried in the heap of sand, when the sand is graduallj^ scraped away. lelle, the henna plant, the leaves of which are ground up to make a stain for the hands the dye is specially used for in
decorating brides
lema, damp
;
a
lahari,
tent
down 2.
ter
;
cf
.
mabachi
baa.
(Katsena),
chi (Kano), debtor.
pi.
mabar
mabata,
i
;; :
mab&ga mab§,ga
watch
(S.),
sentry post;
tower,
mu-
see
;
maballi, a buckle, fastening, latchet mahallen takalmi a ;
strap
or
lace
see
;
mabantari
mabantali
(K.),
tamache adj. female; mache maimiji a married woman yar mache a young woman
mabu-
mab§.ras, mabarashi,
rus, a white material used
making turbans, possibly
= bermushi by metathesis. mabiriki, maburki, a small stick
for
mache, machi*
milk
stirring
or
maboya, maboiya, maboyi, a hiding-place
mabudi, a key cf. bude. mabugi, one who beats clothes. mabugia, pi. mabugai, a threshing-floor; a place where ;
clothes are beaten in dyeing;
death.
mache, matse,
maburki, a
stick with
to stir a liquid
;
which
see mabi-
riki.
material
making turbans
;
see
ma-
folly,
shina da ma~
buya — shi marasliankali
machara, used
in
Kano
7ie.
for
a species of reed grass.
machauchi, an animal which
;
push
the
machiachi, m,at-
one who
1.
to
dis-
is
tressed, perplexed, helpless 2.
distress,
poverty,
care.
ma^hiata, matsiata anxiety,
machichi squeezing,
distress,
14
;
matsu.
cf.
machechi,
pi. m^acheta,
1.
de-
liverer, saviour, intercessor;
deliverance;
m.achechia,
cf.
cheche.
intercession,
de-
liverance.
macheto, a
baras.
mabuya,
matsa,
crush, force,
amachesu
home
siachi,
2.
maburus, a white
squeeze,
press,
D
buga to beat.
M. H.
mxichewa = m,utua,
96.
attack
boya.
cf.
;
to
die,
;
participle for 'dead,' p.
push,
tuo.
to
from this comes the particip. adj. matache dead, q.v. amache is used as a past perish
button.
(S.),
for
mache, pi. ma^a, woman, female,
see mata.
halla.
cf,
a
of
size
as opposed to namiji male,
baiya.
in
about the
barks,
dog.
bdgo.
cf.
homage
mabaiya,
shoe
machi
237
machi*
to
refuge. die,
B
102; see
TnacJie.
m.achi,
pi.
machia,
glutton
the plural form denotes also a place by the wayside where
;.;
machiachi food
much
also
is sold,
abundance
of food
food,
cf.
;
dis-
tsia poverty.
machiata and machichi,
chizai
biter,
(lit.
pi.
see
ma-
chiji),
cf.
snake; farin machiji a thin
snake (psammopis sibilans) sometimes 6 feet in length, along overhanging it lies branches machiji,
of
trees
;
a
Meliaceae).
madadi-n, of
cf.
;
madafa*, da/a,
pi.
lit.
Ar.
in place of, instead
itiadedi.
from chi, q.v., and kura gain. machiri, a mutilating form of
matsirkia,
a
stringed musical instrument;
hu ma-
father and %9J^,
^, is
the
name given which
has cannon impressed upon
The word is used by the Hausas in N. Africa. madafi, pi. mada/ai, kitchen, it.
;
cf
.
dd/a.
mad^gi, a shrub with white flowers, smal] bifid leaves
black
tsarkia.
;
to the Spanish dollar,
stove
leprosy.
madafai
the father of cannon
cannon),
vantage, a cheat, def rauder
machitsundum
maduba, a wooden
pi.
the African mahogany tree, its bark is medicinal (Khaya Senegalensis,
viper
machikura, pi. machiakiira, one who obtains an undue ad-
machirkia,
yin
madachi,
sarkin
black
(atractaspis), 2. a cobra.
cf.
m^dabi,
(cf. 1.
;
beater for pounding clay.
mache.
machiji, fem. machijia,
da madda avaricious
'inadda to fail to satisfy.
see chi.
;
machiachi, matsiachi, tressed
madaidaichi
238
twisted
pods
and
(Bau-
splash-
hinia spinosa, Leguminosae).
maker), 'African belted king-
niad§>ha, a beggar or mallam
fisher
'
(lit.
(Ceryles
rudis)
;
cf
machiwa
sings. ;
(S.), bile.
machiyi, he who feeds on. .ma.
chiyinka your dependent;
cf.
gard.
madaidaichi,
pi.
madaidaita,
moderate size, average, e.g. yaro shina da m,adaidaichi the boy is of moderate size; 2. anything of moderate 1.
chi.
machuchi, maker probably
a
of mischief,
contraction
of
m,aichiwuchi, inS,da,
who
yin madai, contemplation mddai to contemplate, re-
tsindum,.
madda,
covetousness
size
:
cf.
daidaiche.
i
;
madaji, the plain edge of a mat cf chinkai. madaki, madaiki, a chamber;
lain,
.
one of the chief
in the
Hausa
officials
states, in
Kano
the order of precedence
is
galadima, madaki, in Zaria the inadaki comes next It is probably to the king.
sariki,
a contraction of madawaki and originally meant master
madala (Nupe
id.),
Ar.
i.e.
^^)t
yes,
in-
J3 U,
what has God shown!
madamri or madamrin chiki, a girdle
cf
;
damre.
.
madanbachi, a cooking
pot
at
the
with holes pierced bottom.
in§,dara
(cf.
pronounced madowami
;
cf.
dawama.
made, the strutting of a woman. madebi, a spoon used for measuring
madedi, a
cf.
;
debe.
substitute
;
see
ma-
dadin.
madya
m^di,
dumia, taura,
the
of
fruit
(F 230), a kind
made from the
of molasses
dinya, or kaiwa tree, or from sugar-cane.
of the horses.
deed,
madudu
239
madaji
Ar.
rt
jj^), fresh
or sweet milk,
m.S.diga, used of the spot in a
baby's skull which pulsates cf.
diga.
m.adigo, immorality between
women. madinkia, dumki a
cf. mafrom dumke
needle tailor,
;
to sew.
m.adobia, a tree with yellow blossoms, and flat winged fruit from its wood spindles :
madat, madas, a poison ground up and used
for destroying
mice, etc.
office
in
madabchi,
an
Zaria usually held
by one of the chief slaves. imadaukaki, the great or high I
one, e.g. a king
madauki,
made (Pterocarpus
;
cf.
daukaka.
handle, that part of
anything by which it is held in the hand cf. dauka. ;
madawami, fem. madawamia, long lasting, incessant; often
erin-
aceus, Leguminosae).
mSidogara,
j
Imadauchi,
are
cf.
stay, prop, support
dogare.
m.adoro, hunchback
;
cf.
doro,
miS/dubi, glass, eye-glass, look-
The latter is more commonly madubin fuska
ing-glass.
cf.
duba.
madudai* (cf ed up,
madudu coach.
B
.
Ar. j^), reckon-
122.
(S.),
an
idler,
slow-
:
madufa
240
madufa, cannon, M. H. cf.
p.
63
;
madafa.
madugu, gai,
of a caravan ; he always walks
the jagaha
whilst
behind,
usually walks in front; title of
2.
the
a prince amongst the
Bornuese.
.
cannot see except at night the darter bird, it feeds on *
'
dundumi
cf.
;
to grope
about.
mS-dya, a syrup, F 230; ci.mddi. mafada, pi. mafadawa, councillor,
adviser or minister of a
king
;
.
cf
;
.
mafaka, a
wild, inclined to
place to
lie
in wait,
(S.),
mafarki (K.),
pi.
dream yin madream cf. (?) falka
mafalkai^
;
;
to awake.
mafarauchi,
.
wood upon two gofa
m.afiadi, a crosspiece of
which
rests
and supports the roof
of a house.
mafichi, landing-place; d.fita. mafifichi,
Hhe
superior,
pi. mafifita,
great,'
wanan
mafifichi
ne ddga wonchan this perior to that
;
is
su-
see fiflta.
mafigirma, greater, lit. that' which surpasses in greatness^ it is usually followed by ddga. mafitsara,
bladder;
1.
2.
scoop-shaped knife to smootht inside or outside of a gourd.
surpasses in number, followed^
miafori, miaiforo, instructor
j
see foro. (S.),
ma-«
ferfichi (K.), mafifichi,
fan
;
ai
cf fifita. .
mafuri, a kind
of bellows
;
cli
fura. pi.
mafarauta,
hunter.
mafarauta, n. hunting. mafari, beginning, origin; fdri.
;
mafuchi, mafilfichi
mafS-lashi, glutton.
falki to
the market cf fauta. mafauta, n. butchering.
by ddga.
fada.
hiding-place; Qi.fako, hako.
mafalki
mahauchi, q.v., who sells meat in
or
a butcher
mafiyawa, more, lit. that whiebt
cf fadaiva.
mafadachi, fight
mafauchi
sticks,
maduraki, fem. madumkia, pi. madumkai, madumka, tailor; cf dumke to sew. mSidundumi, a small aquatic bird which, the Hausas say,
fish
mS,fashi,maifeshe,pl. mdfasay brigand, robber.
madugawa, maduleader or headman
pi.
1.
magabchi
magabachi, ofiicial
who cf.
is
;
2.
1.
title of
a patron,
in front,
pi.
a
royal-^
lit.
onei
m,agdhaia*
great ones.
magabchi, an enemy
;•
see gaba.\
\
\
!
magadi magadi, magashi, magaji, magada, niagata,
magagachi,
B
108
1.
pi.
heir.
senseless,
fool,
cf.
;
magagari,
gigichi.
etc.
;
2.
see g agara.
;
jmagagi, reeling or staggering as of a dying man mag agin ;
berichi stretching one's limbs
magaji, a minister of the household, esp. of a king's house-
hold
;
magaji
(of
which maji
is
perhaps an abbreviation)
is
probably formed from gaje
to inherit
cf maji.
;
magaji^ heir
.
;
see magadi^ m^t-
1.
confluence
of
rivers
or cf.
;
joint
gangama
of
to
mix
magajiyi, lazy, incompetent; from gaji to tire. magana (from gani to see), cf. shina da magana he is pretty. magana, pi. maganganu, 1. vocable
language,
e.g.
;
2.
speech,
magana hausa
the Hausa language; yin mxjugana Jmusa to speak or to
know the Hausa language. maganan mi ku ke yi what are you talking about?
knee, etc. pi. maganguna and magunguna, 1. medicine, re-
m.agani,
medy
m,aimagani a doctor
;
maganin kuda a
strip
leather placed over a horse's flies ; maga^ nin zawo a purgative medi-
cine
;
poison
2.
magali,
id.);
3.
(cf.
Kanuri
a
charm,
maganin yaki a charm to afford protection in war cf. prov. maganin gari da nesa ;
tcifict.
al-
discussion, yin maganta to hold discussion.
magantawa,
magantirwa,
council or discussion before
a king,
etc.,
or
with any-
one.
m.agaria (zizyphus lotus), a bushy tree resembling the kurna, with edible fruit about the size of
The
cherries.
pounded and made into little cakes tuwon magaria, and sold at the little fruit is
wayside markets. m.agariar-kura, zizyphus mu-
keren-m^agana an in-
magarub, magariba, magu-
228.
nuendo R.
;
H. D.
see kere.
;
of
maimagana ne am/ma ha da haki ha God speaks but not with the mouth, M. H. lah shi
p.
;
a limb, elbow,
maganta,
g/**o),
1.
late in
16
magashi the evening, just before sunset,
the time between laasar
and
lisha,
see
rana;
2.
the
west.
magashi, magaji, fem. magashia, heir
;
see magadi.
magaya, magauchi, thetic
mS-ge,
;
1.
pi.
gaya evil. the tame cat;
because only a married has a house of his own.
magimpa, maigemfa,
ma-
gen tental the civet cat, it a native of N. Africa but
is is
kept in a state of captivity
by the Hausas for the sake of the frankincense (turare)
which is secreted in a double pouch under its abdomen. cf. m,uidon mage squint ;
zuru.
(Tephrosia vogelii).
m.agini, fem. maginia, 1.
;
;
.
evil spirit
;
2.
one who paints
eyebrows and pretends
toe becomes gradu-
magodi, magoji,
absorbed
and the
eventually drops
geduwa one 'Hausaland,'
magena,
toe
maim,a-
off;
so afflicted,
cf.
cf.
by a
spirit;
giro an eyebrow.
a measure; goda to measure. magogora*, throat see makocf.
;
goro.
magori, a plant with small
152.
p.
2.
dig.
to be possessed
little
ma-
magirbi, sickle see girhi. magirki, pi. magirkai, stones put under anything to support it anything which underlies something else. magiro, pi. magirgij'a, 1 ghost,
ainhum, i.e. the disease in which the bone of ally
pi.
builder, potter;
an instrument with which to
his
mageduwa, the
a plant
used to put in a pond for stupefying and catching fish,
gina^
cf.
2.
man
one of the leguminosid class
maunsympa-
heartless,
gata,
magudia
242
a tree from whose
white flowers clustered in a
made; this mixed with indigo makes
magudanchi, mugudanchi,
leaves a yellow stain
is
a green dye.
pi.
magewayi, maigewoye,
pi.
magewaya, spy, scout (in Sokoto majewayi) cf. gewaya, ;
to
magudantai, a slave about
fourteen years old
;
probably
formed from gida and
origin-
ally applied to a slave born
in his master's house.
jewayi.
magi,
ball.
walk aimlessly.
magidanchi, a married man,
magudia, a small
plant with
white chaffy flowers (Poly-
:;
;
maguje carpaea
Caryo-
linearifolia,
maguje, muguje,
mayu-
pi.
one who runs away in war, or from a
maguda,
dane^
master;
1.
a place of running,
2.
line of flight, so a trench
away
for carrying
maguraza, a
water.
maguriba, evening
maga-
see
;
rnb.
used as the roller
;
gurje
cf.
to press.
making
pagan Hausas, heathen, a pi. form of bama-
guje, q.v.
magwaji,
tobes.
maharam, the first month the Mohammedan year.
measure
see
;
gtvada.
in
a raider
nia]l3.ri, pi. m^ahara,
hdri.
maharma, maharama
(Ar.
handkerchief,
4-oj.a—o),
mahasadi,
one
who
causes
trouble or vexation, slanderer,
persecutor;
cf.
hasada. pi.
ma-
hauta, a butcher, Tnahauta a slaughter-house.
mahaukachi,
scales,
halita.
cf.
;
white calico used
mahauchi, mafauchi,
maguzawa,
fem. mahauka-
chia, pi. m,ahaukataj
a foolish
mahaukachin kdre a mad dog cf. person, a lunatic;
magwara,
a small blue and
copper-coloured
bird,
some-
thing like a swallow.
mahaifa, 137,
1. 1.
birthplace; 11
;
2.
Gr.
the uterus.
mahakiunchi, a person thority
;
mahalbi, 1.
see pi.
in au-
mahukumchi. m,ahalha,
;
haukachi.
mahawara, cf.
mahaifi, pi. mahaifa, one or both parents.
halbi,
m,ahalita, creator
mahamudi,
cf.
magurji, mugurji, a flat stone on which rice, etc. is rolled or on which cotton is pressed dan tnagurji the stone which
p.
the constellation
2.
;
mahalbiyi, pi. mahalbai, weapon, implement for hunting, mahalichi, maihalichi* pi.
in
species of wild
yam.
is
halbi
Orion.
phylleae).
ji
mahukumchi
243
mahayi, ascent
steps, ladder,
cf
;
.
hawa
means of
to ascend
also a ford or the
end of a
.
m,asu-
dis;
mahawayi*, an obj ect of terror,
ford ; cf mashigi the entrance
bowman, spearman,
marksman, anyone who charges guns or arrows
a black and white
turban,
cf.
to a ford,
mahayi,
pi.
mahaiya, a
rider,
mahukumchi, mahukunchi, pi.
m,ahukumta, m,ahukunta,
16—2
;
..
mai a person in authority
maia,
cf
;
hakumchi.
mai, fix
maichi
244
pi.
to return, go again
see
;
tnaya.
nominal pre-
mastij a
forming nouns of agency
from verbs, substantives and
gudu
adjectives, e.g.
to run,
maigudu a fugitive gona a farm, maigona the owner of
maiabu,
or in construct form
who
maiabin, one proprietor is
the
;
used
often
possesses
owner.
the
something,
the
pi.
m,asuabu
for
wealthy
;
the farm
;
girima great,
girima one who
is
great
tnai;
cf
people.
m.aiaddini, pi. masuaddlni, a religious person ; see addini.
mai-uwa da murufu bai chin tuo gaya the man who has his mother by him
maiagazawa*, maiagajewa,
with the stove will not eat
maialgus, maialgusu,
prov.
The forma-
uncooked food. tion
closely analogous to
is
Words cf. ma. beginning with mai which are only occasionally used the Arabic
will
;
be found under
original forms
;
their
thus for mai-
gudu cf under gudu. mai, frequently used in conversation for m,asa to him
helper,
F
106.
m.aiajia, store-keeper; ful person
cf.
;
maiamfadi
(S.),
cf.
ajia.
deceit-
algus.
door-mats for
hanging over a doorway. m.aiaro, tenant, one who hires a farm from the maichi or holder;
cf.
aro.
maiata, misfortune; see
mor-
yata.
.
;
cf. 7iai
for nasa. 0^
mai
(Ar. %t^),
m.aibada, cf.
maibaiwa, p.
oil
or grease of
any kind, e.g. butter, the fat of meat main shanu cow butter, ynainja palm oil, main geda oil obtained from ground ;
masubaday giver;
pi.
bada.
M. H.
generous,
194.
miaibarra, one who begs in the
name
of
God, the professional
beggar, contrast mairoko:
cf.
barra.
maichara, maishara, the one
1.
cock,
who crows
nuts, m,ain kackmiya oil from
lit.
seeds of shea butter tree, tnaiu
the reed of a wind instrument
ridi oil obtained by distilla-
cf.
maichi,
sJwfewa ointment of any kind.
sariki
sesamum
2. •
chara.
seed, main
tion from
;
owner,
proprietor
maichi the
reigning
;
maida
sariki the deposed king
cf.
;
chi to gain possession of.
maida,
to turn, change
shi talaka ne
;
cf.
da
amma ammai-
dashi sarki he was formerly !^a
maiflto
245
king, in contr&stv^ith jfitache7i
_
;
poor
man but he is changed
(into a king then with various ;
we kamna C 9 to desire, na maida
shi. maye7' masa hand it mayesda, 7naover to him yerda to send back, to return; ;
cf.
tnayesdxMhi put
noun,
is
F
them ya hawa he made me a
stand, shall change
Ihave maida
m^aisheni
the
lirect
like him,
I
away,
used before a pro207 jahimi na ji fa maishesu the fire, I under-
m,aishe
[modifications of the idea
'camna gareshi
it
also to translate, e.g. a letter;
;
slave.
maida*
(Ar. SjuU), table.
6 maida, h%m,a to pay at-
mtion to or to do quickly, lida
kansa to pretend,
E
6
laida addinin asna to imibte
the religion of the hea-
lind, to
e.g.
lo,
to put be-
maida haya
bhen,
degrade, to cause to
ya
maidashi shi
kwan-
he caused him to lie down to turn or change in value,
*che
.g.
sariki
ya maida kurdin
ladafa sidli biu the king has
[changed the
value
the
kada maida mutum abin wofi do
[Spanish dollar to ca
of
lot
put
26-.,
down a man In
worthless thing.
[instance m,aida
as a
this last
used in the
is
maid§,fua, cook
mLaidagirima, maidalili, see
see dafa.
with
1.
dalili.
;
n. gratitude,
2.
a
reason;
kind
of
cloth.
m.aidaukan-kaya, a carrier; cf. maikaya the owner of a load,
maidere, lord of the M. H. p. 227. maidilanchi*, trader;
night,
cf.
di-
lanchi.
maidoro, humpbacked. m.aidiimi, warm, fresh, used of milk or of
cooked food
see dumi.
maiesa, why?
cf.
mayesa.
usually attach-
maifefeto, winged, M. H.p. 158;
ed to mayerda. mayes used without an object is equi-
m.aifeshe, pi. masufeshe, robber,
valent to maida, 7ia mayes masa da magana I answered him ka mayes = ka komx) da
m.aifitina, a tease see fUina. maiflto, ferryman; ci.ftto.
rsense
which
is
:
;
cf faifeto. .
brigand
;
see mafashi. ;
;
;
maiforo
maiforo, mafori, instructor; .
maifuchi, one who gasps breath;
for
man who
a
(S.),
talks fast without stopping to think
;
garaje.
cf.
gaskia.
cf.
gewoye.
.
;
our lord to-day and for
evei*.
masugona, possessor of a farm cf gona. maihakia, a man with only one eye cf. hakia a disease pi.
;
.
;
creator, see
ma-
warrior
a
single
on
horseback
isolated ;
cf.
ing One,
trem-
keta.
good
;
beautiful,
keau.
cf.
;
see
ma-
see
ma-
keri.
maikesua, a
firefly
;
kesua.
maiki, 1.
12
Gr.
vulture,
maikinji,
p.
(Ar. SU»-), the i.e.
liv-
1.
enemy;
2.
a hard-
headed or stubborn person.; cf. ki. ;
see
mail, intoxicated,
e.g.
with gia
dresser
;
cf
mai-kl-wuya,
M. H. ba
hair-
kiso.
.
maikiuya,
p.
a
to work,
refuses
147; cf. ki, cf. tvuya a name
ki
given to a large iron needle used in thatching roofs.
or hanissa.
maiikochi, possessor M. H. p. 228.
md-
keri.
yaro
God.
137,
meke.
cf.
;
man who
mdhm^i.
maihaya*
who
maikiso, fem. maikisia,
halichi.
maihari,
re-
^nakarkata, maker-
.
maikira, blacksmith
of the eyes.
maihalichi*,
cf
;
maikeri, blacksmith
maigobe, lit. possessor of tomorrow nhangijinmu cf maiyo maigobe He (God) is
maigona,
niaikatarta*, one
maikeau, maikiyo,
gera.
maigewoye, majewaye, spy cf.
maikari*, scorpion. maikasala, a beggar who fuses to work cf. kasala. bles
maigero, with eyebrows, M. H. ;
gun
flint-lock
;
maigaskia, an honest man
205
maikamsir, a see kamsir.
fuchi.
ci.
maigaraji
p.
maikai, a person with a large head.
cf foro.
cf,
maikoda
246
of power,
maijia, one-eyed; cf. ijia. maijika, lit. possessor of the bag, a kind of stork.
maikiyo, beautiful
;
see mai-
keau.
m.aikoda,
fem.
maikodai,
a
person seeking employment or hire;
cf.
koda.
;
maikoda
maikoda, maikodia, a woman who pounds corn cf. prec. maikoiya, maikoya, a teacher; ;
maikora, a bald man cf kora. maikoto, beak cf koto to peck, ;
;
maikunche, a
.
.
wrestler
;
cf.
kunche to loosen. sly,
greedy
;
eats
see kur-
;
kwarika.
maikwarda, one with a bent ;
cf.
a diligent or ener-
getic person
;
see kwazo.
;
cf.
kworomi.
grown
to a height of about
digging round yams
bail
or surety for another,
mailamunta, one who is surety for payment of a debt; cf. lamuni.
out
blot
or
repeat an action
maimai
;
cf.
mai-
;
cf.
loma a
cf.
mai-m.ai, the owner or
na
yi
seller
also of meat, juicy,
;
with plenty of fat in
it
cf.
;
maimaita,
to repeat again and maimaichi repeatedly. maimalaka*, ruler, M. H. p. 228 ; cf. malaka.
maimaki,
maimeki, m.ako, else
of display
see made.
maim.agani, a doctor.
a
2.
;
something is
mai-
which is to something
that
1.
substitute
else
;
3.
for
maim£ki7i
used as a preposition 'in
exchange
for.'
(S.),
our
lord,
our
master.
maina*,
mouthful.
maimade, one fond
to
erase, ;
have written it twice over, ka maimaita abu you have repeated it.
mai-muwa
kivarda.
mailom.a, glutton
yin
2.
I
parallel or like
mairana, lord of the day, M. H. p. 227. mailauje, one with an arm for
bent like a sickle
;
mainiai, applied to writing,
again,
mailam.uni, one who goes
mailana*
the
tilling
1.
mai.
maikworomi, one with sunken eyes
n.,
ground, heaping up the earth round a plant when it has
of butter
mailauje.
maikwazo,
has
see maye-
;
duiva.
to
Tnusu.
maikwaraka, a glutton, used esp. of a man who lives by begging food, M. H. p. 147
arm
who
one
lost his little toe
three feet, especially used of
maikurmusu, one who
cf.
maimageduwa,
maimai,
see koiya^
on the
mama
247
prince
1. ;
cf.
Kanuri
id.,
a
used only of the son
of a king;
2.
large antelope.
a species of
:
mamauwa
maiyani
248
mamauwa*
man who
a
slowly or
deliberately
nauwa weight. mainema, a profligate
goes of.
;
or pros-
maisarari,
spacious
mainidai* (cf. Ar. tjJ), one who calls. mainya, m.anya, pi. of haha
sa-
maisari, a retailer of goods. a peddler ; cf. save to cut up.
maishaida*,
titute.
cf.
;
rari.
a witness
;
masushaida.
pi.
shaida.
cf.
maishako, a man with a
coir
peated for the sake of em-
head ; cf. shaka. malshe, to change ; see maida. mai-shi, pi. masu-shi, owner,
phasis, e.g. mainya mainya mutane very great or very re-
maita,
frequently
It is
great.
spectable persons
cf.
;
re-
m,aiya
maiya Gr. p. 137, 1. 14. mairaki, a coward see raki. maireda, miller, proprietor of ;
in the
proprietor.
who
witchcraft
1.
;
2.
a
man
charms
which cause the death of another cf. maye. utters
;
a mill
cf
;
.
marede a
mill-
mairoko,
maroka, a
pi.
man
begs by cajolery or
flat-
tery, contrast maibdra.
mairowa, a grasping, person
cf.
;
covetous
rowa, marowachi.
maisa, mesa, misa, a python, said by the Hausas to eat
mischievous,
;
des
see ta^adi.
maisaida,
pi.
masusaida, one
who sells, salesman cf saida. maisanda achi goriba (manwith-a-stick eat thedum palm fruit), the name given to a ;
.
particular kind of cloth.
maisane,
robber;
cf. tare.
maitsS,ri,maitsaro, a guardian or custodian
;
see tsdra.
a poor person
m.aitsia,
;
see
tsia.
maitsini, sharp pointed (used of
needles)
;
maikarifi,
cf.
sharp (used of a knife).
sheep.
thief, usually applied
to a robber cf.
tructive
maitarian-hainya, a highway
stone.
who
maita'adi,
who steals openly;
the
species
of
gero
which ripens with the dawa in December. (millet)
m.aiya,
a
great
one;
see
m,ainya.
maiya, sorceress see maye. maiyanchi, age, honour, im ;
portance
;
see
mainya.
maiyani, mayani, handkei
sane.
maisanko, bald
maiwa,
;
see sanko.
chief;
cf.
yane.
;;
maiyawa
; ; ..
maiyawa, pi. masuyawa, much, many cf yawa. maiyelwa, spacious cf yehva. .
;
;
maiyesa, a sion,
makilda
249
for
.
colloquial expres-
what
cause,
why?
meditating;
cf.
a rogue, one
who
a
majigi,
miajiga,
body.
It
sold
is
refuses to restore a pledge or
an orderly.
listens for a call,
majina, a
cold,
cold in the
head, mucus, sickness
who buys a thing and runs away without paying for it
majina to blow the nose
see zarriba.
seqq.
majajaiwa, majejawa, maj auj awa, maj uj a wa, a sling,
majarabchi*, a
villain;
cf.
jdrdha.
majayi, a girth or girth-strap; kaitara, hauji.
maje, the copaiba tree, a large tree from which a sweet scent obtained (Daniellia thuri-
Leguminosae).
fera,
majemi, also
majema^ a tanner; used of a tanning block. pi.
majewaye, magiwaye or maigewoye, scouts, spies; cf.
maji
jewayi, gewaya.
maje
cf
who
an
;
cf
mLajinachia, blood letting
;
cf.
majiya.
jini.
m.ajinata*, one who gives water or acts as an attendant in time of sickness majinataka thy water-bearer, B 59 ;
see jinia.
majiiiaya
(K.), vein
;
see jini.
mLajingini, pillow; seejingina.
majiya, cf.
pi.
majiyata, nurse
majinachi.
m.ajujawa, a
ened form of magaji, q.v.), one of the chief officers of
majusi,
another possible deis from maaje one. who stores (the king's goods)
;
man
jaiwa.
a king
hura
is sick,
jiyachi, one
(perhaps a short-
or
;
m.ajinachi, m.ajinyachi, m.aattendant on a sick
slinging (a stone).
is
in
moulds.
maji-kira, an attendant who
zache.
maizumba,
cf.
dye
red
made from the pounded wood of a tree and used in staining the
see mayesa.
maizache*,
raiajibari, a moth.
m.ajidi, a lodging house.
pi.
sling
;
see major-
majusawa
^yw^-w.^), heathen,
lit.
(Ar.
a ma-
:
rivation
see viaaji.
gian, sometimes pronounced maguji; cf. bamaguje.
makada*
(Ar. >bC«), being on
makadaichi the point
one who
(or,
on the point)
is
doing any-
of
only
he only
;
or
mukadaichi,
shi
;
makadaichi
lightning
office in
.
to be blind
ground
;
see niakaTnche,
;
makafchi*,
a
kafa to
cf.
the
of
tiller
Ijlind
man
kdfo, id.
cf.
;
makopchi,
;
tnakam/mai,
pi.
anyi masa makami he was wounded, ;
rebel
m.akankara, one
to rub out,
cf.
m.akankari, a mussel
a platform from guardians of crops
which drive
away
birds.
ness
;
cf
.
makafta.
mak3,ra, to be late in starting or doing anything D 23 ku her makara da salla leave off saying your prayers late maim^akdra one who is late,
from a corn stalk and used in thinning cotton with the
fronds in which
hakan
made
the
1.
royal officer
2.
;
title
of
a
the chief of
makaraa, that which is laid
lays hold
hold on, hence the
handle of anything =
kota.
makamche, makanche, makafche,
1.
to be blind
to ;
of
yi
palm
kola nuts
load of kolas.
m.akaranchi, fem. makaraachia, a scholar
the police. or
cf. 7ia
are packed for the march, a
shiha.
makama,
shell,
makanni,
makara, n. lateness, makdra I am late. makara, the basket
stick
;
kankara.
;
cf. {T)ga.-
gara.
makalechia, a thin
see kair
;
gara.
;
makam-
blindness.
makagar a, objection
dazzle*^
m.akanta, m.akamta, blind-
dig.
makafO; fem. makafua (S.), makaunia (K.), pi. makdji^ a makafta, makanta,
has
A 38, a knife used for erasing
another's absence.
makadi, a drumstick, a drummer cf niaikidi. makafche, to become blind, ;
wound
makangari, a
kadaichi.
c£.
makadashi, makadas, a regent or one who holds an
ta,
the
thine eyes.
m.akam.i,
thing.
makadaichi sole,
makari
250
become
2.
eyes, wolkia ta
blind,
to dazzle the
makamcheka
cf
;
karatu.
.
makaranta, school cf karatio. makarfo, makarufo, a tree ;
from
which
.
medicine
obtained (Dalbergia
is
sp.,
Le-
complainant;
cf.
guminosae).
makari, kdra.
a
;
nakari iiakari, end of anything, e.g. the end of a book kdt^a ),
down, laid down sabko, safko ;
or sapko to start, to set out
sabko
lafia
may you
finish
your journey well scd)ka and sapka are more commonly used in Daura, sauka and soka in Sokoto, and safka in Kano. sabko, safko, n. start, esp. used of an early start; yin
1.
a trust, yin sabtu to entrust,
e.g.
na
masa kurdi I money to him;
yi sabtu
entrusted the
!
sabko to start early. Bftbo, fem. sdbua, pi. sabui, sdR. H. D.
2.
a commission to purchase
or to give something.
sabua, a term used in chacha for cf.
money not yet staked sdha.
sabua, new, a feminine form of sabo^ q.v.
20
;
.
sabua
306
sabua, guinea-fowl, a feminine form of zabo, q.v. sabua, sabuwa, fighting. sabule, to draw out. sabunchi (K.), renewing; cf. sabuntaka
sabuni
sabulo (K.) (Ar.
(S.),
hunin
o-aTwi/), soap, sa-
solo a superior soap,
that imported
Nupe
the
via
country, used for wash-
ing the face.
sabunta, to renew,
sabuntaka
(S.),
cf.
sadaka, pi. saddku (from sa and daki), a female slave, a concubine.
alms,
e.g.
;
A 46
v.
to give'
wanan da
he
sadaka da baiwa maiyawa one of these gave alms and
showed much generosity kurdin sadaka the sum paid by a bridegroom to the
bow
sada-kai, to
sadaki, a
groom
see Sahara. steal
dan sadaka
hi
to escort a convict.
or lower the
head.
sabura, a place with no trees sache, to
daka a convict,
parents of the bride.
restore.
renewing;
sabunchi (K.).
sada
safara
sadaka, sadauka,
(S.).
^^jLtf, Gr.
e.g.
:
see safa.
gift
given by a bride-
to a bride.
sadare (Ar. jjw),
(Ar.), to close, to shut up,
an end to a quarrel between two men sdchc, 1 to put
founded,
sadauki,
A
8
to be con-
cf.
;
sandare.
invincible
warrior
;
to agree with a person
;
2.
to
meet on the road, to meet with, E 49 cMkin dadi mu sddu da larahawa with joy we shall meet with the Arabs. sddua, particip. form, cord
2.
;
1.
con-
meeting with. 6 ^
giving,
^
^j^^jk>>/, to
sadu, to arrive see sdda. sadua, conciliation see sdda. saduda, confidence, etc.; cf. ;
;
shaduda. sS,fa (S.), to cheat, defraud.
^
iijud), alms, alms-
A 83 sadaka da baiwa
safa, quilted mail
increase,
sS,fa*, to
followers.
safage*, one
(in
western districts of
Hausaland), a gaol
;
dan
sa-
worn on the
body.
du ya bai almajirai he gave all offerings and gifts to his
sadaka
be daunt-
safa*, spring onions.
s&daberu, magic.
sadaka (Ar.
(Ar.
arziki,
D 35
;
cf.
who
used with sufa.
scatters his
enemies in war. safara (S.), employment,
oc-
;;!
safe
307
cupation
yin safara to be
;
occupied,
prayer
is
said
line
2.
;
of
battle,
safe, safia (Ai
used as
sai
{safe is
^^^)
.
A
fern.,
11),
early
morning safe ya yi morning came; da safe in the morning; sanu da safe good morning sai da safe good night kowache safia every morning
sagagi, a small bird which runs
on the top of water vegetation (jacana?).
;
sagara, a young virgin, s&ge, to become
with
e.g.
stiff or
cramped,
cold.
!
sage, to catch or get caught in
safia is used adverbially in
falling (e.g.
B
tree).
103 en ka ga safia rana if thou beholdest the sun in the dawn ; sasafe very early in the morning. safe, 1. a long leathern boot reaching about ten inches up the leg;
a long leather
2.
sheath or bag. S&fi, a horse
;
3
safi,
sage*, to reproach
-
safe ( Ar. ^^^^), unalloyed,
see za^e.
;
sago, a medicine which
drunk
is
off the
sS.gO,
when
supposed to ward
blows of an enemy.
male white ant
;
see zdgo.
sago, a large black snake.
sahibi*
see safe.
in branch of a
(Ar.), friend,
sahur, suhur, safur*, a meal just before the morning dur-
pure, used of metals, e.g. of
ing fast month, Ar. j^a>w
silver.
cf.
S&fi, sSife, fem. safia, a
young
horse,
morning ; see safe. safirchi*, an oath, invocation of
God. n. starting
see sahko.
;
saftu, commission to purchase see sautu. S
sa,fu, saffii (Ar.
-
ous),
1.
a line
formed for prayer, yin saffu to form a line; F 92 atsaida saffu or
row,
'iss(dlas1ie
only, except, unless, but,
1.
e.g. sai
safia,
saf ko,
sai,
e.g.
as
a line
is
formed.
;
bude baki.
wanan only
this
;
2.
ka tsofi, B 115 (wait) until you grow old; cf. sai ambideka (wait) till you are sought for ; sai gobe until to-morrow ; 3. sai wota rana farewell till another day sai anjima good-bye for until, e.g. sai
!
the present;
3.
conjunctively,
dag a wanan sai wanan = both of them 4. quite, used with lafia, e.g. sai lafia quite e.g.
;
20—2
;
saida
308
well or hail
cf saida, saidai, .
!
saida, except;
of.
saida, to
see saya.
sell
saidaba*, to
;
saidai.
refuse,
may drink
water, so that I
to with-
it
;
1.
ruan
en sha I cool the hot;
zafi
2.
to dry,
hang up
to dry.
sainyato to put out to dry.
hold.
saidai, only, merely, though. saifa, sefa,
D
pi.
67
saifofi,
spleen
chiwon saifa a
swollen spleen.
saiko,
1.
nevertheless
A3
;
saiko ka die nevertheless thou
sayest;
2.
unless,
except;
A 49
saiko da tuba zayi sha alkauchara only b}^ repentance shall he drink of the water of heaven.
saiko, sticks used in a roof; (S.),
ness.
sanko
(K.),
bald-
Tnaisaiko or vnaisanko
a bald man. used
sailinun*,
sainyaye,
shainyaye,
sainyaya,
fem.
sainyayu, dried,
pi.
aired, also applied to a
man
with a withered arm. sainyaya, to calm, comfort, allah
shi
sainyaya
may God comfort
zuchia
you.
sainyi, sanyi, cold, dampness, a cold, cold in the head, e.g» sainyi ya
kamani
(lit.
a cold
has caught me) I have caught
chiwon sainyi, gonormetaph. coolness of mind, jin sainyi to be comforted, resigned, kafaye daukan sainyi you are very cool cold;
rhoea;
see tsaiko.
saiko
sainya, shainya, shanya, to cool, e.g. ina sainya
saiko.
see
saiyi
for
saanan,
sainya, securidaca longipedunculata, polygalaceae, a shrub with purple flowers. It has medicinal uses and in some districts is said to
(i.e.
impudent), comfort,
chia
then.
form an
sainyin zuconsolation^
sainyin jiki want of
zeal,
yaro maisainyin jiki a boy with no go in him» slackness,
sainyin hali coolheadedness,
judgment.
ingredient in arrow poison =
saishe, to
uwar magunguna
saisuwa, n. selling see saya. saiwa, saiwo, soiya*, a root. saiya, to buy see saya.
or
woma-
gunguna. sainya, sanya, a lengthened form of sa, q.v., to put, to
sell
;
see sayes. ;
;
saiyi,
pi.
place, to cause a thing to be
booth
done, to send a message.
night.
saiyoyi, a temporary
or
covering for the
;
sajada
309
sajada (Ar.
bowing so ground with
the forehead
;
D
34 yin
jada to do obeisance to rdka;
cf.
;
sa-
see
hair on
the
to flow
together,
inter-
mingle, join together. saji, Serjeant
(adopted from the
saka, to weave, net, make nets
masdka weaver, also used for a shuttle, sakake, fem. sasaka,
pi.
weaving,
sakar zdna plaiting
of mats.
saka, to avenge, retaliate on; cf. sdkamako. saka, s^ki, s^ke, to let go, give up, release, drop,
sdki
fuska to show an open, smiling face,
saka tuo to take
the food out of the cooking pot, to serve food.
v. n.
saka
ya sake saka faza he threw the hook again.
putting
;
sdki jikinka easy,
make
yourself
ya sdki alkaueli he
broke his promise,
sdke
is
sometimes used intransitively,
to be at peace,
sartii
akwia
ta
sdki the goat got loose.
akwana
go.
retaliation
return of kindness done
or see
;
sakache,
draw out;
to
cf.
sakafchi,
1.
forgetf ulness
;
2.
sS,kai, light,
not heavy.
i.e.
sakaina, the fragments of a broken pot. sakake, woven ; see saka. sakake, changed
;
see sake.
sakaku, woven. plaiting,
n.
netting,
him
let
n.
carelessness.
English).
kakia,
ya saushi he
saka-mako,
sakata.
cheeks, whiskers. saje,
a contracted form of sdka]
saka.
sujuda.
sajoji,
pi.
s3.ke
j^a>...>),
as to touch the
saje,
,
sdke
night at large,
spending the is perhaps
sau
sakankanche
(Ar.
o^)j
*o
trust in, to be quite sure of
anything ; cf. masakanche. sakankanchewa reality. sakaraftu,
n. trotting.
sakata, window, a word used in Zaria, etc. is
;
in
Kano
ta^a
used.
sakata, sakatta, sakache, to
draw or
pull out, sakatta
kori to pick the teeth
;
hor-
cf
kwakwalla.
sakatubu, a written charm the water with which it is washed off the writing board ;
is
drunk.
sakaye
or saye*, to hide. sakaza, drake; from sa bull and kaza fowl; cf. Eng. bullseal, bull- walrus, etc.
s&ke
(S.),
alike; see sakke.
;
.
sake
310
sake, saki, to change, to to do over again,
alter,
ka sake
taji
go again, ya sake yin chara he crowed again, ka sake tashi get up again ku sake !
another story (said by
tell
whom an
one to
impossible
story has been told),
gari
s3,laiiie
down,
loose-
11 bai sdko
ha it
sSiko, n. putting
D
ness;
puts s3.ko,
it
to
not fall,
down
sdka.
cf.
;
kamin rua ya
sdko before the rainfall.
sako, message, also a commission, to purchase or give cf.
saftu, sautu.
ya sake mini I don't recognise the town, sakiwa changing,
sako, a hiding place, a blocked
bi ku netna shini hakika da gaskia ku her sakiwa seek
softly,
T>
after true
and correct know-
ledge, leave off changing,
sa-
kake, fem. sakakia, pi. sakaku,
changed.
n.
go
;
see tseki.
of
a
sakot, light of weight. S^labi, saliva; yin salahi to slaver.
saki, coarse flour
cf.
bird.
sSilache, to
set free.
gently;
sakoikoiwa, the name
see sdka.
;
place.
lako lako.
freedom, yin sdki to
s§,ki, to let
sS.ki,
or narrow s&ko-sako,
jump; see tsdl ache.. saladaka*, to fall headlong. salaha (Ar.
^iJLw),
a gown.
saki, soki, soaki, greyish blue,
pepper-and-salt cloth
;
cf Gr.
mixed
salala, thin gruel {kunu)
.
chan fa funtu 1. 43, ya yi saki there the naked found fine cloth, danda sa-
with water.
p. 139,
ki a roan horse, striped,
saki-saki
fula saki black or
blue cap, rigan saki a tobe of a similar colour.
sakia, piercing,
by an arrow pierce
;
e.g. ;
of the skin,
yin sakia to
also used of probing
the skin with a hot needle.
sakiwa, changing, divorce
cf
peace,
salama chiefly
(Ar.
used
^S^), in
the
form of the salutation salam alaik peace be upon thee, to which the answer is alaikum salam upon you be peace.
salmawa
F 4 muna
greeting,
particip.
salmaiva
sS,lS,ina, n. price,
'
we
M. H,
greet.
p.
204,
suna salama alif alif they are selling it at a thousand apiece.
sake.
sakke
;
salam,
(S.), alike,
equally.
saiame
(Ar.
^^
ii),
to give
|
salanga
s^ma
311
up, to let go,
ya salame rainsa
he gave up his passive
spirit
the
;
often used in selling
is
you yours, na
service,
feast,
salla the great
feast
e.g.
hahhar
Mohammedan
sallan laya the feast
;
anything,
e.g. asalartieshi
corresponding to the Jewish
can take
it, it is
passover
salama I leave it, i.e. I will not buy on the terms offered.
salanga
(Zanf.), dung-hole; cf.
salashe*, sallashe*, to pray for a person or thing F 92 ;
atsaida saffu assallasheka a line is formed,
prayer
is
said
for thee.
salasuwa
(S.),
sale, soale
to peel
off,
Ar. rt
;
cf. tsali.
salgagi,
pi.
j^^JLo),
to blister as skin
when burnt saiga,
circumcision.
(cf.
cesspit,
1.
B 105 2. dung-hole, bay an gida is used similarly. ;
pi.
salihai (Ar. ^sJlo),
good, true, faithful, shi sashi salihi ha
may He make
it
e.g.
B8
mugu
yin salla
3.
lata,
ha
to
22 kuna azumi da
keep the fast and pray.
ranan
;
sallati,
id.
1.
scd-
prayer;
salutation, blessing, F 3 muna kuma yin sallati hisa Tnuhammad we further salute Mohammed, maisallati one who habitually prays, sallatu salutation, greeting, C 2.
cf 50 sallama, ;
.
sallashe.
a royal atten-
title of
dant.
sallama, trade agreement
;
see
salama. sallata, festival
sail, soali, n. blistering.
salihi*,
D
sallata festival
to circumcise.
(S.),
woman during men-
struation; pray, salla
saiga.
s^as^da
tana reshin salla
;
used of a
sallati, prayer
;
;
see salki.
see salla.
sallatu, salutation
salmanda*, mud. salmawa, greeting
see salla.
;
;
see salam.
good, not s3,lo, cf.
sahunin sdlo a superior
evil,
kind of soap.
saliki*, king, for sariki, q.v.
sSiina, pi.
salka,
pi.
salkuna (Ar.
p-Xl»),
samania, samomi (Ar.
a |lo-w), sky, heaven;
bag or bottle made of
maisama
A
skin.
salka, chains, prison ; see sarka.
a title given to God ; 2 da yerdan maisama with the
salla (Ar.
%^),
approval of
divine
worship
1.
prayer;
and
so,
2.
a
in heaven.
Him who
dwells
sama
312
sama*,
to befall a person
see
;
samu.
become
suma,
see zama.
;
zama
to be-
come, usually found in a
little, e.g.
re-
samma sam-
duplicated form
ban
ji ha sai
sama I heard only a little; cf. zama zama after some time. samachi, a tall plant with pink satna
flowers (Tephrosia elongata).
samagi*, a royal warrior. samako, n. an early start ; cf. prov. kowa ya yi samako yd futa da rana he who starts very early must rest at midday; kayan samako da mareche akandamreshi the load for an early morning start should be tied up over-night.
samame,
a slave-raiding ex-
pedition by foot-soldiers
;
if
horsemen were employed it for would be called hari ;
description
of
a slave-raid,
M. H. p. 195 same to catch. cf.
samame*,
cf.
M. H.
p.
227
;
sama heaven.
samari, youths; plural
sam.bache*, sandals
;
see sam-
bazai.
samibachi, to boast; zambachi a rogue.
7na-
cf.
sambani, trader, shopkeeper. sambazai, sandals with red leather tops, especially used
N. Africa, possibly from French savate. sam.beru, a tree, the leaves of which are poisonous to aniin
mals.
samche,
slipperiness
see
;
sam,tsi.
same,
to obtain
;
see samu.
sam.falwa, a blue cylindrical
bead
(?)
;
= Ar.
j-jA-o,
Eng.
sapphire,
sammu, sammo
(Ar.
^),
1.
a charm written with intent to injure
someone;
2.
poison
given in food.
sam.na*
down
zamna, to M. H. p. 209.
for
;
cf.
sit
sam.o, to find and bring; see
supreme, an epithet
applied to God, cf.
sqq.;
of oath
or divination.
possibly an ad-
verbial use of
ma
sS.m.ata, to poison.
samba*, a pagan form
sSjsaa, to s3.ina,
samrai
samu. samrai,
sarmayi,
saurayi, of sam-
pi.
samrayi,
samari, a youth
from fourteen to twentyyears
rai, q.v.
samasadowa,
white
cotton
brocade of various patterns.
of age
form
(cf.
is
Ar.
j-w«J),
the
pi.
used as a vocative
;;
;
when speaking to a boy whose name is not known,
sing,
e.g. yaka samari. samri, haste see sauri. ;
sajnro, mosquito
samsam
(Ar.
;
see sdbero.
sesame,
^»>.o,.j),
a herb from two to four feet high ; an oil is obtained from its seeds which is esp. valued by the Hausas on account of its
•
providing a medicine or
ointment for the eyes; cf. Pliny xxii. 25 'hoc (i.e sesama) amplius oculis imponitur decocta in vino.'
samtse, to samtsi,
santsi,
F
samche,
1.
Ao-
;
144 da
kaiji
is
kua
da samtsi duk za soka and its sharp edge and slipperiness 2. a slip shall pierce them ;
yin samtsi to
;
make a
slip
ya saw,eka take care that thou slip not kdda doki ya yi samche do not let
kdda
sam,tsi
;
the horse
samu,
n.
meet with and
to you? i.e. what is the matter with you 1 A 48 komi ya samasa whatever befalls him also na sami kasua I had no difficulty in selling
my wares,
found a market, sami is also used of pulling a person
lit.
I
out of a well; used
hainya is
obtained,
road.
Cf.
sam,i ddm,i
intr. thus,
samu the road
ta
i.e.
there
is
a
M. H. p. 204, annawa ? how many
bundles (have you) got? saform, B 156
samche the road
ta yi
slippery,
get, to find, to
hence to happen to, e.g. mi ya sameka what has happened
muwa participial
slip.
smoothness, slipperiness
inya
san
313
samri
slip.
obtaining, possessing,
B
yala ta samu ko ha ta samuwa ha whether it be obtained or cannot be obtained is
;
samu
often used as equivalent to
iya, e.g. ha ya samu ya shiga he could not enter; it also denotes spending time, e.g.
ya samu wata guda he spent one month; samu dama or
samu
rongom^i to get better
sam,u sauki to obtain help
samo to arise, spring, result from also trans, to find some:
106 na duha
thing at a distance or hard
dunia hal samunta I have considered the world and its
to come by, to achieve; ya samo suna he achieved a
possession,
reputation.
possessions.
samu, sami,
same
(bef.
sama, pron.
samo,
obj.),
to
san, used as a contraction of sanni to
know
;
san
314
san, to love
Sanaa
.
;
see
so.
(Ar.), occupation, trade.
sanada,
to trouble, molest.
sanadi, reason, cause
distress;
sananda, sananta,
to harass, trouble, cf.
;
cf.
sanas.
trouble.
sanas, to learn
see sdni,
;
sanasda, sannasda, sanarda, sannarda, sannashe (bef. pron.
obj.),
inform,
to
e.g. of leather, etc.
picking, pretence, malinger-
ac-
;
see
sam-
maisane crafty
excuse
;
prov.
tsofon
;
sanfo, samfo,
hazai.
slipperiness
f
san una a basket with handles
large
pi.
^
one made of kahoj leaves.
sangache, reaped corn in bundles
sanche, samche,
cf
;
doki maisane.
yan sane pick-pockets. sanfalwa, a bead see samfahva^
esp.
quaint.
sanbazai, sandals
ya yi sane he made
ing;
sananta.
to inform
^
J
sane, suane, stealing, pocket-
ju*j, support, authority).
sananche,
sandua, sanda, to creep or walk as on tiptoe silently. sanduki, pi. sandukai (Ar. O3JLL0), box, drawer. It denotes usually a small box,
Ar.
(cf.
sani
G
sanadi, vexation, trouble, sanadi, a poisonous snake.
. :
tied
up
see sankaclie.
;
sangarnia*, ears of corn
see
;
zangarnia.
see samtsL
san da,
pi. sanduna, stick, staff; then fig. blow, stripe, D 44 su kan ribi sanduna maimai
kaman duatsu they pile up many in number as
blows
sangaya, a rough grass sango,
iron-tipped
fired
from a gun.
sS,ni
to
(cf.
iw,
Ar.
know
;
shelter.
harpoon
knowledge)^
the final
i
is
fre-
sometimes used as a measure of length, i.e. about a yard ; dan sanda a
quently omitted, e.g. allak ya san kortii God knows every-
native policeman.
before pron. suffixes,
stones
:
it is
sanda*, to teach see sanasda. sanda, n. stealthy walk as of a thief, ya yi sanda he went by stealth cf. sandua. sandalu, d,\f\\\i^hanunriia nut. sandare, to feel cold, be stiff. ;
;
thing
;
this
is
regularly so e.g.
ban
know it, known da
sanshi ba I did not
ansanshi
it
na
remorse, allah
sani''
is
;
'
ya
tsaremu da aikin ^danasanV
may God keep which
will
us from acts
bring rfemorse
s^i
pass. part, sananej fern, san-
anya,
pi.
known
sananu,
;
ba
tasanuwait cannot be known. Another form of this word is shina, e.g.
na shina=na sdni;
sansaitche to understand well;
sanas to learn
;
sanasda to
teach. sftni,
sanu
315
shini, shina, n. know-
D
ledge,
54 ku nema sMni
kakika da gaskia seek after true and correct knowledge. sania, saniya, cow
;
cf sa bull. .
ka
talkativeness,
saniya*,
chika saniya you are talking
sansambi, a meal for a groom and his friends.
sansS.ini, stereospermum kun-
thianum, Bignoniaceae, a tree with pink flowers, also called jiri^ q.v.
sansami, leaves. sansamtsa*, smoothly, an
in-
tensive form of samtsi.
sansana*, dried wood or leaves, M. H. p. 184. sansana, to smell; see sunsuna.
sansanche, well
cf
;
.
sansani,
too much.
bride-
understand
to sdni.
1.
camp,
circular
sanji, a heavy load,
entrenchment, sometimes ap-
sankache, sangache, reaped
plied
corn, corn laid in
rows before
the head is cut off. sankara, an insect found in to stiffen, used
tr. v.
sanko, baldness on the top of the forehead
;
ment, esp. applied to a war
sansanya,
(K.), a kind of fish-
for
making arrows.
bling of a horse.
sanshera,
sankurmi, the sarikin kasua or officer of the market, whose it
offenders
is
to lay
and to
hands on
settle trade
disputes in the market;
cf.
hakurme.
sansama, a mixture aud sour milk.
cold.
sansarifa, sasarifa, the stum-
see saiko.
trap.
right
;
40,
sansari, santali, a cane used
of cold or sickness.
sankuja
saninku
cf. Gr. an army sunka kore san2. camp, encamp;
1.
camp.
kola nuts.
sankare,
to
p. 139,
of
fura
rice
before
it
ia
beaten.
sanso, remains of food, a dirty calabash. santsi, smoothness
;
e.g. in
see samtsi,
sanu, 1. slowly, gently; sanu sanu very slowly or very quietly;
Hausa proverb
tafi
sanu ko hainya da nesa go
;
sanya '
316
way be
slowly though the
long;
sanu
2.
most
is
fre-
sanyi,
n. cold
sapka, to
see sainyi.
;
down
let
see sabka.
;
quently used in salutations =
sara, a saying, song, proverb,
It is often repeated a
akadauki sara a saying was made, i.e. it became a proverb, halinta ya zama sara her character became a byword also used of the drumming and singing at a king's
hail
!
dozen or more times in order to add emphasis to the greeting.
meaning
Its
varies
according to the word with
sanu da rana good morning, sanu da dere good night, sanu da aiki may you be happy over your work, sanu da gajia (lit. v/hich it
is
used, e.g.
greetings to weariness)
may
you not be
If
overtired.
a
man
meets another when it is raining he will say sanu da rua welcome to you amidst the rain
!
sanu da kewa
greet-
ings to you in your loneliness,
sanu kadai greetings (used
only
in
to
you
response
to
another greeting), sanu da
kwana
biu a greeting after a
prolonged absence ings for
.
s3.rai
two
(lit.
greet-
sanu
days),
is
;
gate.
sara,
a
n.
ground,
hole
e.g.
cut
a dig of a hoe for purpose of
sowing seed, the hole of a yin sara to cut crops,
snake, to reap
magirhin sdran ya-
;
kua the yakua.
cutting off branches.
sara, to sting, wound, bite, esp.
used of reptiles sara,
to
cut
;
sarra,
loin.
saraba*, a
gift
sS,ra,
;
;
sari.
see
;
given
to
a
superior to conciliate him.
sS.rafi, sarrafi, n.
!
.
sdre.
pronouns, sanuku or sanunku
;
cf
pieces
in
sarafa* (Ar.
sanunki hail lady sanya, to dry see sainya. sanya, to place see sainya. sanya, a shrub see sainya.
reaping
for
sickle
sdran hisa lopping,
sometimes used as an expression of sympathy = I hope that you are not hurt. It is joined on to the 2nd personal greetings to you, sanuki or
the
in
one made with
o»j-rf), to
rain for
a long time.
sarrafa,
sS,rafa,
to
barter
goods.
exchanging
or bartering goods. sS,rai,
exact
1. ;
clear, 2.
clean;
then,
clearly, carefully
kilga sarai to count correctly,
B
28 duha sarai sarai look
;;
sarakua
317
na
carefully,
ji sarai I quite
understand. cf. sicrki
;
father-in-law.
saranwaga, a second
quality
where both and small are included marsa and minu. kola nuts,
of
large cf
.
sarare, cut
;
sS.rari
Ar.
(cf.
tj-a^-o), 1.
open
meadow without
B 76 wa ya yi tasu nan sararin sudan what was like
;
unto
it
in the regions of
A
the Sudan?
place where
people assemble
;
fUo
sarari
come out into the open, i.e. show yourself; 2. space, room daki nan yaji wanan da sarari this room is larger ;
maisarari spa-
than that. cious;
gari ya
sky
clear
is
cf
;
sarari
the
gaH
yai
.
shirin sarari the sky looks like clearing, 3.
chance,
sion of a kingdom or to become a king kurdin sarauta. fees paid by Hausas on ad-
mission to native
saraya, a
fall
asarari openly.
opportunity,
ba
ni da sararin zua I have
fall.
maisara,
pi.
sarasara, yin sarasara to
let
in light, lighten.
sarauta,
wife
of
a
sarkanya.
sarota,
kingdom
chin sarauta to gain posses-
masusara,
ac-
sari,
sara,
down
(da takohi) with a
sare,
cut
sword
;
to
to
cut,
used of cutting
down
wood or trees cf. prov. mugun gatarinka ya fi sari ka ;
is your own, be bad, will cut
ha ni a tool that
even
if
it
better than a borrowed one
;
sarare^ fem. sararia, pi. sararu, cut; intens. form sasare. sarewa, a kind of wind-instru-
ment, a sS,ri,
flute,
or reed pipe.
a small beetle which de-
stroys skins and eats grain.
man who
sari, maisari a
sells
a thing a second time at a
sari, n. bite,
queen,
to accuse,
cuser, informer.
an opportunity.
cf.
zara*
sare, sara,
sari, a
king;
offices.
yin saraya — to
sarbe, to pick up, catch.
not had a chance to come, idan na samu sarari if I get
saraunia,
;
to report or inform against
see sdre.
space, plain, trees
sari
;
sarakua, saruka, mother-inlaw
;
profit.
of
bay or dun horse. sarim machiji bite snake; cf. M. H. p. 185.
sari-kutub, a small, tree-dwelling, nocturnal, poisonous lizard,
like
damatsiri
but
black instead of striped yel-
low and black.
Sana
318
two an inch
saria, a head shaven in
longitudinal
lines,
wide from front to
each
rear,
side of the crown.
sariki*, to seize;
sarrafa
cf.
sarkafe.
bag, carried on the back.
sarga, dung-hole, for saiga, q.v. sargafe, to hang up, e.g. on a stick or forked tree
;
cf
.
sar-
work
special
;
B 3 jabaru wahidi sarki allah God
the
king
sarita, a small leather or grass
any
sides over
mi
;
is
the
one title
powerful
all
sarkin niusul-
applied to the sultan
sudan
of Sokoto, sarkin
(lit.
king of the Sudan) to the king of Birnin Gwari, sarkin dunia is used in N. Africa for
the sultan
Turkey,
of
sarkin dawaki master of the
kafe.
sarka, salka, surka, sirka,
pi.
sarkuna, sarkoki (Ar. 4ijL;), chain,
imprisonment,
irons,
prison
;
dan sarka
prisoner,
gidan sarka a prison. sarkafe,
twine
bind,
to
tie,
inter-
sarkafewa binding. sarkakia, a thorny bush, thick-
kirma a leader sarkin kasua
horse, sarkin of
infantry,
president of the market, sarkin kqfa door-keeper, sarkin rua ferryman, sarkin wuta cook. lepers,
In Kano the beggars,
blind,
each
etc.
:
have their king (sarki)
;
the
from
expression ba-sarakin sariki
sarkanya, queen, usually applied to a queen who reigns
or counsellors of the king's
et,
probably derived
is
sarke to entangle.
in her
own
right; ct saraunia
the wife of a king. sarke, to become entangled, applied to string in a knot, or to trees in a forest; sarka chain. sarki,
sariki,
sarakai,
pi.
cf.
sarakuna,
sardki, king, chief.
In Hausaland every town and village has its king. The title sarki is
given not only
many of their anyone who pre-
to these but to
sons and to
used to denote the
court, pi.
sarki
officers
sarakunan
maichi
the
sariki.
reigning
king, Jitachen sarki the de-
posed king,
sardki
is
some-
times used as a sing, word
=
prince, shi sardki ne.
sarmadawa,
large
common
cowry shell. sarmayi, a youth see samrai. sarota, kingdom; see sarauta. sarr, used of smooth or quick ;
motion, e.g.jirigiya
the canoe
taji
sarr
slid along.
sarrafa, to barter
;
see sdrafa.
sarsari, manacles
see sasdri.
;
sartse, a splinter,
skin
in the
e.g.
see Jida-sartse.
;
saruka, mother-in-law
fool
Gr.
cf.
;
p.
137,
sassa,
direction,
nan da
this side
and
side,
on
sassa chan
that, sassa fudu
sasabda, sasafta, sasapta, to to clear
fore ploughing
;
ground
be-
to cut
up
2.
into small pieces
.
see safe.
penter,
masaka a carpenter's
shop.
sasakan
the
itache
stripped bark of a tree. S^
F
(cf.
186 asa masu sasari na
leg-irons
of
and
fetters
are to be
fire
placed on them.
sasasara, a basket used for catching fish
sasayi,
= te«^sara,
p.
203
;
see say a.
q.v.
seseyi,
saisaiyi,
make a purchase
you (from
or
duka
the
stolen
stealing
of
sachi jiki to go off
goods,
stealth,
sato to steal
bring home,
and
sachdche, fem.
sashdchia, stolen. SO,
prefixed to cardinal
numerals to
form numeral
sau daia once, sau biu twice, sau fudu four times, sau tare often. e.g.
sau*, to leave or quit, used of a path, e.g. sau hainya to leave the track, A. 19 sun sau tafarki they left the right path ; cf sdka. sau, sauwaiwai, pi. sauwuna, .
Ar. ilUJLw), chains;
wuta da malwa
sache, sachi, to
will part
adverbs,
sasago*, a saw. sftsaka, sassaka, to smooth or prepare wood, masasaki car-
cf.
B 58 \
tafa
;
it is boiling.
it is
i.e.
edible
tadilisi (Ar.), the concealment
tr.
zuchiata ta tafasa boils,
converse.
tafa,
medicint
ya tafasa the water
tafashe
see ta^adi.
tadi, conversation
f.
atafasashi
Ar. ^ji),
(?)
bluntness of a knife. ;
seed
sashin rua boiled water, fasashe, sashii,
taderishi
the
;
preventive
a
adawa.
to
tora
kaskaijl are use
tade, to trip a person up.
tadowa,
(Cassia
tS,fesa
tS,fS,sa,
against cuts and scratches.
kwororo.
tadi, loss
foi
a smaller or less defined patl
Leguminosae), a shrub wit!
root ha.
rua
tafe
There is obtainec food). from it a vegetable poisor which is used for smearin* arrows cf deji. ;
.
tafasua, needle
;
see tamfasua,
tafe, to be without
;
see tdhe.
tafe, pi. ^
wearei
grows up. tagumi, n. leaning the heni on the hand in token of dis tahalita* (Zanf.), to
create
see halita.
taho*, tai,
come;
to
C
tafo,
a form
ot
18.
an abbreviated form
tasa his
cf
;
.
use of nai
t
(
f
nasa.
make an
taia, to
gaining
offer in bai
anything
for
cf
;
taya.
taiba, fatness taiki,
tagomashi*,
rings,
when the
tress,
Sokoto),
(in
taguoyi (in Kano),
made
shirt
through metal discarded
white
a
taimakc
;
pi. taika,
n. love.
da taiha
fat.
tayuka, taikuu
,
" ^' i
tagua, a shirt
;
[cf.
see tdgo.
tagua, pi. taguai, taguwoyi, 1. female camel ; 2. the constellation
the camel which
of
the beginning of the
rises at
taguan hindiga
dry season,
;
see tugua.
tugula,
tagulai,
girdle
tagura,
bracelet;
1.
made
of copper
pi.
2. ;
3.
a
a
charm against sickness and death worn by yan wahi and consisting
of
a continuous
string
worn round the neck
and
waist
which
a bundle
;
a skin ofj
pro v. en
cf.
kana awo auna ga maitaiki if you want to measure oui anything, go to the
i.e.
if
man
\
wl
you want anything, |
ask the owner for
tagiii, pi. taguaye, twins.
tagula,
fill
a large bag made
bag], skin,
IV, to
has the bag and measurt
a double-barrelled gun.
tagua*, heavy rain
Ar. ^a'S
passes
it,
do nor
ask his servant.
taimaka, taimaki, taimake to help
taimako,
;
see taimako. help, assistance,
A
i'
ka yi taimako gareni do thou taimakawa help, help me. assistance
;
F 79 masowa did
enna maitaimakawaoi all wlu
>
'
;
taimama love thee
where
one that
is
(cf.
Ar. ^»j
monial ablutions
v), cere-
made with
A
54 wanayi da kan sand rika taimama kam babu huja the
man who performed
his
ablutions with sand though there was no reason for his
doing
was
so
(i.e.
when water
1. 32; suyi taused with wache =
Gr. p.
kamu
can help ?
taimama ;
takaichi
351
kwana taka,
138,
;
da.
take,
taki,
to
tread,
trample upon, to mount up,
put one's foot on, to hold foot, ya take gafia he put his foot on the rat. taka sheria to break the law, taka addini to violate to
down under
mai-
the rules of religion,
available).
tainya, tainye, tainyo and tainyona, secondary forms of lay a to help, q.v. taitai, pi. taitaye, a plate made
taki one
who
mataki
steps,
takin biri like
treads out corn.
taiyo, ahokin taiyo a friend to see taya. help, M. H. p. 226 tajawankai, light kind of sandals, more highly decorated
who
steps
a monkey, used of a horse
that walks with
of plaited grass.
mai-
ladder,
one
lit.
pasterns
its
touching the ground
cf. ta-
;
taka.
;
than sambazai, q.v. tajini, a large drum such as
would be used by a king.
n.,
1.
taking off gar-
ments as a sign
of
grief
mourning, lamentation, of
women
;
2.
esp.
widow dur-
a
ing her time of retreat.
takabodo, a white bird with reddish feet, somewhat re-
tajirchi, wealth. fem. tdjira (Ar. jj^-U),
tajiri,
t3.kaba,
merchant, trader, a rich man.
sembling a dotterel.
game
takai, a kind of fencing
tajirta, to be rich.
played with short sticks, the
taka, separable possessive pron. 2nd pers. sing, 'thy,' used
players go round in a circle,
when
possessor
masc. and
is
object possessed
is
fem.
;
cf.
and taki. to measure lengths with
7taka t3.ka,
the hand.
taka,
n.
trampling
if
takaichi, hatred, anger,
;
cf.
they
irrita-
annoyance ina jin takaichi I am angry with. tion,
debe takaichin
down
women
the players be
clap their hands.
someone back
;
wane in
to
his
pay
own
coin,
take
to
lit.
annoyance
out the
of anyone.
takake, fem.
takaka,
reaped
is
ta-
pi.
form from trodden down, mashed. particip.
takala, the round pole of the
is
before
the
planted,
ta-
kandar nama the saddle meat,
to anger.
take,
and
guinea-corn
takaita, to be angry, to excite
kaku,
takawa
352
takaita
supposed
the sweetest meat.
takandar giwa,
a tree with
fragrant blossoms and black
= gwafsa.
plum-like fruit,
loom on which the woven It is recloth is wound.
takanta, to manure
volved by a handle (matuki)
takarda,
end of it, and by two peg ropes
fixed into one
secured
(ja-haya) one on either side of the weaver.
takalmi,
pi.
ders, in
shoe,
takalitia^
of persons,
tra-
i.e.
a caravan, the sandal
tabeing typical of trader, kaVmi divhu ya yaniu a thousand traders were collected.
takama,
n.
takar*
cf
;
tdki.
.
(K.), indeed, certainly.
pi. takardu, sometimes used as masc, Kanuri
tayarda
Gk.
(cf.
(?)
x^P^^^)'
Ar.
^^lfc>Ji,
paper,
letter,
book, anything with writing
sandal, used to express the
number
of
contain
to
a proud walk, also
the amble of a horse,
doki
F
on, e.g.
140 ajefo har
kardun aiku iiamu we
ta-
shall
be placed according to the lists of our deeds. takarkari, pi. takarkarai, an ox used for carrying loads.
takama,
a kind of hard potash.
takarra, competition, over- bidding.
maitakaTna a horse which has
takarshe,
been taught to amble cf maitakama one who walks proudly, ya7ia takama he swaggers.
takas [cf. Ar. j^,-»a»j and j^^i.^, which have been variously
;
akan above. takanda, takanta, Sorghum
takan, a form
of
saccharatum, sugar-cane
;
rike (Ar. 5 jL^i, English
can-
dy
*) ;
'
cf.
with Hausa prefix ta
as in takarda.
guinea-corn
in
last
;
see karshe,
.
interpreted dolphin, sea-cow,
hyena and badger, Lat. taxo (Augustine),
It.
taxus, tasso,
Germ. Dachs], badger. takasara. grass covering appendage worn by certain pagan
It resembles
tribes.
appearance
takawa,
steps
;
cf.
tdka.
;;
;;
353
take take, to tread
take
(ikayi
maaa
fada they are
see tdka.
;
outright;
killing
(K.),
take he
was
killed
taki, separable possessive pron. pers.
when
possessor
dung
and
takruriy takrur*, Hausaland negro, Sudanese tukruru, Hausa. taku, separable possessive pron. 2nd pers. pi. 'your,' used
object
yin taki or takanta
;
to manure.
taki,
pi.
taki-taki,
tdke-tdke^
a
pace,
C
1
length,
tendency dunia the ;
a
measure
foot regarded as a of
course,
taki-takin
7
course
of
this
world. taki, to tread feet
taki,
;
pi.
down with the
see tdka. takoki,
back.
thine, used
sing.,
taka and naki.
cf.
for fighting.
t3.kos, seven
possessed are both feminine
taki,
as swords to
the believers, a preparation
takoko, an old man with bent
outright.
2nd
td,la
an insect like
a locust, with long
legs.
;
see tokos. ;
when the feminine
object possessed
is
naku.
cf.
;
of takobi, sword, q.v.
takuba, pi.
takumkumi,
a muzzle for a
goat or a donkey; see kukumi.
takura, takure, to fold, crease, double up maitakura fuska a man who frowns, takure is used as intrans. v. to be curled up in a heap, used of a man or a snake dari ya takuraka zmcri daia the cold makes you sit crouched up, ;
;
taki, teki, a span, the distance
from the tip of the thumb to the end of the middle finger see
tdkcc.
takichi, a fee paid for bringing
a present
;
see tukuichi.
takidi (Ar. j^t, confirmed, strengthened), repetition, the
doing over again of something already done, takobi, takwobi,
pi.
takuha,
used of clothes, to shrink anatakura he is bowed •
pass,
down. takurua, a
species
palm
of
see tukurua.
takwoshi, lameness
;
koshi.
taia, talla
(cf.
press
for
to
see tar-
^
iv,
payment),
n.
Ar. rt
sword, cutlass, zare takobi to
haggling, exposing for sale,
draw a sword C 38 su ne takuhan mumini na shirin
cf.
;
R. H. D.
crying wares in the street
M. H.
p.
223, shina talla
23
;;
hmva he exposed a slave for sale, also talla da to expose for sale
see tdlata.
;
tallaba,
tS,laba,
to
cf
.
support
tdlahe.
person or thing, to prevent falling.
bring
upachildor animal the parent
which
is
dead, to feed, to
liand over the care of anyone to another. talafi, tallafi, n. 1. step-parent; 2.
the over-sight or care of
anyone. while cooking
;
talaka (Kanuri
cf. taiga.
a poor person, a dependent
tolotolo,
talotalo,
onomatopoeic
Ar.
talatin*,
thirty.
talauchi, ness
talala, talaala, tying with a
ya yi masu tahe watched them from a
long tether
;
^^''^•
o^*^'
;
poverty, humble-
n.
C
53
dau
?/a
talauchi
ya fiya masa dukia he took upon himself poverty, it was better to him than wealth; matalauchi,
who
is
pi.
matalauta one
very poor. ;
see
tal-
auchi, talaka.
drum made
of a
gourd.
up or mix in hot
taiga, to stir water.
of
saddle em-
broidered in gold or
talaki*, indigo,
cf
;
agwaywa.
talha, a kind
person,
silver,
brought from the north. talhatina, pi. talhatinu, a stone pendant worn by women, a brooch of agate.
distance.
talalabia, slipperiness laldbia to
;
yin
talia*,
1.
flour mixed with water:
ta-
in N. African macaroni;
2.
a
slip.
(Ar.
meal prepared for a bride,^,JIJ*I,
whence Germ. Atlass), ja talashi red satin. tSilata, tallata, to of,
frequently
for three thousand.
tale, a small
talaga), poor,
maitalaka a poor or humble
talashi*
the numeral
is
talauta, to be poor
talagi, to stir about in the pot
lala
talata
;
talatalu,
num.
tSilafa, tallafa, tolafa, to
of
three
turkey,
tS,labe, tallabe, to support a
from
^^),
talata ( Ar.
used, esp. in counting cowries,
anything with the hand spread ;
talibambam
354
tdilaba
out
.
satin,
satin
ask the price
haggle, cry wares, babble.
groom and
his friends.
talibambam, with large across
it
;
1.
a small
2.
frog,
and two line> fish with belly
belly,
like that of this frog.
;; ;
talikai* (Ar.
.
things
animate and inani-
F
mate,
talili,
oi^JLa^.!? ii),
137.
cf.
;
halita*.
cf.
see tdla.
;
see tdlaha.
;
smearing arrows ; cf. defi. talotalo, turkey see talatalu. ;
.
106
p.
tamaha
;
yin tamaha to
72, prepara-
tatali, id.
maha
sometimes used as
is
a verb,
talolo (K.), penis. talonia, talaunia, the name of a vegetable poison used for
B
Gr.
think, imagine, hope, expect
tallaba, to support anything in
cf
ex-
it is
hinders the
of (his hope for) tithe corn
talla, n. haggling
the open hand
tamaha
malam noma
mallam from farming because
talji* (Ar. *-JJ), snow.
;
prov.
cf.
;
ta liana
pectation that
talita*, to create
taltali* (Ar.),
wada
sabhoda hatsiii zdka
an amulet.
tally o, step-child.
tion
pectation), hope, expectation,
thought
fc created,
"
tambaba
355
talikai
e.g.
ahind.a ha
ator-
the unexpected.
tamalaulo, a sword with only one cutting edge cf. tam^. a disease of horses ;
tamamana, and dogs.
tSiinani (Ar.
jj>o^), price,
value;
tdmaninsa its price is. .; tdmani is actual price paid, kima .
tain or taman-taman, taut, tight.
tS-ma, hold bite,
tamma of, strike,
to
is
(S.),
to
take
of a snake to
owe, to lay hands
price as valued,
tamania, tamania,
Ar., eight thousand, n. defiance,
pride
;
cf.
tama.
on.
tamanin, Ar. tdjna 2.
lis,
the ore of iron;
1.
3. a sword rough workmanship kdshin-tdma and mata-
iron smelting
;
tama*, pride cf tamania. ta-mache, adj. female;
(used in colloquial
Arabic and in Asben), girdle Gr.
p.
138,
1.
tamaya, tamaye, sist cf.
;
cf
tamayi,
viache.
tamagi, a rope made (cf.
^^^^•
26.
to help, as-
.
;
covet,
tamantaka cf.
inachi.
tamaha
o^s^^-^^j
eighty.
;
of cheap cf.
num.
(?)
Ar.
and Kauuri
of rdma.
jO*,
to
tartia ex-
.
taya.
help, assistance.
tamba, a dark red species of rice, when mixed with mddi it is
used as a drink. doubt, uncertainty
tambaba,
23—2
;
tambaia
;
yin tamhaba to be in doubt or uncertainty, habu tamhaba there is no doubt.
tambaia,
to ask
tambari,
pi.
;
see tamhaya.
tambura (cf j^Jj, used in Barbary for drum, and which comes through the .
Spanish tambor), 1. a kind drum, the bottom of which
of is
tamu
356
pointed, often carried on a
tamifasua, tafasua, tanfasua, needle, used in Katsena for alura.
tam.ga, a sword
see tagomas.
;
tamgaram, tangaram, a glass any small white
dish,
vessel.
tamka, tanka, tamkar, tamkan, tamkat, like; wanan shine tamkat like that;
=
wonchan
this is
usually followed
camel, sometimes in pairs, in
by
front of a royal procession;
tamkarda su che just as they said cf kamada.
2. part of the embroidery on atobe; maitambari drummer.
tambaya, tambaia,
1.
ques-
tion, enquiry; F 146 /« su duka tambaya bambam ga kowa and the questions asked
at each are
all different yin tambaya to ask, A 27 ta yi tambaya let her ask; cf. M. H. p. 200, suka kawo goro na tambaya they brought kola ;
nuts as a greeting of enquir}'
na zo tambayarka 7ie I have come to ask you a question. tambaya, tambaye, v., 1. to question a person
;
ya tamhim
bayeshi he enquired of 2.
to enquire concerning any-
ya tamhaya abu he
thing;
asked about a matter; maitambayawa one who asks,
F 2.
like to or like
1.
a scar of a
a ruin;
cf. tabo.
wound;
as;
.
;
tamka, to converse see tanka. tamka, red pepper see tankwa. tammat*, Ar. id., lit. it is ;
;
finished
it is often placed at the end of compositions, C 55, ;
G7. tam.na, tam.na,
n.
chewing.
mutane suna tamna goro the people chew the kola nut 2. tamna hakori to gnash the teeth 3. 1.
to chew, e.g.
;
;
to hurt; tafmnane^ fem. tam-
nana^ cf.
pi.
tam,nanu, chewed
tona, tauna.
tam.ogashi, a sword; see
/"
gom^as.
tamraro, tauraro,
T^\.tamrdr>'.
taurdrai, star ; zuba tam,rarai to divine, act as
tamu,
when the fem.
an
separable
pron. 1st pers.
19.
tambo,
c?«
;
cf.
astrologer.
possessive
pi. 'our,'
used
object possessed
use of namu.
is
tana
tanka
357
tana, pers. pron. 3rd pers. fern, pies, tense; cf. shina (masc).
tanfasua,
an earth-worm.
tangadi*
tana,
pi.
tanadi
tanu,
(S.), foresight, prepara-
a small bag
(K.),
tanchia, the name of a tree (like a lime tree), women make masabi for cotton with it.
tanda, to lick the fingers; part. tandewa, tundewa licking.
tandem
(S.),
tandodi, a
bread
in,
(K.), pi.
cooking
for
pit
oven, large earthen
pot used as an oven. tandabara, pigeon see ;
tanta-
hara.
tandara, a large spotted snake.
tandawara, a small
goat-skin
bag used for holding water, etc.;
cf.
tanderu (K.), oven; see tanda. tandewa, licking see tanda. ;
tandu, Kanuri
sun
alike.
da ni
id.,
against a tree
1.
a vessel
tangara*,
;
— na
— ya
tanfari kasa che ka
kai gini
it is
you desire
A
76
kana
so
like,
like earth
to build.
when
tangara
;
tangaran,
clear; see tangarai.
see tangam.
;
tangori, a large wooden pin used in winding the thread on the wooden cylinder {kwar-
is
is ;
then fixed
the operation
called taria.
of
the horizontal ties
roof,
binding the slop-
grass
ing
che.
tanfari, tamfari*,
7ia
ji wohala.
tangarai, tangaran, bright, clear, sound tangarai ke nan the sky is unclouded. tangaram, a glass dish ; see tamgaram.
tanka, tcine
dangana^
Kanuri tungur,
cf.
in the shuttle
necked leather bottle. tS.ne*, to say, speak, ya
cf.
;
to feel trouble,
a small skin bottle for holding antimony 2. a narrow-
tandun
;
ahoki
id.
kwaro) which
of skin
tangam da alike,
and I, we agree exactly. tangana*, to lean against, ya tangana ga itache he leaned
tozali
made
level, equal,
yi
mu ne ta7igas my friend
tangas, alike
tanda.
tam-
(K.), stumbling; yin
juna they are
leather.
see
tangadi to stumble.
tangam, tangas,
tion.
tS-nawara made of
tanda
needle;
fasua.
rafters
;
karan
tanka
the cross pieces tied to the sloping
sticks
the
grass
rest
upon
;
(tsaiko),
for
of
the
cf.
under jinka,
roof
to
;
tanka
and
dirka
tsaiko^
mafiadi,
yanta^ to converse,
1.
tankaiva conversa-
to reply,
2. to talk much, D 87 idan ka tanka if thou talkest much, tankiyo^ tenkia much ;
to bind
tight,
to tie or stretch, e.g. a
bow-
string.
shake;
1.
2.
winnow, to to knock down, to
to overturn.
winnowing; yin winnow, pass to
tankade,
n.
tankade through a sieve. tankare, to prop, support. tankari, prop, support, tent-pole
e.g.
sariki shi ne tan-
;
;
obtaining your wish; ha shi
tankosawa
cannot be bent
it
see seq. intr. to turn, tp re-
bound, used of a spear thrown back ; see tankosa^ also lanko-
tai).kawa,
;
tankura, crouch down, cf.
conversation
;
see
tanke, to bind see tanka. tankerike, tankarki, a kind of hawk. ;
tankiya, much talking, quar-
tatasai and tsidifi. tankwasa, to bend;
bo}^
the third or fourth
child of his mother, the pre-
compel,
see
fo,.'
tankwasa,
humility,
maitan-
kwasa a humble person
see
;
tankosa.
tandabara,
pi.
tantabararu),
hasbia;
young
1.
2.
atamepigeon,
used
tig.
of a
girl.
tantakoshi, marrow bone. tantala da gudu to run very hard.
tantala,
tantama, doubt, uncertainty,
see tanka.
tanko*, a name given to a
tankwasa,
;
tankwa, twankua, a red pepper of medium size between
cf.
vious children being
16
tantaharu, tandaharu (Fulali
see tamka.
tanka.
relling;
D
takura,
tantabara,
ports the world.
tankat, like
bend,
I cannot bend it na tankosa zuchianka I prevent you from
kosa.
karin dunia the king sup-
tankosa,
na iya ha
my finger is stiif,
she.
tankada,
is
ta gage ba
tankoshe,
talking, quarrelling.
tanka, tanke,
who
yasana
en tankosata
tanka, tamka, tion
tantana
358
all girls. 1.
hinder,
to e.g.
prob. an intensive form from
yin tantama to be
tamaha. in doubt.
tantana,
n.
outspread
tantana,
v.
squatting legs.
to spread out.
witli
;
tanura, a small bag for carrying provisions for a journey cf.
;
to
tarda
to help,
a
assis-
a small
plant like an
edible
onion
used as a medicine for colds, also for snake bites garlic. :
tapki, pool
see tabki,
;
lint
(S.),
ings
and go
to her husband's
tararu, collected together.
taruwa meeting,
made from
as
tara to
of
intr.
tatara^ q.v.,
tdru
used be as-
is
sembled, gathered together,
n. softness
;
num.
card.
see tafshi.
f.
the
nine,
corresponding ordinal nata7'a,
tarare^ fem. tararia,
pleted, pi.
tcire^
the marriage was com-
i.e.
to pile up, etc.
cotton.
tapshi^
a
tare (used without obj.) of
house, akaclaura au7'e ta
tance.
tapamua, tafamua,
see
with.
lie
bride, to collect her belong-
form of taycty q.v. tanyo, n. (Zanf.) help,
tappa
(distinct
meet,
to
tara da to
Zanf.),
(S.
gather
collect,
from
tanawara.
tanya
tara,
taraiya
359
tanura
is
m.
tatara ninth.
tara, to care about, ha shi taran
to be full
;
tarshe to collect,
bring together, intens. form tatara to pile up.
tara, taro, tribute, but paid
only by heathen, also a fine
kauri he does not mind the
cf.
smell of burning; 7ia damre
ha ta rc(ha ka da zauren tara
ha shi tara aiki the bound can't choose their task, shina
separates you from the place
da taran ahinchi he
of fines
dainty
is
meet
tara, to put together, gather, collect,
;
liable to
see tare.
;
I did not hear, I did not see
i.e.
keep clear of
mischief and you will not be
over his food. t3.ra, to
prov. ha7i ji ha han gani
assemble;
A
17 ka-
dadai ka tara hanuka don tsoron heri although thou put both thy hands on it for fear E 23 su tara of losing it gida they share the same abode; cf. M. H. p. 198 ha mu tara enua daia we do not share the same shade tarda ;
;
punishment; za^u
chin tara they will have to
pay fines. tarabulus, tarabus, the town of Tripoli.
taraia*, a girdle made of cloth. tarairaiya, to coax a person
who
is
vexed to come back,
to welcome.
taraiya
(K.),
tarewa
(S.),
sharing, possessing in
n.
com-
taramnia
360
with
jiion
dakin
others.
taraiya a room shared with allah ha shi taraiya
another,
da kowa God has nothing in common with any other. abokin taraiya a partner.
taramnia (Combretuni verticil-
tari
nan
stay here
welcome, tdrasda,
obj.),
tdradda,
to
meet, come up with, overtake,
ku
find,
tare
ku
the
ta,re
usual outcry for stopping a
runaway thief, horse, ya tdra he stopped it.
etc.
tdri
without object, to meet,
a brigand. t^reo*, to meet with, to take
pi. tararti,
collected,
gether; see tdra. to reach to
tarba (S.), tarbache,
see tare.
;
to go to meet.
etc.
to gather
(S.),
food,
going to meet
n.
;
to detain.
tarda, to meet with
;
see tare.
tare, together, tare da ni to-
gether with
me
;
mu
taji tare
go together; tare da wanan*, lit. together with
let us
nevertheless (an imita-
tion of Ar.).
:
see tdre.
possessing in com-
see taraiya.
tarfa (Ar. o^j-l^), to pour out drop b}^ drop, to pour out tarfi,
a drop of water, a small
piece
anyone. (S.), v.
mon
(S.),
slowly.
for the poor. (S.),
bring, to relieve another
of his load
tarewa
subscription, contri-
bution of food,
tarbata
and
see tare.
;
tS,rasda, to overtake
this,
(without
tarda,
advantage of the wind in winnowing, niatarian hainya
gathered,
tarbe
tdria meeting, wel-
taras
alto-
tarare, fem. tarara,
tarbe
;
to
hiska to stand so as to take
tS,rare, to strain out.
etc.
and stop him
out to meet,
go
to
2.
with fragrant white flowers,
tS,ras,
with
it
your hand, tdra hanit put your hand in the way. tdra
come,
to trickle.
to stop,
1.
da hanu stop
tdreshi
latum, Combretaceae), a tree
and a four-angled fruit. tarara, tSiraro, to be poured out Uke wheat through a sieve, or Uke water, to leak,
tS,ra,
tS-rie,
ta,re,
anything
of
(cf.
Ar.
^»targade, a bruise or sprain. tari, abundance, plenty, as adv.
much, plentifully; p.
cf.
M. H,
217, akoi masalachi tari
there are
many mosques,
sometimes tarinku
with
all of
you.
used
pronouns
;;
tari,
tarwada
361
tari
I
;
cough see toari. an operation in weaving; ;
taria,
taro, a shrub
taro, a tax taro,
see tangori.
from tdra to meet, etc. taria, from tdra to assemble, meeting, yin taria to meet
taru,
tS,ria,
multitude,
,
gether;
;
see taru.
see tara.
;
tarori,
pi.
D
71
company, heap
B
used adverbially cf.
158=^ to-
tara.
i
tarsa*
tnasutaria crowd.
tarika
Ar. Aijj-b, mode of
(cf.
have a certain character, e.g. ya tarika dede he is a dawdler, ya tarika facia he is quarrelsome. acting, habit), to
tariki* (cf. (?) Ar. Jji, to foul water by throwing stones into
it),
small stones or sand
mixed with tario (Ar.
grain.
^jU),
le-
property,
D
68.
possessions,
tarki*, a Sokoto word used to
denote an impossible task Gr.
p.
136.
sun yi tarki
the task was beyond their
tafia tarkoshi
on one side of his
he walks instep, he
goes lame.
tama,
see tersa.
tarsashi,
tasashi,
alto-
all,
gether.
tarshe, gether
to
bring
collect, cf.
;
to-
tdra.
D 78 ka tarshimu ji dadi help us
tarshi, tarshe, to help,
tarsoa,
lit.
grouping, the con-
tartso, to spurt out,
spit,
sparks or liquids,
as of
tartsatsi
spurting, sparks.
taru,
pi.
;
tar unaJ
cf tdra. .
tarurua,
a
large net, e.g. one stretched across a river;
cf.
konna small
net.
taru, taro (Combretum spino-
strength.
tarkoshi, takwoshi, lameness.
yana
tarsasa*, to reproach, despise;
taru, to assemble
loads.
cf.
see
stellation Pleiades.
tarkache, terkache, tarikache,
70;
to feel happy. history,
gend, tradition.
tariti* squeezing,
D
help,
to
tara.
blood-feud, revenge.
tam3.ki, a rope used to hobble a horse by tying one front leg to one hind leg.
sum), a low undershrub used medicinally.
taruku, trap for wild animals made with a rope cf. turko. taruwa, meeting cf. tdra. tarwada, a kind of mud-fish, sometimes called sarikin kifi wankan tarwada a colour ;
;
;
;
tas
;
362
between black and
red,
the colour of the
tarwcida
i.e. !
when it has been washed. tas for tai or tasa, his.
tashi
tasgS.ro (Daura), loss
ing up,
resurrection,
prepared
masc.
and the object possessed fern. cf. taia and nasa,
is
;
tasa,
tasoshi
pi.
Kanuri
id.,
(Ar.
Nupe
id.,
bottle, also used of
il^),
sutashi
a large
tasamma,
to
a-
to send forth,
hindigata hai
up,
my gun
missed
with the
to seize
teeth. loss,
na yi
tasa 7na zna gari I started
to
go to the town,
straighten
and asara are
apparently both forms of the
Ar. Oj.***^, cf. hasara. tasashi, altogether; see
tasawa,
to
tar-
raise
prayer,
to
B
56 tasawal
hantsi the rising of the sun.
tasbaha* Ar.
up
ii,
tashe
26 kuna tasbaha
up
praise,
tasbi,
pi.
rosary),
to
to
cause
to
tdyesda to raise up, to
;
send away
tdyesua rising,
;
;
praise,
offer
up,
to wake one up wake one up, to set
erect,
up, to boil, to I)
salla
readiness for
in
resurrection
*..w
tada^
lift
to set free a prisoner,
tdyes to rising,
up,
tada
;
stand up rise,
sashi.
to start, e.g.
na
na
yi tasarinsu I have lost
ma
to arise, tasa
q.v.,
tasari
ha
ya. tashi
manzonsa he sent his messenOther forms are tasa
tasari I have a misfortune
them,
tashi
fire.
ger.
tashi.
tasari, misfortune,
nomadic people kasua tashi the market breaks
raise,
fa
messenger), cf.
tasM
a cup,
thing to be done, to send (a
tashii
first onslaught.
go forth, start from a place; cf. mc
bowl or bath.
waken;
tashi he
start.
V. to rise, arise,
tasdida, to raise up, to cause a
forth
fari the
ya saki
to
rais-
daga matatu
tashi
third pers. sing, 'his,' used is
see seq.
;
tashi, n. rising, starting,
when the
possessor
cf. tas-
;
kdro.
tashe, to raise up
tasa, separable possessive pron.
;
taso
to
come up;
rise cf.
tdsdda. tS,shi, brightness, light, clear-
Ar. Aa^^w,
ness
beads, esp. as used
tashi,
iasbai
(cf.
for counting prayers.
;
cf tachi. .
etc.,
a kind of pepper;
see twas/ii.
,
tashinkai
tatara
363
tashinkai, pride,
raising
lit.
tasu, separable possessive pron.
up the head.
third pers.
when the
tasinia, a small thorny plant. tasiri
ya taska the moon is well up, Jiantsi ya taska the morning was well advanced. taska,
fem.
bravery, endurance.
(S.),
taska, to mount up, to increase, used of sun or moon, wata
iaskaki, store-room,
pi.
round
a
treasury,
mud
tata,
2.
a
of
a small
tached
cf.
rise
1.
to
;
horses' food, hay.
to
hannalet us not vainly trample it (knowledge) under foot.
for
2.
to boil
;
to remind;
t§.tali,
see tashi.
Etasoma
mouth
(S.), ;
;
p. 24.
brought home
rise, i.e.
and come
Gr.
first
for the third person
tat3.ka, stalks of grass, used for
on marriage. itaso,
both however
are is
tataka tatake, an intensive form of tdka to tread down, trample under foot, also fig. B 40 kada mu tatakeshi muna
at-
by a man when he sends his wife to be
tawa
frequently used for the
;
a present given
3.
;
i.e.
possessed
and tasa
the
ground with rope noose
her,'
feminine,
women keep
hole in
first and *my' and when the possessor and
third persons,
object
a trap for ostriches which
consists
n. filtering.
used both for the
re-
string or spinning materials
tachewa,
tata, separable possessive pron.
'
1.
tasunioy% story,
pi.
taswa, boiling; a verbal noun from taso.
meton. treasure.
tazkira,
used
tale.
taskache, to lay up treasure. taskS,ro (S.), loss, damage. basket in which
their,'
*
cf. iiasit.
;
tasunia,
ceptacle for grain, etc., hence
;taskira,
pi.
object possessed is
to seize with the
see tasamma.
tasu, used for joining cardinal
cf.
D 86 ya yi he makes preparation
preparation,
tdtali
;
taltali*, id.
tatapara, a bat. tatara, an intensive form of
points of compass in order to
tdra, q.v., to squeeze, pile
denote intermediate points;
together,
tasii arewa = gabaz kusurua arewa = East towards Korth.
tightly
gahaz
A
sitting crouching with
'
chart
up
28 pass, atatare
folded,
D
61
akatataramu on
arms rana that
;
tatasai
day
;
364
when we have
gathered together;
E
hankalinsu
tatara
been 19
zua
sz^
ga
taushe lense, is
gum
a
used as inceii-
obtained from
mata they pay all their attention to women. tatasai, twashshi, or tushi,
horns of a cow),
species of large green pepper
tauraro (Daura),
pod, not very hot;
cf.
tankwa.
tataura, fem. tatauria, pi. taura, hard ; see tauri.
ta-
curls, or locks
man's
face.
star
;
see
ta^i^
rdro.
taurata, to harden
;
see taurl.
the Books
(Ar.),
of
Moses. tauri*, he-goat.
ite.
tatsa, tatse, twatsa,
twache,
tauri, hardness, stubbornness
to milk, to squeeze out juice,
da tauri strong, hard
extract.
zuchia hardness of heart
tatsunia, pi. tatsuniai^ star. taubashi, a play companion, said to be used of those brought up together as children, but in Sokoto
it is
only
applied to the children of a
brother and sister and not of
two brothers
;
one taubashi
may greet another with abuse at which no offence
is
taken
;
places across his shoulder, a
load being suspended at either end.
hand over the anyone to another
(S.), to
care of
to
taura, a
chew see tamna. Detarium Senega-
tree,
;
;
yin
taurin
ido
sauciness,
bold-
ness;
dan tauri invulnerable;
tauri
is
applied to castrated
rams or goats. tauria, a form of tauri, barrenness matauria barren. ;
tausa, 1. to squeeze; merse cf. taushe.
2.
to im-
;
tausaye, pity, comyin tausai and jin
passion
;
tausai to have or feel pity, to
abin tausay
be sorry;
what a pity tausaye, pity
!
see prec.
taushe,
n. fondling.
taushe
(S.),
tausa
press, squeeze;
see talafa.
taurin
hard; taurin kai obstinacy;
;
taulafa
;
tauri to harden, to become
tausai,
see shara.
tauga, a pool. taula, a pole which a carrier
tauna,
wo
of hair at the side of a
taureta
tatengi, dan tatengi pet, favour-
its roots.
taura (Fulani id. = turned down
to block
eat
up a hole
through,
(K.),
to
taushe rami
e.g.
;
to nibble,
of
white;
;
tayaz
365
taushi ants
;
to hold
;
keep one
oft*
or back, to
off; tausashe, fern.
tausashia, pi. tausasu, pressed,
squeezed
gianduma
;
tausa-
tawatsa, tawasa, a tree with jointed pods, a poison for smearing arrows is obtained from it, from its bark are
shia a water-gourd with the
made
mouth closed;
cana, Leguminosae).
taiLshewaipres&-
tawaya, tauwi,
ing, squeezing.
taushi, fineness, softness
mai-
;
taushi or da taushi soft
;
cf.
tautau, spider ; see toto. tautauchi, tautau, cobweb,
M. H. p. 200 see toto. tauwi, to lessen see tawaya. tawa, separable possessive pron ;
;
pers.
possessor
sing., is
possessed p.
24
;
the day declines ;
3.
to decrease,
1.
rana
ta
tawaya
to press
2.
;
to hem.
tawaye, twins
;
see tawai.
t&ya, to bargain, to make an
in soup.
tawada,
to lessen, e.g.
down
laushi, tapshi.
taushi, taushe, onions cooked
first
ropes (Albizzia moluc-
cf.
for
when
used
masc. and object
is
See Gr.
fem.
nawa.
adawa
nawa antaya what is the price 1 nawa nawa su ke how much are they each?
price of
;
Ans. aa ba7i tayasu ha I don't know, I have not enquired their price yin tdyi, id. taya, to help, to assist, constr. 1. with direct obj. 2. with ma, e.g. na taya maka I help thee; 3. with an inf., e.g. wane shina tayani chin kiji nan ;
;
or tadawa,
ink.
tawaga, running away,
especi-
who
ally used of a crowd.
tawai, rebellion, the tawaye, rebellious,
ask the
offer in bartering, to
pi.
is
form
used of
fish
?
will help
me
to eat this
tainya, tainye, tainyo,
to help
;
tainyona*, n. help
;
towns or peoples which refuse to pay tribute, etc. used of Borgu, Abuja, northern half of Gobir, Ningiand Argungu tawaye a revolution ; yin ta-
tamaya, tanya. tayas, tayar ma wani da han-
waye
tayaz, to refuse, disobey, trans, and intrans. ya tayaz mai he
;
to revolt.
tawai. tawaye, twins tawaliyu*, humility
;
cf tag Hi. .
(cf.
Ar.
cf.
kali to upset, annoy.
tayasda, tayesda, to
raise
up
see tashi.
disobeyed him obedience.
;
tayazua
dis-
tayesua tayesua,
366 rising,
resurrection;
see tashi. tS,yi,
n.,
a
offering
1.
help;
cf.
M. H.
p.
226,
of pity,
tazargadi*, a bitter medicine made from herbs used as an emetic.
tazkira, a small basket
iu
which
women keep string or spinning te, tai, to
;
see
;
go
apparently an
;
cf.
J^ji
v),
to
tarsasa. ;
seetao-wada.
tesa, to say a thing over again, repeat.
teyi, invitation; see tdyi.
tibbu, love charms. tihu, tifu, a hanging mat. tijo, a disease on horses' legs. tika, a blow, e.g. with the
fist.
tike, a fibre or grass rope.
tilalabia*, soft, slippery mud.
see taskira.
abbreviated form of
Ar.
(cf.
terwada, mud-fish
ahokin tayo a friend to help.
tazanko, an expression
tersa*
despise;
tayi, foetus of animals.
materials
of a horse
price,
invitation to
2,
join in partaking of food.
n.
temaki, hobble tarnaki.
bargaining;
tayo,
tinzera
taji.
teddas, to blow water out of the mouth teddaswa the action of blowing water out
tllas, fern, tilas ha ta rasa dakin
kwana^ i.e. necessity knows no law, force; da tilas by force,
perforce, yui tilas to
;
of the
mouth
;
;
see
n. ofiFering
or exposing
for sale,
terga, VIII, fall),
tilasa rtiuttim, I use
tilasda, to constrain tilli* (Ar. Jj), a
Ar. wJJi to have weak knees and pi.
na
force to compel the
tental*, civet,
tergai
(cf.
disease of joints
;
ya yi
terinia, fatness
;
ya yi terinia
;
man. see prec
heap or
store of anything
;
see
largt tidli.
tindumi, sewing or embroidery at edge of a garment.
tingama,
terga.
(S.)
to use force with, to constrain, e.g.
tanka.
terere,
tila^a
;
(K.) and tilasda, tilasta
see tuda.
tenkia, dispute, quarrel
use force, to compel
wheat,
to beat or grind
rice,
etc. j
he
tinia, a cactus
is fat.
terkache, possessions
;
see tar-
kache.
terko, a trap or snare turko.
;
see tumia.
tinjere, tunjere, syphilis,
\
sy-
philitic sore. ;
see
tinjim, plenty. tinzera, perplexity, fear; no
.
tomo
367
tir
am
yi tinzera I
afraid
see
;
tnmzurua. tir,
woe
you this
!
may God curse da wanan woe to
alas
man
itatua su yi
;
tofo the trees sprout
ti7'
!
forth as plants
!
yin
tofo
;
itache
ya
;
tofu
=
tofu the
tree sprouts.
toge ma, to shrink from, with-
!
tira, a leathern charm,
tirare, scent
draw from. toi, to burn,
see turare.
;
tirka, n. a tax, esp. a tax upon
an inheritance or
legacy.
tirkata, to tax an inheritance,
tirmani, a small black stinging
toka,
F
114
^
tisain (Ar. ,j-ou^),
id.,
card.
see toya.
tok^ra, to uphold, to support as a pole supports a tent;
up the roof
atokareshi prop
with a forked
ant.
;
tokuna^ ashes, dust.
pi.
stick, also to
jam, stick; kayar
kifi ta
tsaya
awuya ta tokareshi a fish-bone num. ninet}
stuck in his throat.
to, well! so! yes! indeed! good!
when a native does not quite understand what is said he will frequently reply
to.
toari, tari, twari, cough
;
yin
such as grows especially on abandoned farms, and which used for thatching,
gonan
etc.;
kewoya daga nesa go a long way round to cf.
avoid a
tofa
field
;
see tukuichi.
ordinal
is
the
;
masc.
natokos, fem. tatokos.
hand over the care anyone to another; see
tolafa, to
tofa, sharp-edged grass or bush
is
present
tokos, card. num. eight corresp,
toari to cough.
.
tokochi, a fee for bringing a
of
tofa
you get the prickles
in
of
talafa.
tolahi, a security for good conduct.
toliya, a hair tuft of a
young
(lest
man. tolma, to pledge, mortgage.
your
tolotolo, turke}'
feet).
toma*, pride;
tofa, tofi, to breathe out, to
;
see talatalu.
tomansa I speak haughtily to him see iTia
;
spit; ^), a shirt, worn under or instead of the large flowing
gown {riga)
the
;
and
sometimes the singular is used for clothes generally C 35 saiko tufa ka bida ga dakin dunia thou
must seek for nothing in this world but clothing tufania, tufanya, a mat made of
woven
down cf.
one
grass, e.g.
in front of a
let
doorway
Mauri.
tufata, to clothe
tuburkuma, tumburkuma, 1.
tudda^
the lower level
whence he disem-
;
tube, to take
tuda,
may refer to
plural
water.
;
it
barks, of
tubani, tabani, tubuni, beans ground up and cooked in
skin
man's country which is supposed to be a fertile place, or of the sea
pent truly.
tub all, a
tugua
to pour over, to
tufka, tubka, tupka, tumka. to
plait,
muna
twist,
tubka
making
braid,
e.ir.
we
are
igia
rope,
tufua, clothing
;
see tufa.
tuge, to pluck, pull out (e.g. a plant from the soil), intens.
form tuttige cf. tumbuke. tugu, dan tugu a professional ;
receiver of stolen property, a
spill; cf. teddas.
sharp dealer,
tudu,
pi.
tudodi
(Ar.
V^\
mountain, mound, hill, any low elevation or rising ground.
tudu
is
often used to denote
Africa as opposed to the white
tugua,
pi.
a tobe
;
tuguna, a shirt like see tagua.
tugua, the shaking of milk a calabash in order to butter; cf. seq.
in
make
;
tukuwa
383 tugua, tagua, heavy rain ya i/l tugua it is tempestuous. ;
tugufa, a raised tugili.tagiii,
tugula*, a
tuhuma, tiija,
pi.
mud
bed, dais.
tnguaye, twins.
l)racelet
;
to suspect
see tagula.
;
cf. tijo.
tuje, to tan, to scrape hair from
a skin, intens. form tutuje tuj i, 2.
;
1
.
Paaw or greater Bustard
rudder
;
cf
.
tunhuda
;
tukawa pushing, paddling. tuka, tuke, to finish matuka boundary tukewa ending. tiika, tukka, n. chewing the cud cf. tsuke. ;
;
:
tiika, tiikka, the twisting of
strands into
thread
;
tukke
a rope made of grass, used in Zaria for binding on the roof of a house.
tukane, pots see tukunia. tukatukai (K.), calf of leg. tuke, to end see tuka. ;
;
tuke, goat-pen, a shortened form of turike, q.v, tiike, tukke, to mash, chew, sania tana tukke the cow is chewing the cud cf. tsuke. :
plaited
p.c. of
;
from
the value
a tip or 'dash.'
:
see tukunia.
before, since
as yet
varies
It
etc.
tukuna, tukun,
p.
;
as a
king,
of the present
207 matansa na tnka tuo his wife prepared food tiika jirigi to paddle a canoe, jnatuki a paddle used
M. H.
of
tukwichi, the fee paid to the bearer of a present from a
tukumya,
a tough grass.
tiika, to push, to stir in cooking cf.
made
grass.
about 5 to 10
tuge.
cf.
dish-cover
tukuichi, takichi, tokochi,
(Ar.^^).
a disease of horses
tuku, tukuwa, pi. tuk;j,
rose),
specially used of a kind of
attar of roses.
ware,
to separate, to disperse,
!
;
warga
wUsa
397
ku warn
disperse
warare
ivarware^ intrans. to
\
come unravelled warwari,
past part.
!
(of thread).
ivariwari,
to
1.
ha ahi wariketva the fool incurable ; see warkada.
warki,
loin-cloth
wamu,
wartsaka,
are dispersed.
warwada, a fem.
this,
frog.
to be convalescent,
to get better.
warware,
komo gobe tvarhaka return at
warwarji,
time to-morrow
this
a con-
;
a hatchet
see ival-
;
wada.
form of waiiga, q v. warh3.ka, often contracted colloquially to luaraka, by this time, about this time, e.g. ka
traction of wakati hdka.
see walki.
a small dark-coloured
shake out, unfold, wind off; 2. with alkaueli to break a promise, suji ivarivatsu they
warga, worga,
;
is
come unravelled
to
;
see ware.
warwari,
to shake
out;
see
ware.
oryx
warwaji,
white
see ivalwaji.
;
warwatsa,
to
scatter;
see
wdtsa.
wari
(cf.
Ar.
(1)
jjijj,
corrupt
bad smell zama to become stinking.
matter), a tvari
;
wasa, song or game, wasa-wasa tricks, sunan wasa a nickname abokin wasa comrade, chum, wasa is also used to denote an alliance or entente ;
wari, to open, used book,
etc.
;
e.g.
of a
possibly a form
of ware.
wari*
D
(cf.
wari, 2.
l\j^),
outside,
V.
to select,
warkSida, to cure
to
choose
:
to
it
the
;
see warke.
to be cured or healed, to get well
commonly
to heal,
keke, fem. warkekia, pi.
healed
;
wasanwuta fireworks. wasa, to scatter see wdtsa. ;
wasa
warke, worke, worike,
keku,
applied
buki feasting at a marriage.
out one or more pieces.
less
specially
a part, one piece of;
abinda akayi done outside.
a pair.
wari,
is
sound of a drum; yin wasa to play music, hence wasam-
is
1.
Ar.
between states
'
wari
48
what
'
cordiale
(cf.
or yin
Ar.
iv,
to
to cut),
sharpen;
awasa wuka
let
sharpened
ya wasu
war-
sharpened
war-
Gr. p.
maihaukache
,^3
tvashi
ye
1
39,
have
;
cf
;
1.
.
the knife be
waslii
it ;
is cf.
46 kun yi washi
sharpened
(your
;
inawashi a grind-
swords), stone.
waso, to devastate. waso, distraining see wasoso. wasoso, n. snatching or steal;
wS,saki, a leathern bucket. 6 0^ wS-sali (cf. Ar. J-o^, the sign '^ placed over I), the points, or vowels, placed above or
below the
letters.
wasambuki, wasashe, wasaso,
a marriage feast
to scramble for. n.
ing
goods,
anything,
ka
yi
for
it
for
deprivation;
wasosunshi scramble see wdsa, wdshe.
;
watashi,
snatching;
scrambling
loss,
wasu, pi. of wani, q.v. wata*, to arrive at, reach. wata, wota, pi. watani, and
see wasa.
see
9vasoso.
wasawasa, a sort of porridge made of beans or guinea-corn, or in N. Africa of macaroni cf kuskus.
see wdsaki.
construed
usually
as masculine,
moon,
1.
e.g.
wata shina hada haske the moon gives light, farin wata new moon, or moonlight; 2. month; z^atow yo this month, ivatan jibi the
.
wasekki, a leathern bucket;
washe,
watareran
398
wSisaki
next,
month
watan jia
last
after
month,
wataii gohe next month; wa-
to distrain, ruin
;
e.g.
financially.
tan bokoi the last
month
of
the dry season, i.e. the seventh
washefe, 1. hair on the cheeks and upper lip 2. a pit with ;
sharp stakes in
it.
end of thi wata ya shiga dufn
month
after the
rains,
moon does not
the
rise till
j
washi,n. sharpening; SQewdsa. washiriya, a wide space between two front teeth; see
moon
wushiria.
wasiche (Ar.), to bequeath, wasichi (Ar.), will, testament, wasiya (Ar.), testator, wasiya* (Ar. ^^^), executor, waske, woske,
to
avoid
(a
blow).
waskiya,
wata ya niutu the month (or moon) is wata ya tsaya the ended,
after bedtime,
is
new.
wata, wota, a certain fern,
one,
of wani, q.v.
watakila, perhaps
watane*
(cf.
;
cf wotakihi. .
Ar. ^>5j in, to
be assiduous), found in phr. ka watane prepare !
n.
avoidance of
blow or danger.
a
watareran, aimless toil
;
cf.
reran.
or useless
|
;;
;
watia
watia*, preparation. watika, a letter ; see wotika. wato, appearance, equivalent; waton .sariki in place of or in appearance like to a king tratmi ha ka so that
means
you don't want to. watsa, waza, wache, to ter
wazi
399
break up, rout. watsal the jumping
about, or flapping, of a fish
on dry land, pass, watsu, intens. form warwache^ walwat^watsa
tvache,
to
out, scatter abroad,
shake awaze
to
throw
away,
wawa, wawashe, wawari,
to
come unravelled returning
waye
(S.),
waye,
to
to surpass.
become clear, to dawn, e.g. gari ya waye the day dawns waye, waya, wayau, wayenchi to explain, make clear; ka waye mamu abin ;
nan explain
this thing to us;
akanwaita plained, wayewa,
dawn
;
a
one who is vain, bada wawa to deprov. dct hahu wawa
fool,
a jester
;
ceive ; cf
.
yara da wawa, i.e. half a loaf wais better than no bread, wanchi folly, foolishness. wawa, found in the phr. bahu
wawa
without doubt, doubt-
wayo, wayau,
a piece of cloth made
dawn-
plan,
scheme,
stratagem, intelligence
hence cunning,
maicunning or
skill
is
;
skilful.
wayunia, an exclamation despair
:
probably
form of wainia,
waza, a horn
of
another
q.v.
for blowing.
wazagi, a malodorous wild cat, lives in holes in towns or used in Sokoto for bush ;
tunku.
wazanu prayer
(S.), ;
one who
wa'^atsi.
calls to
see wazinu.
wazi and wazu,
less.
wawa,
ex-
is
1.
explanation,
2.
wayo one who
a deranged person.
it
interpretation.
waushi*, perhaps. wauta, abstr. of wawa, foolishness, vanity maiwauta fool;
see
;
woiwoia.
plot,
wawa,
to scramble
see ivdre.
watse, intr. to scatter; cf. wdtsa. watsu, scattered see wdtsa. ;
4^
for.
ing,
scatter.
watsatsi, fem. tvcUsatsia, a name given to a vicious goat.
ish,
strips,
pass,
scattered.
watsarda,
about twenty
cubits in length.
wawoinya*, scat-
(seed),
watsal
of
to
warn
;
see
wazmu
wohaldd'
400
wazinu, muezzin, the one who
wodi
pronounced nearly a?^" word meaning 'good,' used in Hausa as an {o
aw), a Fulani
calls to prayer.
wazir, waziri ( Ar. j-jj^), vizier.
affirmative interjection.
weiwei,
to be left alone
see
;
waiwai. see waina.
;
vanity;
windi, a small round mat made of grass
;
cf
.
wundi.
two front teeth see wiishiria. WO, to do, see yiwo. WO, WO, the sound made by a dog; cf. M. H. p. 188 wo, ;
wo, ski ne
taji taji.
(cf. (?)
labour
karia wofi a bare lie a worthless
man; chiwonwofi an incurable disease; yin wofi to compel, wofi ya shiya it was a case of
compulsion.
WOga, WOgi,
Ar. 4jj, to conwonder,
;
this,
fem. of wonga, q.y
cattle-stealing; see wdyi
wohala, wahala
sider
attentively),
II,
fear
yin woha to wonder,
tion, trouble;
to be afraid. of
wonchan,
Ar.
A
84
mu
wahala nika we
eat without
fche
ji^ affli*
ku
shall
trouble
of
grinding, yin wohala to pun-
q.v.
woda, how see ivada. woda, who, which, fem. wonda,
of
q.v.
wodachi,
riches
wodanan,
trouble, a poor
wada.
cf.
;
these, pi. of
punishment; pain, wohalan haifaa labour pains; maiwohala one who bears ish, inflict
;
wonan,
constantly.
man who toils
woJialda, wahal-
da — yin wohala to trouble
q.v.
wodanda, who,
pi.
of wonda,
oneself,
be grieved, distressed,
had a ka wohalda kanku do
q.v.
wodanga,
these, pi. of wonya,
q.v.
not
trouble,
yourselves,
wodansu, wadansu,
some,
pi.
of wani, q.v.
wodari,
to
riches
vex,
distress
wohalsa, wohal-
she to vex, to annoy, to cause affliction, to correct; cf.
make
string
;
wadari.
wodata,
(cf.
to strike fear into),
chi ha
WOChan, that, fem.
woji
wofi fruitless
aiki7i
Diutunn
wofin
wishiria, the space between the
;
ahm
privation of goods;
wene, cakes
woba*
wofi, bareness, nakedness, de
;
see ivada.
see
H.
p.
M.
183 hakori su ke wo-
halsata she has toothache, wohalda, wohalshe, see pri
;
woho
;
wonga
401
woho,
wolka and yin wolkia
a cry of exultation.
woiga, waiga, woishe, to look behind
back,
turn round,
;
concern oneself with, grieve over cf. woiwaya. WOige, waige, n. turning :
round
woishe, see woiga. woishi for waishi
WOlki, a skin wrapper
see
;
iralki.
wolkia, lightning, any bright light.
woUa*,
see woiya.
;
by Allah
Ar.,
see
!
1 valla.
cf.
;
M. H.
wollaha, wallaha
[possibly deJ^
p.
203
;
see ivai.
back,
look
oneself with
cf.
;
^
to turn
the title given to the prayers
concern
which are said when the sun is high], time about 10 a.m.,
prov. aikin
hanza makafo da waiwaiye a fruitless task is like a blind man turning round to look. woiwoiawa, waiwayawa turning round, returning cf. wo;
iga.
H. Gr.
see
woUo*,
p. 86.
theft.
wolo, egg
plant.
womagunguna gunguna
or
uwar-ma-
(Securidaca longi-
pedunculata, Polygalaceae), a
woiwoiawa,
woiwoia,
see
woiga.
4-»-5),
pi.
side,
wosashe (Ar.
place,
region
wojen darna right side, right hand, wojen hagum left side, da^a wojen nan...daga woje chan on this side... on the other side, ivojenka with you hence as adv., out, outside; ya tuma waje daia he jumped ;
shrub with purple flowers, used medicinally and in pre-
woje, waje, 0^
aside
Si
rived from the Ar. S^-wigiM,
woiwaya, waiwaya, round,
to
lighten.
ijia
tafia
woje I
am
walking outside. wojen is also used as a preposition, 'outside.'
woli, wuli, a saint, fakir; see wali. R. H. D.
,
paring arrow poison.
wombai,
a royal
officer,
heir to the throne at
fadawa. pi. wodanan^ by see wanan.
cf
the
Kano
.
wonan,
this near
;
wonchan,
fem.
ivochan^
pi.
wodanchan, that over there see wanchan. wonda, fem. woda, wodda, pi. wodanda, who, which see wanda. wonga, fem. wogga, pi. wo;
danga,
this
near by
;
wanga. 26
see
;
;
worn
402
woni, some one see tvani. woniyayi, sometiDie, a comp. of woni and yayi, q.v. ;
WOnka,
apparently a
to
verbal
wonka
is
wash the whole body,
to
substantive
bathe;
yiri
;
wanka.
cf.
wonsu, some, wonzu*, to prolong; pi.
worami
see
(K.), a ring
display of torches
is
this
;
called
wo?/;o.
WU, a shout
or scream
wushe*
WTiche,
=:
u/u.
or fuche,
;
A
;'
15 kowa ya zo ya wuche
wanzu.
every one comes and goes,
see wa-
B 75 duka sun wuche they have all passed away wuchewuche at intervals, e.g. every other day or once a week cf. prov. tvuya matvuchia difficulty is a thing which passes away; cf. Gr. p. 103 kdda dadi shi wucheni let not its sweetness escape me, M. H. p. 152; wuche da to pass by, take no notice of. ;
worga, warga,
this,
used esp.
in Sokoto district as a fem.
form of wanya. WOrigi, play, sport; yin woriyi to play, to beat a drum,
worike, worke, to be cured see tvarke.
woriwori,
improve
to
in
health. side,
a
less correct
form
wosichi, a
letter
;
see wotika.
WOSU, some, pi. of woni, q.v. wota, wata, a certain one, of wani, q.v.
wotakila
(cf.
wuchia*, wuf,
of woje, q.v.
feni.
accustomed to light torches
and throw them about
pass by, pass away, subside
of woni, q.v.
ranii.
WOshe,
wukii
(^)
;
see wutsia.
word
ex-
pressingsuddenness of action;
ya yi wuf he made a jump. wufi*, wupi* shoesa
wujiji,
Ar. iLSs, so
a tail
onomatopoeic
loan
cooperative
system among friends
;
cf.
adashi.
would mean some measure '), perhaps. wotika, watika, wochika* wosichi, pi. wotiku, wosiku that wotakila '
in
Ar. \J^^, covenant, document), a letter. wowo. At the end of the (cf.
month Muharram boys
are
wuka, knife
pi. ;
wukake, wukaikaiy
wasa or gerta wuka
wukan to sharpen a knife hanu a dagger worn on the wrist wukan sariki the name ;
;
of a spotted grasshopper with
green wings.
wukia, a
small,
long-shaped
;
wula
;;
vase or scent
wula,
for
bottle
liolding
M. H.
fez,
222
p.
;
see
fula.
walakanchi,
disgrace, maltreatment.
wulakanta
w-iij,
to
to
to
intreat,
evil
Ar.
strike blows,
(cf.
to
strike),
with
treat
contempt; ya zama toulakantache he is humbled.
wulga, wulge, wurga, throw away, throw ;
wuli, woli, a
(S.
),
;
cf
.
n.
i.e.
mala/a.
sunrise to sunset;
wuni
salutation
man working
sanu da
used to a
the whole day
;
wur very black, wura*, to jump backwards baki
and forwards,
to dance.
a metal
ring;
see
ivarami.
wurami*,
not overcast, '
is
apparently a form of rorami a crooked stick.
allah
over
ivurin,
often equiva-
with,' 'to,'
'
in place
of; wurinsa with him, ya tafi wurin sariki he went to the king. na zo imirinka I have come to see you, litafin nan yana wurina this book is in my possession, ansa wani umrinsa another was put in his of,'
or 'instead
place.
;
!
wurami,
is
wuri, an adverbial use
ka wuni lajia said on leaving one to rest in camp = may you rest well wunin aiki a day's work. wur, very ja wur very red
;
is
is
umri na,
lent to
the whole day from
spot,
sometimes used for sky, wuri ha baki ba the
sky
a round or
see
;
u)uri
all.
to
oval mat, esp. used of a prayer
see wulga.
sapka a camping-place shina wuri duka God
to
saint, fakir.
wundi, windi
;
at this time;
wurin chira a place of escape, refuge, wui'in gudu a place to flee to, wurin locality
1.
throwing
n.
throw
to
warhaka. wuri, pi. wurare, place,
2.
pass by, pass away.
wulgi, wurgi, away.
wurga,
wurhaka,
see wakiya.
;
wulakanchi,
mat wuni,
wuri
403
of prec,
early, already, before, before
da umri early tunda up till now cf. aunar maka tunda wuri your lot will be the first to be weighed da umri tvuri or wuri wuri very early. wuri, pi. kurdi, a cowry shell time
;
;
ivuri already,
;
the
pi.
is
also
used in the
general sense of money,
e.g.
kurdin gurasa bread- money, i.e. alms; cf. prov. zua da
26—2
wuria
wuya
404
wuri ya Ji zua da wuri wuri to come (late) with a cowry is better than to come very Posearly (empty handed). sibly wuri comes from the Songhai oura
according to
:
Ibn Batuta cowries were used by the Songhai in the four[Cowrie
century.
teentli
used to be imported
shells
Hausaland by way of the R. Niger from Zanzibar and the Maldive Islands.] wuria, a drain, ditch, space between two farms. wus, wush, pooh an expresinto
caterpillar,
cause
hairs
its
irritation.
wutsia, wuchia*,
tail;
1.
2.,
the strings of a loin-cloth.
wutsiar-bera (mouse's
tail),
a
plant with a hairy raceme of purple flowers, =kaskaifi, q.v.
wutsiar-kadangari
(lizard's
Monechma
hispida,
tail),
Acanthaceae, a plant common in marshes, wutsiarkurege (jerboa's
Aspilia
tail),
Compositae, a yellow flowered herb which angustifolia,
grows in marshy places, siar-rakumi
(camel's
vnittail),
!
sion of contempt.
wushe*,
to
pass
away
see
;
wuche.
wushiria, wishiria jjrfj,
to
make the
Ar.
(cf.
teeth sharp
and thin), the natural space between the two front teeth in the upper jaw. wuta, pi. wutaitai, wutache, masc. and fem., fire, a fire; jin wuta to warm oneself at a fire, fura wuta to make a faralunita brimstone.
fire,
wuta-wuta (lit. Senegalensis,
flames) (Striga Scro{)hulari-
neae), a red flowered weed,
said
by the Hausas to destroy
the growing guinea-corn
;
see
kuduji.
wutan
Platycoryne paludosa, Orchia small orchid with orange-yellow flowers found
deae,
gainye, a light green
in
damp
wutsiar-
places,
kusu a plant with a spike of pale blue flowers;
see tsar-
kiar-kusu.
wuya,
; da wuya diffihard to accomplish, of necessity, ahin dunia da wu-
difficulty
cult,
yan sani
know
all
it
is
things
diflScult ;
cf
.
to
pro v.
en uniya bai shiga arifani ha shi zama, lit. where difficulty does not enter, advantage does not abide. wuya, wiya, pi. wiyayi, masc.
neck of
;
wuyan hanu,
the hand,
wuya
lit.
wrist,
neck dokin
a form of pickaback
played by children.
!
ya
^
The letter is used by the Hausas to represent the sound of the English consonant y.
ya, pers. pron. third pers. sing, prefixed to aor. 'he,'
ya yenke he cut
'it,' e.g.
used in im-
;
personal expressions, issa it is l^etter
;
e.g.
ya
enough, ya
fi it is
esp. in
Kano,
also,
to express a wish,
e.g.
allah
ya haka lafia may God give you health, e.g. allah ya
may
taimakeka
you ya,
God
p.
its
ya
205.
used in
Kano
is
for
body
M.
of.
sometimes
how ?
cf.
ya akaji da sainyi ? how do you like the cold 1 see yaya. (used in Kano), daughter;
cf dia (used in Sokoto). .
uwa
yar-
a prefix to denote
the
third person singular of the
future tense
ya
(Ar.
cf.
;
O
id.),
Gr.
used in
esp.
!
p. 33.
expression ya sidi sir
struct form yan),
Kanuri
id.,
sons
friends,
ya
;
police,
soldiers
;
of cloth
y&ba, to
also yainata.
cf.
;
yaanan, then
see saanan.
;
praise, to give
thanks
ydbahe, fem. ydhaha,
to.
pi.
ydhahu, honoured, praised.
yaba,
yabe,
to
daub,
ceil,
smooth, plaster, of walls,
yaha
etc.
put on a coat
lifidi to
yabahe, fem. yahaha,
of mail,
yahabu, smoothed, ceiled,
pi.
plastered cf. prov. da sahmi gina gouma ydba replastering is
preferable to fresh build-
ing.
yabainya, the young shoots of any crop when about a foot high. yS,bS,ri, millet which
up of
itself
son
of
;
pi.
of da,
uwana, mother =
ya7i
my
brothers, brethren;
like da,
q.v.,
is
yabe,
has sprung on an unsown
ydbe^abe,
pi.
used to
n.
daubing,
plastering.
yabirbira, a kind of bat; see birbiri.
yabki,
y&bo,
a velvet cloth;
1.
slime;
ya (Kanuri id.), elder sister. ya (nearly always used in con-
lit.
da
farm.
sister.
ya, a contraction of yaa used as
yan sanyan kasa foot yan daidai a kind
denote occupation
;
ya kada
like a crocodile;
H.
help
!
like, jiki
is
ya
y&da
405
2.
see yapki.
praise, fame, reputation,
report
;
yin ydbo to praise,
B 21 ina ydbonka uban zahra I praise thee,
honour, sidi
O
lord,
father
of
Zahra,
ydbon kai self laudation. ydida, how, like see yeda. ;
;.
yada
406
yada, yada wiita to light a yada,
throw
to
reject,
A
e.g.
away, lose, 58 sun yada
hainya they rejected the right way. ya yada kwara he threw away the (fruit) stone. yada mashi to throw a spear as a declaration of war, cf. Gr.
139,
p.
sion
the
46, the expres-
1.
specially applied
is
to
war waged by a
first
king
after
yddo
throw
his
accession,
wrap or garment about one;
to fold over, to
2.
cast a
see yddia.
fire;
yaji
mayafi coverings, wraps, ydydfa light rain. yafe (Fulah yafu), to forgive, anyafeshi he has been quitted,
yafe
ma
to let
acoff,^
release.
yana
yafe, n. covering,
da hergo he
is
yafe\
covered with a|
blanket.
yafo, to besprinkle
;
see yafa.
yafuche, yafche, to beckon j
here
it
cf
!
yezda. yilde, to skim milk.
made from feed on
yadia,
its
ropes are
bark, ostriches
lighting; yin yddia
to light up.
yado, the creepers or tendrils of a gourd.
yadu
yado,
(cf.
Ar.
j^jj,
wide), to spread out, increase;
B
47 ihada kan yado the
ser-
God would increase. yaenda, when usually convice of
;
tracted to yanda, q.v.
yafa, yafo, to
wash
1.
to rub, besprinkle,
over with water
yafa rua to throw water over one's
e.g.
to
ai
deaf man or to someone atj a distance, ya yafucheshi he beckoned to him verb. n.
yafuchi beckoning. yafuto, to beckon and cause to
come
to oneself,
na yafuto
beckoned him to me (and he came). yaga, yage, to tear, e.g. cloth, paper, etc. F 184 (of dogs) suna hafshi suna yaga d^ tsawa they bark and tear shi I
its leaves.
n.
hand,
;
(?),
a shrub that burns with a ;
the
|
yadia, cynanchum viminale noise in the fire
with
body with the hands;
;
and
cry.
clothes,
yagua a tear in yayaga to
etc.
scratch, to claw.
yagatu
(K.), noise, alarm.
yahaya*
shot.
yaiyafa, light rain;
see
yd-
yafa. yaji, pi. yazuzuka,
1.
hotness
or sharpness of pepper, pepper, e.g.
B
17 annabi rrmgani
;
!
yaka ha
ha the medicine of
i/aji
yaji
it
is
not hot. ina da
has a pungent smell
oppression, tyranny;
rtiai-
yaji hot-tempered, valiant.
yin yaki to wage Also of hunting or a dangerous game, sukataji yaki fighting
;
war.
da bamia.
yakua
mayaki warrior.
(Hibiscus
Malvaceae),
acetosella,
a
cultivated
vegetable out of which soup
made.
It has a flower like
a convolvulus,
yellow with deep brown centre, and acid in taste
like
wa
;
ha ta
fiki
ha,
prov.
cf.
i.e.
It
sorrel.
used as seasoning,
cf.
yakumba,
1.
water-buck;
is
dodo-
yakuan muna-
mutum
daia che 'false to one false to
2.
woman. yakuta, to destroy, demolish, old
scratch ;
yakuche to be de-
stroyed, to perish
yaka, fem. yakiy pi. yaku, come yaki, pi. yakuna, yakoke, war,
is
yamala
407
the prophet
2.
.
;
also
tr.
to destroy.
yakutu*, Ar. id., a precious stone, ruby or sapphire, F 227. The Greek i6.KLv6o^, English jacinth, is the same word. yalla (cf. Fulah yalla perhaps), whether, or, e.g. B 56 yalla chikin
dere
ko
ko
jifjif
whether by night or just before dawn, B 156 yalla ta sarnu ko ba ta samuwa ha whether it be obtained or not obtained. yalo, 3
yaluna, a plant about
pi.
high, its fruit
ft.
is
like a
large tomato.
yalwa,yelwa, abundance;
yal-
the seasoning of a hypocrite is not for one man
wache abundantly. yayalwachi an intens. form = ful-
It is customary for a farmer who grows yakua to send presents of it to his
ness,
all,'
lit.
alone.
friends
:
with his
so too does the liar lies.
It
has also
medicinal uses. fatake, a tree with an orange-coloured berry-shaped
resembling berberus,
its leaves
mia.
are used in
;
cf
yalwata, tend
;
to
make
yalwata
great,
lahari
spread (or exaggerate) a
exto re-
port.
yakuar
flower
maiyelwa spacious
yalwata.
making
y&ma
(
Andropogon
ruf us, Gra-
mineae), a tall grass used for
thatching and
yamala*
mat making.
(Ar.), the large dot
placed below the line before
yamama
y to give the sound of Italian e
in Haiisa.
yamama,
be
to
sour
see
;
yami. also used
'my daughter' by a father or by any big as a voc. sing,
man to a small girl. yambu*, mud see yimhu.
yambururu carpa,
living in the S.E. of
Hausa-
y amy am. or nyamnyat probably an onomatopoeic
(Ipomaea
erio-
Convolvulaceae),
a
= yeriadi and awartvaro.
yamchi, to bind with cords so as to form a roof; cf. yanta.
grass
leaven, vinegar, any-
thing sour;
2.
sourness, /t^ra
yami the soup has gone adjectival form
;
yaina
;
yama
;
cf. 3.
yamama,
word, indicating either the unintelligible speech of bar-
hence
eating,
It
smacking
of
yay-
yan-
pain, a sore.
cannibalism.
also found as a tribal
is
name
in the Eastern Sudan.
yana, verbal pronominal masc.
sing.
pre-
pres. tense 3rd pers.
fix to
yamche,
1.
is
barians, or the
convolvulus with mauve or white flowers eaten by goats,
sour
cannibals, a namej given to the cannibal tribes]
the lips which might signify
;
ta yi
y amy am,
land.
yamata, yaiunata^
yamii,
yanda
408
like shina, it is
;
followed by nouns or participial
forms.
Hausa
it is
In colloquial
often pronounced
yina or ina, e.g. alkama ina da roshi the wheat is ground fine.
yana, a spider's web, cobweb, scum debe yana daga idonka a remark addressed to a hy;
yamma ing ing
;
(Ar. ^^), west, evenda yam,m,a in the even-
;
yammachi westward.
yammata,
used in Sokoto for
the procession with drums, etc.,
to a chief's house after
public prayers on Thursday
yamutsa, yamutse, up together,
ended.
to
mix
to be destroyed,
ended, intermingled, ta
««
n. staining,
yanbaka
(i.e.
e.g. ka-
yamutse the market
is
dyeing.
yan-haki), tribal
marks cut from the corners of the
mouth.
yanchi (from ya free), liberty,
nights.
sua
pocrite.
yanayi,
tion,
pi.
of da, son.
freedom, adop-
yanchi, yanlas or enchi
to free a slave.
yan-chiako*, chickens;
see
tsako.
yanda, yaenda, yawanda =
; .
yaro
409
yane saancta, like
;
as;
when, at what time,
B
mutua yadeath, when it
121
tvanda ta tafo comes.
handkerchief
maiyani a
of. ;
yani.
cf.
tains). ;
yaviche.
yantso, a grass used in thatching.
;
;
see
uwa.
see yami.
cut up
;
;
1.
the chief slave of a
king, used esp. in Sokoto
see
and
at Kano Zanfara districts he would be called san kurumi (=sarkin kurumi), i.e. head of the Kano market; ;
2.
head of
police.
yarili, infant
yarima,
see jarili.
;
heir to the
throne;
see yerlma.
ijenyena. n.
yarinia,
cutting up.
yanyawa or nyenyawa, a fox. yanzu, yenzu, now,
directly
koyanzu an emphatic form, even now% immediately; yanzu yanzu presently, forthwith; B 174 hal ya zua yanzu even to the present time yanzu ga this present time. yao, to-day see yau. yapki, yabki, 1. a kind of velvet cloth brought from the west 2. stickiness, slime, ;
;
danko.
yare, dialect, language ha su da wani yare sai hausa they yari,
yanta, to tie the layers of grass of which thatch is made ; cf
yanyama, bitter yanyana (K.), to
;
have no language but Hausa.
yanka, to cut see yenka. yankare, a tall thin man.
yan-uwa, brethren
pox spots see yar-rani. yaraye, boys see yaro. yarda, permission ; see yerda. ;
yanga, n. swaggering. yan-hutu, a soft hairy grass. yani, n. hanging up (e.g. cur-
applied
childhood, youth.
yarani, yellow needlework on a burnous possibly so named from its resemblance to small;
yane, to cover;
yanyane,
yaranchi(K.), yaranta,ka(S.),
to
plants,
e.g.
to
fem.
yaro,
of
girl,
young woman. yarinta, youth
;
cf yaro. .
yarj e, to consent see yerje. yar-jiki, a kind of tobe. ;
yarmandi,
a
which
potion
brings good luck in gambling
hands and mouth are washed in it, and the shells held momentarily in either the
before being thrown.
yaro,
pi.
child.
yaro
is
daria,
yara,
The
yaraye,
yarinia^ q.v. i.e.
boy,
corresp. fem. of
yaro-da-
laughing boy, the
;
yaro
410
name
applied to a certain kind of ground nut.
yaro-ba-ki-wuya, the revolving cage on which the spun yarn
is
wound
before weav-
ing.
yauki which
of
up
pounded
are
with gunpowder and rubbed
on the body in order to render it impervious to wounds. yau, often pronounced yo (cf.
which grows near habitations, = ga-
Ar. jb^), to-day, this day maiyo existing to-day, B 3 ubangijinmu maiyo maigobe He is our lord to-day and for ever, B 21. yau and
saiya, q.v.
yauwa
;
yar-rani, the dry season sickness, smallpox
yar-ungwa,
see yarani,
;
herb
a
yasa, finger see ydtsa. yasa, yashe, to dig, esp. to dig ;
over again,
ydshe
is
gener-
completed action, yasa rijia I was
are sometimes used,
for
yes,' morethey are also used to
well then,'
'
over
'
;
'
ally used of
express surprise,
thus na
yoyo,
digging a well, but na ydshe rijia I
completed the well.
yasda, yashe, to cast away see yezda.
now
1.
mud
in
small; yaskan kurdi
small money, i.e. shells. yasoso*, to scramble for - tvasoso.
yasuu, yashuu*, the original Arabic name for Jesus see under isa. ;
used with
;
(K.), spittle
;
yaudS.ra, deceit, a treacherous attack kashin yauddra death caused by treachery, mai;
yauddra a
ydtsu, masc.
deceitful trader,
yatsa nakafa toe, ha-
yatsan
ban yasa big toe, ka middle finger, aula yatsa fingers) a
yatsar biar
tsa-
(five-
plant, the leaves
miaa.
;
sister.
pi. ydtsosi,
cf.
yauchi, delay, going to and fro ya yi yauchin zakua he delays his coming; also as an adv. late.
yatsa,
little finger,
zashi
da,
;
yata, iyata, elder
;
yauyau or
of time, at last, just
fisu da yauyau he will overcome them eventually 2. of place close by, just behind ya yi yauyau he came behind.
yau
water.
finger
'
;
yashi, white sand or
yaska (S.),
word 'now,*
like the English
deceiver, esp.
a
yaudara
is
also used as a verb to deceive.
yaudo (used —
in Sokoto), a herb,
kalkashi, q.v.
yauki,
stickiness,
used of the
elasticity,
gummy properties
;
yayan
411
yaiini
and of ya rasa the yolk of an egg. yauki (of broth which is too maiyauki adhesive. liquid), of certain vegetables
yauni, the name
of a fish
with
sa
yawa-yavm
ceed
prolonged mouth.
yauni, a day see yini, yauri, an interjection expres-
to
multiply.
yawanchi a large portion, abundance. yawanta and yin yawanta to multiply, ya?vaita to have much of, exin.
yawanda, when, B
121
;
cf.
;
sing pleasure.
har yaushe until when,
how
long? sai yaushe of future time, when"? tunyaushe, id.,
koyaushe at any time, whenever. (cf.
Ar.
^^;*^)j
withering, wrinkling, fading,
used of a tree it
ya yi yaushi
;
shrivels up.
to multiply; see ya-
yawara,
meat
cut
in
long
thin strips and dried in the sun.
yawo,
pronounced yad, n. promenading, take.g. on horseexiercise, ing back; yin yaivo to walk, etc., na yawo bisa doki I took yaivexercise on horseback, wa walking, wandering. also
walking,
Kanuri
yaya,
id.,
children;
used of fruit of trees, crops, yayan kasa fruits, ya-
also
yauta, yauta da to set free cf.
yawanta, wa.
yaushe, when ? at what time 1 ddga yaushe from what time?
yaushi, yoshi
ya7ida.
yanchi.
yan
yaute, yotei, standard-winged nightjar (macrodipteryx macrodipterus).
chiki entrails.
yaya, cowries, etc. used for gambling in playing chacha; applied also to playing-cards.
yauwa, walking see yawo. yawa, the fibre of a tree used ;
for making rope. yawa, plenty, multitude, as adv. much yawan rai long ;
da-yawa (often pronounced deyawa or diyawa) rtiayawa or much, many, life.
7nasuyawa,
maiyawttj
pi.
many, used
esp. of
persons;
yaya, ya, ^kaka how, yaya sunanka ? what is your name? yayafa, yey efa, yinyifi, gentle rain,
anayeyefa
slightly
;
see
it is
yafa
raining to
be-
sprinkle.
yayalwachijfulness; &QeyaIwa.
yayamma, yayan pi.
of
sour ; see yami. yaki, soldiers, used as
dan yaki and mayaki.
!
yaye
412
yaye, to wean; see yeye. yaye, to uncover, to
yerda.
yekua, a proclamation take
yin
;
yekua to proclaim.
away; yaye lema open the
yella*, whether, or; see yalla.
umbrella.
yelwa, abundance
yaye,
yemma,
a weaned child.
n.
yayelwache
or
yayelwata,
to
y«
west
;
see yalwa.
;
see
yamma.
yenka, yenke, yenki,
to cut,
to reap, to slaughter, hence
hold, contain.
yayi, time, age ga yayin anahi in the time of the
various idiomatic uses,
e.g.
;
prophet, yayinzana the eve of
Ramadan,
wuche he sometime.
is
ya woni yayi yayinda when, yayinsa
old,
yayin nan at this time,
yayi also denotes fashion, anaya-
yin mundaye rings were the fashion.
yayi, dry, loose grass, lighting
e.g. for
fires.
calf's head so that its mother may not let him suck,
a
also generally of separation,
divorce. to
;
see
;
yehi, in
of,
to
i
\
common form of punish men
'
inflicted on thieves ; yenyenlo
to cut to pieces, also in fre
quentative sense, suka yenyenka kaji they killed several
yenke, yanke, yanka, ting, execution,
yeda, to throw ; see ydda. yeda, yMa, how, the way in which yeda kai or yeda ka so as you like; yeda yau this day week, yeda gohe to-morrow week. (used
to despair
fowls.
throw away
yezda.
yefi,
kamna magana
put an end to conversation, yenki dev' to get up and start during the night, yenke kurdi to fix the price, yenka pansa to fix a ransom, yenka gandu to fix a tax. mayenka puffed up,|j proud. yenkake, fern, yen kaka, pi. yenkaku, cut; yai' kon hami cutting off hands, a
yayi, used of tying thorns on
yazda,
yenke yenke
cf.
exclamation
Sokoto)
you madman yeho, a cry.
kai
yefi
isa
n. cut
laifinda ya
yanka a crime deserving dan yenki a rag or
death,
yenkai
strip of cloth,
to
describe
the
swimming on the yenta,
to bind grass
is
used
action
of
breast. ;
see yanta.
yenyena, y any ana, into
make yerdS,
to cut u, very small pieces, tu mincemeat.
(cf .
Ar.
;>;,
to send back),
!
yerdi^erda to
413
send back, remit.
This
word is probably distinct from yerddj to agree yerda ;
yi
yerima, yarima, son heir to the throne;
yerinjaya, overpowering
bashi to remit a debt.
yarda
lyerda,
^j,
to agree), to agree, approve,
consent
yerda da to rely ya yarda inaka he agreed with you ahin da ya yerda da shi that which pleases him yerdade, fern.
upon
;
;
;
;
yerdada^ ed
of,
agreed
received.
agree
to,
believed in,
yarje
yerje,
yerda, yarda, asked yardi
n.
;
to
Sokoto),
(in
Kano), permission granted cf ya nemi yarda gareta^ ta bashi yardi he sought her consent, she gave him permission, jerje^ ;
to
agree
jerji, jarji
;
.
cf.
yerda.
permission,
con-
sent.
yerdaji, trustworthy, faithful .
see yerda.
yerfa, yerfe, to throw yerfa
gumi
away
to dash the sweat
from the brow; used of a man who is working hard. yeriadi, a convolvulus, eaten
by
sheep,
awarwaro.
yezda, yez, to throw, to throw away B 89 sun yezda dunia ;
they cast aside the world cf. ydda. yi
[cf Xupe ji to make], make cf. yiwa, yiwo. .
=yambururu and
;
to do, It
;
is
frequently used idiomatically thus,
ya yi
factory
(cf.
it
does, it
Eng.
'
it
is satis-
does
')
;
ya yi mini wuya it is too diflficult for me ya yi girnia he has grown up; yi ta yi go on with what you are doing; ku yi ta tafia get ;
along
cf prec.
yerdi, yardi, agreement, faith
see
;
yayefa.
permission
yerji, yarji (in
jarje
to wean. yeyefa, to sprinkle water
mana do
yerje
to.
yesdajenia, the conclusion of a bargain. yeye, yaye, to wean. yeye, yaye, n., 1. weaning; 2. a weaned child, yin yeye
yerdadu, approv-
pi,
see
;
rinjaya.
Ar.
(cf.
of a king, cf. tafida.
!
yiu, yuu, impersonal
passive forms, shi yiu can it be done? can it be that?
Ans. ha shi yiuwa
it
is
im-
ya yuu (or yiwu) it has happened used with or without zua to go, sun yi {zua) gida, wani waje ya yi which way did he go ? Ans. ya yi gabas to the east, yi da possible,
;
;
;
yi
yoyo
414 to have business with
;
niun
uwayenku we
da
yi
did
business with your parents. yi da also to curse, yi da shi
away with him.
yi also ex-
presses equality, e.g.
wanan
ya yi wonchan this is equal to that, cf. H. Gr. p. 90; sun yi nawa how many were thei-e 1 anayi da shi he is set upon, he
abused, yin karia
is
used of a gun, to miss
fire
ya yi shekarafudu he is four years old rana ta yi it is daylight na yi I did, is ;
;
often used
use is
'
yes
answering a
in
where
question '
we
should
in the passive yi
;
often omitted, thus anhdka
used for anyi haka;
is
yiwa.
yiuwa
sible to
be done.
or
yuuwa
cf.
pos-
yika, to pay back.
yimbu, yambu, yumbu, clay, mud, esp. clay for making pots.
yimki
(K.), baboon.
yina,
iriB,
yini,
the
space of a day, a yin yini to stay or stop at a place for a day only, to continue, e.g. ina
day;
yini
etc.
light rain;
yiwa, yiwo, iwo, to make. yo, an affirmative interjection, yes, really
yo, to-day
see yau.
;
see yau.
;
yo, used in Sokoto for yiwo.
yodS,ra,
treachery
yodo, a herb
da hanu akansan
;
(S.),
yonkane,
is
yifi, to
he
;
yina zua
coming. cover
;
lo-
see yafa,
2.
(?)
meat.
to wither, of plants
man, to be wasted
yoya, to used in several
cf.
wofi.
ya.
he
yau-
see
see yaudo.
yotei, a nightjar
;
calities for shi
;
worthless;
(S.),
girma ba yai fada yi kare ha by the work of the hand is greatness known, it does not squabble like a dog cf. is
see yd-
ya/a.
yome*
i
working,
evening.
till
trict.
yi or
I con-
etc.
travelling,
yinyifi*,
yofi
cf.
aiki,
tafia,
tinue
da yin allah by the power of God, used esp. in Sokoto dis;
i
q.v.
ddra.
yi, working, doing, power,
yi, like
= shina,
also of
with disease. yoshi, to wither
;
;
see yaushi.
see yaute.
leak, percolate
;
pass.
yoyo.
yoyo, yoyo, pot;
at last n.
;
see
yauyau.
a leak in a roof or cf.
daki
yina
yoyo.
;
yuka jh'igi
yina yoyo the canoe
yuka (Zanf.), yumki*,
knife
;
see imika.
retch,
a violent effort, of a
to break out.
ytinkuri,
retching,
breaking
out.
zaha, chosen, picked out, se-
zaba, found in phr. kurdi zaha pure or genuine money it is probably a form of tsaba, q.v. :
zabantaka, zabanchi, choice cf.
yunwa (often pronounced yungn-a),
of
zahabu, particip. adj.
lected.
to seal.
yunkiira, to eructate,
make
zabahe, fem. zabaha,
chosen, pi.
leaks.
tire
zabki
415
famine
hunger,
jin
;
yunwa to feel hungry, da yunwa hungry, ina da yunwa I am hungry. yuuwa, possible see under yi. ;
zabe.
z&baya,
n.
an
albino.
zabe, to choose
;
see zaba.
zabe, zabi, n. choice, preference; cf. M. H. p. 202 na baki zabi I give you the preference,
chinikin zabi a sale
which the buyer is allowed time to decide whether he in
za, used as auxiliary to
form
will accept, the offer remain-
zamu
tashi
ing open,
the future,
we
e.g.
shall arise, for a further
account of the use of za, cf. za is used with Gr. p. 33.
da (formerly) to express unintention, e.g. da
fulfilled
zani tafia I intended to go. .za and zo to come, probably stand to each other in the same relation as bida and bido,
cf.
Gr.
p.
46, they are
both probably connected with je, the z being palatalized to
j through the influence the vowel following.
of
zaba, zabe, to choose, select, elect, e.g. rmin zabeka we zahu to be choose thee,
zaben tumin
dei'e
'a leap in the dark.'
zabgai, poison put on arrows. zabia, 1. with pi. zabiyoyi, a minstrel, a king's musician; 2.
a
species
coloured
date
of
dark
(cf.
(?)
red
Ar.
zabibi, a bulbous plant with a yellow flower from which a
dye is made. zabibi* (Ar. w--rfj), zabira, wallet
;
zabki, to soften,
by soaking ta
zabki
heads.
;
it
raisin.
see sabira. esp. to soften
D 65 kai garemu will
soften our
zabo zabo
416 or zabon-defi (Aloe ze-
zagi it is
a hot day.
su yi fwjuj they fought fiercely,
brina, Liliaceae), a plant with
da
spiny succulent leaves and
M. H. p. ful, na ji
red or yellow flowers
some
juice of
the
:
varieties is used
in the preparation of
arrow
poison.
a guinea-fowl.
pi. zahi, sabi,
zaboko, blue pepper-and-salt pattern cloth.
saddle
heart
panels of
a
zabura, to start back, to rise up quickly, to start, of a zaburi,
tr.
to cause
to start, zaburo to charge towards the speaker.
zabura*
speed.
(Ar. j^^j),
z agar all,
writing
zwage
expectation, hope, yin
zache to expect, await, anticipate, suppose
z^fa
(S.),
;
cf.
tsachi, zdto.
clearing ground for
zafafa, to
make warm.
zS,fe
to clear
(S.),
a stone, haderi ina zagawa
ground for
hot water
;
;
man zafi
rana tana da
going round
zagawa
he was prowling round, freq.
form zazzaga to keep on going backwards, na zazaga kasan nan I have been up
and down zage,
this country.
zagi, ;
n.
cf.
reviling,
re-
shina zaginsa he
zagezagi, the people of Zaria. zagi, reviling
pain
is
shina
there,
reproaches him.
sowing. zafi, zafi, heat,
zagi,
forwards, zaga dutsi to avoid
proach
sowing, hoeing.
(S.),
go round, pass by, walk about, walk backwards and
over
n.
the dried
used as a
to
the Psalms, or the Gospels. ing a turban, with red edge.
is
red-and-
purgative.
zage, zaga,
chan the storm
zabuta, white muslin for mak-
tall
a plant,
from God, used of the Koran,
zache,
zafi
zaga, a shelf made with mud. zaga, tooth, tusk.
root of which
see zubuka.
horse,
rai anger,
revile.
off.
stuffed ;
zafiii
;
also used to express great
zagagi, zagigi, a white stork.
;
zabuka,
zafi pain-
zaga, zage, zagi, to reproach,
zabore, reeds ; see tsabore. zabro, mosquito see sabro. zabta, to bite
da
196.
zafi I feel pain, jin
zafin zuchia to be cut to the
is
zabo, sabo, fem. zabua, sabua,
zafi
zafi,
zS,gi,
zegi,
man,
esp.
;
see zage.
pi.
zagagi, a foot-
the
man who walks
before the horse of a sarki
with a red blanket. zagia, the projection or pulling out of arrows from the end
going to and
n.
ing in front
see
;
fro, go-
zcige.
z&go, a harpoon for river
fish-
;
see tsahiri.
zaiba (Ar. oujj),
quicksilver.
zaiti* (Ar, woj),
olive,
olive
used in Hausaland as an
ointment for the skin. zaka, a measure see zakka. zaka, 1. to come zaka, f. zaki, 2*. to go, pi. zaku, come! e.g. D 22 ku7ia zaka da haji go on the pilgrimage, zakua ;
Sl^), 1. alms, e.g. ka her riba ka bada cease from unlawful
(Ar. 17,
zaka
gain, give tithes;
tithes;
2.
a tax, esp. that paid on guinea-corn crops. 3.
zaka, the fut. aux. verb, second pers. sing. masc. ; zaka gani thou wilt see
;
see za,
zakainya, zakanya,
;
zakdran dawaki flies
about
and cries kura kura, coming is considered an
at night its
omen
of
surdi
a
mark
war, zakdra maiwith a red on its back like a cock
saddle.
zaki, sweetness, goodness,
a
mia the
F
taa-
zakdru^ masc. (Ar.
a large bird which
vour,
coming.
pi.
j^3)) cock
;
z&ka
see
zS-kanko*, wood ash from which salt is obtained, made from the shrub kayar rakumi. zak^ra,
ing.^
zahiri, clear
between;
zakani*, kani.
of gdra.
zago,
A
bush with white trumpetshaped flowers and prickly capsules from which is obtained a deliriant poison, also called haukat-yaro.
of a quiver.
z&go, the white ant, the male
oil
zakka
417
zagia
flavour of soup, a
fem. form zazzaka cf.
mia
fla-
zakin
sweetmeat,
is
used;
zazzaka.
zaki, the fut. aux, verb, second pers. sing. fem.
;
see za.
zaki, zaiki, fem. zakainya, za-
kanya, pi. zakoki, lion, zaki hanza (sham-lion), a small plant with flower like mignonette.
lioness;
zakka, zikka, jikka
(cf.
see zaki.
(?)
So-
Ar. sjj, a bag made of skin),
lanaceae), the 'thorn-apple.'
a measure for grain, a tin
zakami (Datura R. H. D.
spinosa,
27
;;
zaku
pan, the Sokoto equivalent of
zamanchi
418
Kano mudu.
zakn, aux. verb, second pers.
tense,
fut.
pi.
see za.
;
zaku, a species of large bean, zakua, coming ; see zaka. zakuda, 1. to move forward a very little or to make room ; 2. to migrate cf. zauda; see seq. ;
zakudo,
move nearer
to
to the
speaker.
zallantaka vile),
(cf.
Ar. J3, to be
unchastity.
cone-shaped, e.g. a sugar cone. tion
;
deceitfulness, extor-
see tsalimi.
z3.ina, often contracted to
zam
zamma, sometimes pronounced samma, to come (S.),
into a condition or state, to
become, zama kainsa to be
zama^ da
ni
hankali I shall behave wisely. zayn is used in Sokoto for
zamka = ka yi cf. seq. zama, masc, and zamanchi, yi,
state,
;
condition,
e.g.
C
15
enna da zama na dawama where is a state of continuance? hence affairs, enna
zaman gari how
well thank you
;
are quite
continuance,
zamansa na dunia his soon earth, E 18 masuzama ga hainyoyin m.u-
journing
who
sulmi those
continue in
ways of Mussulmans. Hence its use when repeated, zama zama after some time the
yin zama to succeed in doing anything attempted, ya yi
zama ya
zama he waited
yi
and waited ya yi zamansa he went about his business. sun gam zama wuri daia they abode together,
yi zor
where you are. M. H. p. 219 sun kasa zama they have been restless, lit. they have lacked rest, ya yi zamansa he rested himself, M. H. p. 200. zaman dunia life, the enjoyment of the mAjunka stay
zalumi, see tsalimi. zalwani, zalwami, a blackand-white women's cloth.
independent,
Ans. zamait
we
;
zallo, the form of a cone, dazallo
zalumchi,
the town?
in
gari da godia
is
your stay
world, zaman surdi riding; yanda akeyi zaman surdi the zama proper way to ride, da masoyi (lit. living with a friend) a kind of cloth.
zam.a (S.), 1. prep, because of; F 90 zaman kushewa for burial cf.
;
2. conj. for,
because
gama.
zaman, war, enmity. zamanchi, condition;
see za-
; !
samani
zanohe
419
zamanu
zamani,
(cf.
Ar.
ya
stop, doki
zam,e
the horse stopped of
inanin annahi in the time
zamani kadan a short time, G 4 ya of the prophet,
yi zamanishi he reigned. zajnarke, a species of leguminous plant used for burning.
y^j
itself,
or
zanba
crime,
adultery
rurufli
don
ta
(Ar. wo3),
tana
;
ckb
zanba
yi
it
practises deceit in order that
may commit
crime
a
cheating, e.g. in selling.
zambache, zambata, to cheat, maizambachi or maizambata one who cheats, a cheat, from the same rt comes zunufi, q.v.
to stop at a place, to reside,
down
dwell, sit
;
ba ya zauna
bahar... he had no time to
wait before
.
.
mazauni
.
resi-
zam-
nasda, zamshe, zamne*^ to cause to remain,
tr.
ba abin
da ya zam^himu there
is
nothing that causes (us) to Tnaizamna, pi. masustay. zamna, a dweller, inhabitant, sojourner.
zamne,
to
hold
back,
close
a road.
zamshe, to cause to stay sit down cf. zamna.
or to
;
zambar, thousand,
cf.
Songai
jowher.
zam.u,
to cheat
see zamba-
;
che.
aux.
fut.
pers. pi.
zambata,
Ar.
(cf.
a long time),
IV, to last
dence, abiding place,
zamba
it
zamna, zona, zauna
dakansa
verb,
first
see za,
;
zana, 1. to reckon up, take account of E 4 halinmu zaankazana sai mit, tuba our ;
zambo, abuse
(e.g.
in litera-
ture).
(evil)
zambu, a Nupe dish, made with flour and zame, zami
e.g.
one
onions.
Ar.
deeds shall be reckoned
up unless we repent; 2. draw strokes or lines,
to to
paint.
Jij,
to
zami
or
zana, a grass mat, laiyan zana
zam^ also to pull up, rein in, zami nana pull up here
a charm; cf. M. H. p. 195. zanba, zanbata, see zamba,
muzzle a
zamia^
(of.
camel),
zamua
the
reining
in of a horse after a gallop fage.
zame
also intrans. to
zambata.
zanche,
pi.
zantatuka, word,
conversation
;
yin zanche to
;
420
zS.ne speak,
z^ne,
zantawa
converse.
conversing
cf.
;
z3,ni,
zanzanche. zdne-zdne,
pi.
a pattern. z^ne, zene, pi. zdnua, masc. spot, line,
or
fern.,
cloth,
1.
the
esp.
longer bojdy cloth worn by
women, Gr.
p.
of oblong shape
138,
1.
cf.
;
23 masuzdna
who
wear women's a measure of 2. clothes; cloth of about 15 feet. zangarami*, a large tree with those
poisonous
see
;
sangamia,
zangarnu, ears
pi.
corn
of
or
for the
sel-
used except in counting cf
.
Songai jongo.
zani, fut. aux. verb,
first pers.
go
sing., I will or I will
;
see
za.
zankam*
(K.), deceit.
zanko, a
tuft of
hair in the
(K.), to speak,
speaking;
cf.
zantawa
zanche.
zantara, to deceive, defraud. zantatuka, words ; cf. zanche.
father of buzzing),
lit.
mason wasp, and
nests
insects
on spiders
sting
;
not
does
it
;
the
nmd
builds
it
lives
and
see zazaro (S.).
zanzoma, a
feint or pretended
attack.
zara, zaro, zari, zare, to pull
magana zarar hunu
cf.
;
is
as the pull-
ing out of thatch,
zaraba, a bunch (?)
i.e. it
can-
of dates
;
cf.
zahia.
zarahi,
opportunity
ba ni da zarafi I have not opif you have an opportunity. zarakua, mother-in-law, M. H.
p.
149
zarau,
see sarakua.
;
pi.
zara-zara,
tall.
zarbe, egret, white or grey, found on banks of rivers, with long neck.
zarche*, zS.re
middle of the head.
zanta
M.
conversation,
187; see zanche. zanzaro (cf. Ar. ^Jpj ^, wasp,
portunity, idan ha sarmi zarafi
see zungo.
zango, zungo, a hundred,
;
an inten-
p.
zarali,
millet.
zango, a halting place
cowries
zanzanche, H.
;
of zdne spot.
not be recalled.
zangamia,
dom
form
sive
a word spoken
zangarnia.
;
zanzana, smallpox
out
fruit.
zangare, blade, stalk. zangarko, ears of corn
night
zare
(cf.
e.g.
A
tr.
to increase.
Swaheli
zari), thread,
75 shi ne ya ke dum-
kin fari ha zare he
is
as a
man
sewing a white garment without thread cf. zaria. ;
zare, to spin, mazari spindle.
;
zauwarchi
421
zarge zarge,
to lasso, to catch in
v.
a noose.
zarge,
zarguna
pi.
43^, a
noose),
a
zarumta,
n. bravery. zashi, fut. aux. verb, third pers.
in
loop
zasu, pi.
from the same Ar. cf. rt comes azirka, q.v. mazargi and azargagi.
string;
;
zargi, grumbling
zarge,
zargi,
;
to
curse;
see
will
see za,
;
aux. verb, third pers.
fut.
= they
will
see za.
;
zati (Ar. OtS), greatness, majesty, size, realm.
^
zS,to,
see zergi.
= he
sing.
Ar.
(cf.
tseto,
thought,
n.
zdto to suppose
zage,
cf . zache.
;
zatsa*, a Sokoto form of za, to
zari*, leaf, stalk. zari, to spin
;
see zare.
zari, to draw, e.g. a sword or
an arrow from a quiver
;
see
go ; cf. F 237. zau, a large fish, from which oil
for eating
zauda,
zari. a hole, e.g. in the nose of
an ox, or of a man. zari, zowari, 1. plenty to eat, one who eats 2. voracity much, a glutton; see zo-
place;
obtained,
is
move away,
to
zara. cf.
zauna, a form of zamna down, M. H. p. 203. zaura,
zaria, fem. of zare, to tie
up
q.v.,
trousers,
leaping,
a string
wando.
dancing;
zarnawi,a special kind
yin
of brass
n.
zarta, to shoot through, pierce, zartsi, brackishness, saltness
man
zartsi.
pi.
zarumai,
woman
pi.
zaru-
niawa, a brave warrior.
;
a
see zauri.
riddle, puzzle,
zauruka,
hall,
a porch
cf.
kurdin zaure the fee
paid by a bridegroom to the officiating
mallam.
zauri, widower
zarumi, zaromi, zarmi, jarimi*.
zauwara, widow,
178.
zaure,
wasting away,
1. a a white
with double entrance; zaurin shanu a cow-shed, M. H. p.
poli.
2.
;
cf . ido.
;
zauranche, zaure,
stirrups imported from Tri-
cf.
zaura,
divorced
zaria to dance.
zami,
variegated cloth stone
wari.
to sit
zaura,
idon
cf.
give
zakuda.
;
zaria,
ex-
yin
pectation, anticipation,
;
see zaure.
zauta, anger.
zauwara, widow see zaura, zauwarchi, widowhood. ;
27—3
;;
zauwati
zauwati, a specially good white
zerto, a saw; probably another
form of
cloth.
zawo, zawayi, diarrhoea. zayena (cf. Ar. rt ,jjj,
to
illu-
minate a manuscript.
Pro-
bably the same word as zuina, q.v.
zaza* 1. bank, cf. F 182 zazan wuta a bank of fire; 2. a marshy place. zezebi,
yin
fever;
zdzabi to have fever.
a freq. form of zage, q.v. zdzaga or zdzagawa tremfro,
zazaka, a fem. form from
zaki^
;
the
e.g. of
malamai
at; see seq.
zazari, to hasten after
;
B
133
wanda ha ga na zazari hanna
whom you see hastening after evil.
= kayan rakumi. ;
zazewa, the name 1.
zia^-a
him
cf. seq.
;
ziarta, to go on the pilgrimage,
zigazigai, bellows; see zuga
i
zugi.
zikka, a measure for grain see zakka. 90
zikir*
(Ar.
j.^3),
a,
special prayer or invocation;
zina
we
zikri
(cf.
Ar.
pray.
Oj
and
tl3j),
whoring, adultery; inasuzina profligates
of a small
grumbling;
yin zina to be
;
maizinachi adul-
profligate, terer,
maizinachia adulteress.
zinaria
Ar. jUj^
(cf.
Gr.
SrjvdpLov,
a gold Lat. de-
narius), gold.
zinder, the name of a large
town see zanzaro.
white-breasted bird.
avarice, greed.
37
salute the mallams;
B 168 zamu ziara nai we will salute
coin,
zazari giwa (elephant hastener), a shrub with long thorns, zazaro(S.), wasp
C
visit
see seq.
zazare, to protrude, zazare ida-
nu ga to cast eyes
see zdzabi.
;
or salute anyone,
muna
sweetness.
eye after a blow
file.
see zdto.
ziara (Ar. S^bj), to go to
zikri,
bling.
zergi, zargi,
zezebi, fever
;
zikir, see zikri.
zSizaga, zS,zage, to go to and
zazalo, protruding,
derto, a
zeto, to think
adorn, to ornament), to
z^zabi,
zipka
422
in the
zini, a point
zinke, a
;
little
French Sudan, see tsini.
spike of straw
see tsinki. 2.
zipka*, a cloth put over a native saddle with two large
;
;
ziragudunia holes
to
the projecting
fit
points of the saddle.
a bucket into
zirawa lowering a
;
bucket. ;
shower, or a cloud threatening but not producing rain cf.
with da to come with a thing, i.e. to bring it.
come
;
zawwa* coming, used
with pronouns ending in na to form pres., e.g.
we
are coming
post haste,
muna zua
zuan manzo
;
the going of
lit.
ya zua* and zua are employed with any a messenger,
number or person *
to, unto,' e.g.
sokoto they
su
to express
ya zua
tafi
went to Sokoto
hal ya zua yanzu even to the
present time
;
D
100 inuna
godia zua ga allah thanks to God cf.
we
;
zoba
(S.),
(cf.
see tsoma.
Ar.
*aJ9,
shaida seal-ring,
zogalla-gandi
or
stamp
to
a ring
zomo, zomu,
45
1.
zomai
pi.
(cf.
i "
Ar. &>«;, swift, an adj. esp. applied to the hare), hare,
zongo, a halting-place,
etc.
see zungo.
zowalli, zowal, the time soon after midday, zowari, covetousness, voracity
a glutton
j
zozo, a plant
see zari. ;
see soso.
zua, a participial form of zo, q.v.
zua zua*, by and
by,
or the expression
corruption *ty«»,
to exceed in size, to
seal),
131,
p.
{ma^uyjida zomo zamu daki we who had to drive out the hares are coming to your
give
to seek again.
with a
zoma*, to dip zomo, cf. Gr.
of
just so
;
cf.
prec,
may be
a
the Ar. cty^ cf.
sua sua.
za.
be better than. zobe, to try to recover a thing,
zobe
zoje, to revenge.
houses.
zimania, ginaria.
zua,
zogi, pain.
;
zimako, wasp see zurnako. zimania, a cloud producing a
zo, to
gandi, q.v., horse-radish tree (Meringa pterygosperma, Leguminosae).
ziragudunia, somersault. zire, to lower
a well
ziiba
423
;
zohen
seal,
rogalla-
zuba, zube, zubo (Ar. ^g^), 1. tr. to pour, pour out; 2. intr. to gush out, leak ; zuba idanu to take no notice of; na zuba masa idanu I shut
my
eyes to his doings
intrans.
to
;
also
be poured out,
etc. ; girmanka ya zube you have lowered yourself. Other
;;
zubas tr.
zuke
424
forms are
ziihas, zitbasda,
zuhshe (Zanf.) to pour out,
prefer this to that,
heart
zuchia
used as a periphr.
is
B
implying accident or injury,
for
throw out, throw away zuhda or zuhdama to upset,
wanda zuchiata rinjayi he who overcomes his own heart.
to
esp.
water;
upset
to
ziXbu
rua ya zubu the rain
intr. V.
pours down; zuhuwa pouring out.
F
115
zubas, zubasda, zubda, see zuha.
oneself;
zufa, akin
consisting of
several
face,
short
fine cuts close together.
zajl, q.v., heat,
yin
perspiration; perspire,
zufa
ferment.
to
to Cf.
diinhvjin zufa red beads. zuga, to blow with bellows;
zubi, bright iron wrought into cups, etc.
e.g. of
branches.
or stuffing of
see zabuka.
;
zubuta*, a small red turban with a white border. zuchia, pi. zukata, zutochi, ;
2. fig.
1.
as the seat
two hearts)
(lit.
doubt, hesitation, deceitfulness; karamin zuchia ness of heart
a bad sense;
is
little-
only used in
maganan zuchia
zugazuganta
for
Indies
bellows.
man who
blows a
wanan da wanchan
I
in
West
as the 'physic
sitting or squatting
on
the ground in silent dejec-j tion
see tsuguna.
;
zukatta
very sorry; zuchiata ta fi
hedges,
known
nut.'
zugum,
ya hata marii
;
the
up
lift
stick fixed into the bellows.
zuina*,
zuchia or zuchiata ta hache I
188 malaiku
zugu, a strip of cloth from the loom before it is sewn into chi^ii da zugu, or a piece, bini da zugu 'jatropha curcas,' Euphorbiaceae, a shrub
used as an exclamation of
astonishment
(Ar.
with bellows, maziga the
used
of feelings, desires, passions
zuchia hiu
fire
F
zu-
pi.
zugazugai
su tsaida
mazigi a
zubuka, panels
the heart
zigazigi,
gazuganta,
angels will
zubu, greedy. zubugi, a heap, a saddle
zugazugi,
Oj), bellows,
zubi, n. pouring out.
rinjaya
to
(1)
shi
37,
see seq.
zube, tribal marks on the
am
cf.
to seal (cf.
to ask for help
zuke,
cf.
;
zayena.
Ar. Sl^j, alms), ;
to evade,
lurch, slip from.
cf
.
zaka.
leave in the
the
zulaidi,
zulaidu,
weaver
tailed
long-
(vidua
bird
sarikin
called
principalis)
tsuntsaye (king of the birds), because other birds follow
round it. its call and zulbi, a water-bird with a naked beak about 8 in. long. fly
zulumi,
fear;
doubt,
cf.
(?)
tsalumi.
a bird that
lives
on honey.
zumami
Ar. ^,0-^ ^h ^^ (cf. impress anything on the memory), a
list
memorandum
or
goods written on paper,
anything written, a memoran-
dum.
zumda, zunda,
to play tricks
behind a person's back, to deride.
zumde,
zunde,
playing
n.
zumu,
zumu
see
;
zumu.
zumurruz*
(Ar.
F
emerald,
id.,
>>^j),
227.
zunda, deride see zumda. zungo, zongo, zango, 1. a ;
hayan
zutigo
tsakanin-
outside the camp,
one
day's
them
;
zungo
2.
is
march between
a day's march.
zongo, a hundred
or
shells; see zango.
to poke with a stick,
zungura,
to knock.
zunguri, knocking, e.g. pushing with the elbow.
zunguru, a long gourd, also used by women as a musical instrument.
One
end
is
the upper end.
zuntsia, grass bush
zum,unchi,
clan feeling,
30
aso
zu-
friend-
allah
aso
;
see tsin-
tsiya.
zunubi,
sin
zunufi,
zunubi*
pi.
honey.
D
da^a
camp;
the player opens and closes
q.v.
zumai; cf. prov. zumu zUma ne a relation is zumunia,
ship,
ship
the thigh while one hand of
Ar. i«5, clientship,
(cf.
munta
;
rela-
sister,
client), friend, brother, fern.
as
zumua, honey see zumu. zumunchi, zumunta, friend-
a feminine form
(Daura),
tion, friend,
of
love
God,
pressed against the inside of
tricks, deriding.
zumnia
love
friendship.
su zungo guda ne there
faintness; see suma.
zuma*,
zumunchi
halting-place for the night,
zuma, zumua, masc. honey, kudan zuma bee. shazumami
of
zunzu
425
zulaidu
;
see seq.
(Ar.
^3),
sin, evil.
zunzu, fem. zunzua, bird tsuntsu.
;
see
;
zunzuna
zwakia
426
zunzuna (Cochlospermum tincBixaceae),
a shrub
with large yellow
rose-like
torium,
= rawaya.
flowers,
j
;
zuri* (K.), a mass, da zuri much. zuria
false-
zurma,
hood, shaidan zur false wit-
hand.
zur
(Ar. j^J,
forgery),
zurma,
ness.
zura, to arrange in
line,
azura
duatsu nan a zare thread zura da gudu these beads, to run very hard
(cf.
sheka
da gudu). to
or sand,
be deep. J
zurfi
(cf.
Ar. o»^A., the steep
side of a hill), depth,
D
82
zurfinta ya fi gaban michali its
cjj), offspring,
to stretch out, e.g. the
pi.
zurmom% a
depth exceeds
all
com-
tree
from the leaves of which is made a medicine for rubbing on the
eyes.
zumako, zimako, zurnania, clouds
trickle, of water mazurari a spout or funnel for pouring water into a narrow-necked tulu. zure, a children's game. zurfafa, to go deeper into, to
zurare,
Ar.
(cf.
descendants.
;
wasp.
seezirna7iia.
zuru, a steadfast gaze ; generally used in a bad sense, yin
zuru to
stare.
zuruki, father-in-law ; zuwari, zuari or
cf surki. .
zwari,
greedy see zowari. zuza, itch, yin zuza to itch ;
see 8usa.
zwakia
(cf.
(?)
Ar.
adorn), small beads
women on
sJ^j,
to
worn by
the forehead.
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