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^PBENDIX
HAUSA-ENGLISH
PART,
D.D., F.R.G.S.,
LATE CHAPLAIN OF MELVILLE HOSPfTSti; CHATHAM; FORMERLY MISSIONARY OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN WEST AFRICA.
LONDON
PULTSHED
IX
IIAIT.SA
1*>Y
Ti;tn--liii<ins
ISoN.
ISoi).
Tin:
Book of Genesis.
1881.
(TlicIatoDr. Baikie's
Queen Victoria
Street.
18G2.
1^70.
1877.
Primer, Paut
I.
(Arahic Transcription.)
Primer, Part
II.
I.
Dictionary, Part
Dictionary, Part
Hansa-English.
II.
Englic;li-Hausa.
1885-G.
1888.
Reabing B(Wk. With Grammatical Elements. Magana Hausa. Containin,if Storie.=;, Proverbs, and
Historical Frn'^nients, with English Translation.
PEEFACE.
The author
is
thiuks
it
The Eev. T.
and exceedingly
in
an exten-
me by
S.,
sister.
The author
intended to do.
his
The public
by
knowledge
of the language.
it
new form
which
may account
in
for the
which
his
Appendix appears.
Esq.,
Ware,
expense
of publishing this
Appendix, as he
;
52I;1H9
iv
PREFACE.
cess of these
works
will ])e
him
and
same cause,
however,
nmch cheered by
is
the
to
Hausa language
about
commanding the
Hausa Corps
J.
SCHON.
Palm Cottage,
New
Beompton, Kent.
July, 1888.
VMh
APPENDIX
TO
HAUSA DICTIONAEY.*
A.
(Words beginning,
A,
prefix
alie, aiika,
and
after mai,
one;
as,
nemi,
any one
look for
ivclze,
waiike, to
this,
thereupon.
hdya, in the
Aaina ya
the
murna
ever.
Ahdu,
n. pr. m.,
name
;
Bomu.
Icetu,
and
flint
Ahdugdn gwdri, a
kind of cotton
Ahega,
m., the
of a yellow tinge
name given
to
Abega's description
:
nan ya sd mdni sund, ya ce su Tcirdni Ahega, don rua sdfia ya yi," i.e.. The man who gave me this name said they
should call
me Abega,
mencing.
* Dictionary of the " Hausa Language," Sac, by J. F. Sclion.
Missionary House, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London, 1876.
Church
aJce ciki,
is
abin da
si
is
;
pre-
which
;
past.
Abin
ahin
thunder
ahin da
reason
why he was
so
called a saint.
?
Ahin da ha ha
present.
ha yi ma wuni
Ahin
gaiaua, salutation,
Abu haddn ya
profitable.
yi ydwa.
Ai
is
not
Abnusa,
n.,
ebony.
(f.
Sineydroahohina
AboJcin Sdwara,
na
n.,
gdshia.
a confidant, friend.
Abohai na zumu,
my
familiar
Abuhdhar,
p. n.
f.
m.
Ada,
pr. n.
AdatUy
n. pr. n.,
m.
Addmasi,
name
of a town.
f.,
pi. addmnsdwa, inhabitant or native of Adama. Adan, conj., the same as idan, if, but; wenn docJt
Adauhdhaka
bisa samdnia,
the heavens
da
bisa tdlaha.
Maiadllci
adilai), righteous,
just person.
Adlniy
n.,
add
judgment.
Ado
(pi.
MiUume nan
royal insignia.
Sina da ado.
Adun
Ba
Afmi,\i.,th.e
Afo,
n.,
the
;
name
of the country of
Ekpo.
Irin Afo ha
in
ne
ha
hardy I
ne.
Aga,
n.,
organ, harp;
iv.
(Gen.
21).
AgadeH,
Agaiscka,
n.,
my
Thanks be
to thee.
Agina, to be
Agula, add
:
built.
Agula ha
Hal dhadd nlma agindta. (Ps. Ixxxix. 2.) name common to male and female children. ndmdn Jcpwa ha. Anahd sund nan ga da ko dia da
uwdnsa
ta
wonda ya ^dya
wdhi, (John)
.
Compare ahiku
Yoruba.
Agmvata rHwa, n. a species of water-lily. Agwagwa, n., "Victoria robe,^' i.q. aghdgha. Ahmada, n. pr., Mahomed.
Ahdras, m., ahardsa,
f.,
a reddish-brown horse.
silk.
Ahardn
kofi, n.,
some kind of
Ahdsa, to be
zdma.
lit;
Ama
At ha ayi milgu
sdriki, sdi
Aihu,
n.,
wrinkle.
Saidai ni da aihu, I
only
Aido,
n.,
am
at fault, or to blame.
Aikdla,
tr, v.,
to deal
= ana
n.,
the infinitive.
f.,
aikieyu, sent.
Ainya ainya
iddmu ya
it.
gdni,
fie
upon thee
fie
upon thee
our
Airi,
and aydri,
n.,
a caravan.
n.,
of a female.
Aiya,
pi.
hai
na goma a alya
ta
goma sa
town
n.,
the
name
in
Yoruba
for
Badagry
is
near the
mouth
Alca, prefix,
add
it
was said
sold.
saisemUf there
hial
ydra sunfdra
A/cd
Akala,
n.,
Akdra,
n.,
(pi.
as,
a black horse,
ass.
Akdza,
n.,
Akekakdse,
Ni ban
so
ha
ci
hakd gi/rdsa
Akiddya,
as,
Akoro,
n.,
Akosa, he
Akpdti,
n.,
case of barasa,
file.
spirituous liquors.
Akras,
n.,
yi akras, to
Akwgra,
Aldda,
Aladi,
n.,
the
name
oil.
of a tree
also alidra,
mahogany
tree.
n,, n.,
habit, custom,
manner.
black
(
Aldla,
n., ziicidla
tana alula,
my
heart panteth.
Na
yi alula
don huskurdna.
Alalafa,
n.,
n.,
Na
aldla, ha ni iija
magdna.
a martingale,
(?).
Aldma,
a sign
Aldrnari
(pi.
alamdrdi),
little
b.,
aldtills
mari kdraml,
world
;
result, issue,
purpose
prosperity
(?),
success.
Ya
affairs in
Mount
Alantika.
signs,
Br.
mamdki, show
do wonders;
miracle, wonder.
n.,
Albdda
Albdsa,
(pi. n.,
alhadgdi),
seam.
onion, has as
many
as,
albasosi, albasdi,
sdSe,
na
tdji
ydwo
da
dere,
na
zi maci~i
mia
albdsa ya ji.
Albdsan kwadi
Albisir,
n.,
(pi.
albacobi kwadi),
n., lilies.
John.
good news.
favour, forbearance, excuse
;
AlbiHri,
n.,
as,
albibinnka,
by
palm-nut
oil,
or
oil
of any kind.
is
Alelya,
a large
tree,
fish.
f.,
white horse.
Alfdii
and
ko
alfin, adj.,
two thousand.
Alfam
magdna
AlfdHa,
n.,
{Kurudma
ta clka
na
MdsualfirmOy
Alfir
Alfotia, n.
Mdllami ya
performed the
funeral service.
In Bornu
it is
thanksgiving", blessing
showing that
may have
other meanings.
in
it
a handkerchief.
AlgdJjci (pi. algahohi),-D.,
Algadoriga
(pi.
cdgaderiyai),
n.,
hand or pocket
pistol.
n.,
cress-seeds glued
by a
gummy
sub-
AlgaH,
n.,
green velvet
aigiderai),
baize.
n.,
Algidere
(pi.
stewiug-pan.
n.,
alloy
alloy.
sindria
sdfi
ha
^i
da
algoS,
pure
gold
has
no
Nuno
Sina
da
lips.
alijoL
Deceit,
guile
forgery.
Lehohi
algusu,
feigned
Algus,
Algringuma,
Alhdhi, add
n.,
an old
to house
for gossip.
:
kai da
i^
di'iJia
su
Thursday.
Alhandu
tillahi,
God be thanked
m.
Alhassam,
pr. n.
sdmu
alherlnsa.
Alhcri
alheri
a salu-
and regarded as a
favourable
omen
present, gift
Alhudahuda,
All,
n.,
the Arabic
name
Art and
Aliija, pr. n.
Alii/;
Dakidnsa
alib
i.
m.
da
bisa
rdkumi kamdti
Fuldni.
alib.
la kuwo ydki
ddwdki
Alibra,
H kwdce
needle.
q. alfira,
Ya
goma
Did ho ask
Allsa,
n.,
evening
tiion alisa,
Alkdlami na
Alkdiial'i, n.,
Ka
yi alkduali
da
ni la
koma
Alkawal,
n.,
f.
n.,
the Koran.
lump. Alkumdli,
Alia,
n.,
n., i.q.
can
zdki, a
red
yi,
lion.
;
God is possessed of power Allahu akbar, the great God. Xaddn suna cnva Allahu akbar, ka ji muridnsii kamdn arddii. Alia tadla, God is
God. Alia si ke da
the exalted, the most high.
n.
f.
Allamasi, pr.
Alia ivade,
n.,
imprecation
xcade ha ta
komi da
all.
monkey
at
curse you Alia wade does not effect the Alia wade zdma da mdrasu-dyo. Alia
;
as.
May God
hiri,
the alia
u-adin rdiin
lyo rua!
!
What
a misfortune
it
is
not to
be able to swim
Slavery
God be
Allimatu, pr.
Almdlali,
n.,
n.
f.
buttress,
Almandni,
n., lintel
or
door.
Almdzerci,
n.,
scholarship.
Almdziri na
AlTnoza,
n.,
aiki, n.,
a small knife.
illness,
Aloha,
Alal,
n.,
pestilence,
n., aloes.
Aluma,
n.,
ydydn alvina, da
zila
ydydn sdrdki.
Suka wiue
alvma
ga
alf-via,
n.,
AJwdsi
(pi.
ahvasoyi), n.,
n.,
vow, promise.
AhvaUka,
A Ua,
n.,
also ahd^i.
AUifu
(pi.
pocket.
Prov. Ahin
cikiti
aUtfu
Aghal'iia da ^ufa
amd
alzifmisa sdbo, a
may be old, but its pockets are always new. AUlma, n., Friday. Yau alzlma ya miitu, ha Si da
Ama,
n., zeal.
n.,
a large hammer.
Amdli,
n.,
ya Amdna,
Amdria,
tdsi Sina
n., n.,
submission.
a bride
;
Mahomedan may
have four
Amdssann,
Amhaci,
n.,
to
make known,
to
tell.
Ni amhaci
JRahah da
Babylon.
Amhiide, to be opened, exposed, discovered.
Ameme,
Amen',
n.,
n.,
Amina,
Aminci,
n.,
n.,
a hyena.
friendship, faithfulness, safety; ya kaisu
safely, or
f.
da aminci,
Ahi'thua
he led them
with safety.
(pi.
Amintdc%
kdsa.
m,, amintdta,
Amintdci,
Amirii,
n., n.,
n.,
a prince,
Amirun Nupe,
bell.
Amlya,
Amon
Amsa;
kuge,
sound of the
(?).
An, in and
Idni ne ?
en,
conj.,
if,
wlietlier.
An, verbal
sent
;
prefix.
Additional examples
gathered
to
their people.
An, before g and k: afigdma, to be joined; anJcdwoni, I was brought; anlcdmata, she was caught; anfddd mdni, 1
was
told
Ana, verbal
a'',
prefix,
anahdda,
it is
Anaor
sdyensa da kurdi,
bought
for
money.
Anakirdnsu,
is,
Anayi mdni
la'ifi.
Ana, there
Anagidra cihin
kdrifin Jairucidnsu,
grown up
Andko,
n.,
open.
Anasdra,
n., Christians.
Ba
mukaji suna
;
ya
kdraml ne tunda ya tdfi ga wosen Anasdra sina yin magdndnsu dafdri, ama ydnzu ya mdnce. Anduwa, n., little girl, by Krause also chief, by John. Ancmi, what is sought or looked for. Anemi zhii ga fdra ? Angaihdki yoji, n., the name given to the Arabic letter c.
;
Aiigardmnia,
n.,
large mare.
Aiigo mizin amdria.
Ka
yi
ama, ka
tdfi
ka sdye abin da
mu
ke so, ka kgmo.
Also anhja,
n.,
haste.
Ddmre
or yi
ddmre aniya,
or
make
ready, to start.
oh
anlan giddnka
me
up.
Ba
ta
anlan
had no
intention, or
made no
effort to pay.
;
as,
ankakirdwosu
C
dyi
10
ydo.
cima ha su yi ha
yin worXgi kud har rdna zdta fddua, suka ddwoya gidd.
Ankace,
it
Ahkdlaka,
slain, destroyed.
Ankiddya
Andha,
Ansa,
n.,
ni, I
am
counted
tr. v.,
Amima
afterwards,
in
the
meantime, meanwhile.
ce,
kdka acewa da
Hausa ? "
Anuri,
n.,
glory, honour,
Ai
giiro
ha si
da
I
apki.
if
am
sure to borrow.
arnpyi,
Ard
(pi.
flower.
Ard
Jca
ji arace
it
ha
said,
Ard
ard,
Which
is
difficult to
wanting; ha ardsasu
ha,
f. (pi.
q.
Eve.
all
Mahomedanism
n.,
heathen, pagan.
See Ara.
superfineuess, fine quality.
11
Arred and
Br.
flogging,
beatiug,
driviug;
discomfiture, defeat.
Sun
Arumdta,
sd artai.
n.,
trousers
made
;
Arwa,
n.,
heathen
rites
divination.
arwdnci ; yi arwanci.
Arze,
and
Ba da
woman.
ivdndo ya tdn
Arzimiki
Arsdberi or arsiheri,
n.,
mat made
of twigs of iwa.
Asaiwa,
Asdlo,
adj., rooted.
n.,
a round mat.
Salati, v., to pray to.
Maisalati gundhi=
gunandhi Muhamadu.
Asalwi,
pi.
a horse.
AsandSesi,
is
;
not "
it
shall
it is
made
known
Asdra, add
loss,
we should expect
of sdni.
:
want.
exclamation,
Asa
kai
never
No
Asauma,
n.,
salt
ai ga
;
He saw
don
si
saw him.
en
tdsi,
Verily, in fact
yi sdta.
true, &c.
Ase ^drewa
si ke
Asu,
n.,
12
Asuhandgarl,
n.,
Mun tCisi da
sham
dsnha
fight.
mu
we
razor.
n.,
Ka
dske
inidni
gdnin
hdlci.
Aaka wasdiia,
sharp razor.
Asha
the tribal
mark
made on
AsJcunia,
(pi.
askundi,)
a door.
f.,
pi.
f.,
pi. a7inl,
ase
ka komo
Kusierai da ydwa
the 22nd
dagd
AHri, number
Yau aHri da
hiii
wdta, to-day
is
of the month.
Atdke, suddenly;
i.
q. afdke.
referring to merchants.
liteni, n.,
Monday.
Bloody
flux.
kan tdda
kilra
is
dagd kdxa.
boiled likeri^ e.
sneeze, sneezing.
Attdgara,
that
n.,
is,
King of Igara. ^MdM,n., cotton. Kandwasunaccwa audit, dmamu Sokocewamiina cewa ahdii ; da mu muna cetva abduga, su suna cf'iva audiiga. Augi, n., the name of a horse-market.
Augi and Mera, the chief towns
Awaza,
n.,
of the province of
Kebbi.
the
breast of an animal.
n.,
tongs;
handle
of,
hdau auordegi.
Kr.
13
Aure,
i.q.
dmre,
n.,
marriage.
n.,
an upright person.
to measure.
t.,
Auta, pr.
n.
f.
AuwOy
n.,
measuring corn,
Miaiiwo,
pi.
pi.
niaauniyu
masuaunia,
Au'a= Haiva,
Awo,
pr. n..
Eve.
Awdze, to be scattered.
to weigh, to
n.,
Haka mu
;
diika
mu
he awdze.
measure
to try, to test.
Jwuna,
measure;
Aiv/ma ta alkdma.
Abln dwuna,
weigh;
also
to measure, to
divide, to
?
to try,
Ba
ci,
ha awnani ha gani
Aya
ivoni abu
hdraml ne
da dddin
Aya,
Prov.
Ahdn dda
of a verse or
line in Arabic.
let
Ayd mu
tdfi,
or
we
will,
can,
Aya,
pi.
Stin sd
ayoymsu hamd
Ayu,
n.,
sea-cow.
Br.
:
Ni
yi azaba ga
woddnda suha
hist,
n., silver.
Duson ho hazin
azdrfa,
Azalid or azaliar,
n.,
noonday.
Azafar,
Azdli,
n.,
i.q.
decree.
Azdlumi,
azalumdi
n.,
deceiver,
destroyer,
tyrant,
murderer.
Azdmne, seated.
Ya
Azian
mind, sighing.
14
Azir or
Azirta
Azni,
a^ir, to hide,
a^i'rta, to
pi.
enrich,
make plentiful,
tr. v.
with
nstri, secret.
dzna=asni,
n.,
heathen, pagan.
noma.
Azumi,
n.,
fasting, humiliation.
Mugum
hdici
na ddhin dunia
?
cizumi.
tr. v.,
to lay, to
put aside.
Mallami ya dze
Kaddn na
?
dze
Andzie=anadzie
is
(contraction).
Kardi da wd
with whom
the
money deposited ?
Azelina,
n.,
is
my time,
n.,
age, affairs.
My
time
in thy hand.
The same
AzikumaVj
some instrument or
tool used in
making
cheese.
B.
Jjd,
nominal
belongs.
prefix,
indicating
the
Add, Bd
fuldce, a Fulde
Bd
soJc6ce,a,
native of
Sokotu.
Bd and
Bd,
hdi,
kardtii.
Ban
Bd,
pi.
n., rind,
bark of a tree
but bdwa
Bda,
laugh
at, to
scoff
sina yi mdsu
hda, to chafe
as,
gdshia ne
Benu ya
sina yi hda.
Badri,
pi.
n.,
Arewawa,
n..
Northerner.
chief over.
Babd,
both m. and
haitca,
f.,
Ama
uhdiigizina sina da
wota
duha,
sundnta sddaha,
ita ce
ita ta ke.
;
irregular
large, great.
Bdha and
n.,
or younger.
15
is
full
grown.
Baham
Bahare,
pi.
Bornu person
Bahdra,
f.,
Baribdri, Bornu.
Bahdn Bahhd
kind of bean
used in preparation for several sorts
a large
tree,
of arrow poisons.
Bahhdn tdmmu, n., pale green bead. Bahhdn IdJca, n., indigo which is cut with dawa, that is ripe at the same time when dawa is cut. Bdbumutiia and hdhumutiid, without death, immortal; as a
noun, immortality.
Bdbutausdyi, uncharitable,
Badagela,
n.,
pitiless, merciless.
an ordinary knife.
Baddnda
none
ta
amri Bahause ta
ce
ya,
to a Hatisa, said
is
better than
Bdduha,
ivoni
n.,
Yahirdwo
mutum, bddiika
(?).
yi intind tdkalmi.
Kr.
Prov.,
Bdfddi
(pi.
At ba
ayi
mfigu
Bdgdbase,
bdgdbasawa) ,
the
:
Bagdngari,
name
It
of a village in the
to beat
Hausa country.
bark
(6a), to
Bagdrua,
n.,
add
ddha bagdrua,
make
tanner's bark.
may be
the oak-tree.
Bd gdskia,
Bdngdskia,
(pi.
to believe.
n., faith,
confidence.
,
mdsubdfigdskia) one
f.,
who
pi.
Bdgwa,
Balidga,
n.,
a porcupine.
n.,
Bagwozake,
n.,
is
fish.
a left-handed person
n.,
Bahar alamar,
the
Ked
Sea.
16
ahar almuhil,
Bahar
n.',
the Ocean.
di,
neg. adv.
=
;
Bdi stands
it.
Bdi
[si) scJcdra
Baia,
n.,
palm-wine.
Sun
tdfi
baihdi, they
walked Lack-
wards.
Baihai,
(pi.
hauhdtva,
and
haibdyi,
speaking a
strange
language,
Jco
magdna nan
Baibdyi
us
nunamu
alheri, the
kindness.
Baihai,
n.,
Baitil miikadas,
Baitilniukasi, Jerusalem.
Baiwa,
n.,
has
master.
liberal or a stingy
queen
Baiwdn Alia
of God.
?ie,it is
the
gift,
Baizuwa,
tr. v.,
to grant, to allow.
;
Bdka,
n.,
bow
Bdhavi bindiga,
spring of a gun.
Bdka,
n.,
salt.
Bdkangizi,
rainbow.
f.,
pi.
a black
the
gonda; bdka
Bdka
The explanation:
alkarli gandii,
seem
to refer to
duties.
an
office or officer
Bakacine,
n. (?),
banda Larabawa,
(?).
the Bakacine
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Bakardria,
\\.,
barren woman.
aki
bakokina), n., mouth. Bdklnsa ya fl kpwa da ydwan magdna. The opening for the door. Tana zamne a. l/dkin kofan Umu bakin rami
(pi.
J.J
;
the
mouth
of a hole.
;
dki
Bdki
yi bdki data, or
gdma
letdfi,
bdbaku),
n., letter of
the Alphabet
bdki
ke,
(Consonants, John.)
sorrow, distress, sadness
feel sad,
;
n., grief,
literally,
black
;
inside.
Yi bdkinciki, to grieve,
disappointed
to
;
malice.
Bdkikdrfe,
n., iron.
n., n.,
Bdkintdka,
Bakinzdki,
blackness.
Bdkinzucid,
n.,
Bakkazumalla,
Bdko, m.,
n.,
a musquito
f.
i.
q.,
zabru.
;
bakud,
(pi.
sojourner,
Ka
yi bako
Bdkoutdka,
n.,
Bdkude, Bo Kiule
Kuddiua),
n..
Southerner.
Bdlaga,
be of age.
Bala gage,
m., balagdgia,
f.
{p\.,baldggii),
man
or animal.
BudurUa baldgia
kdnkane
Balaiii,
ba,
(or
Ba
ydro
ya bdlaga.
and
baldi,
nothing to eat,
alone a fowl;
i.e.,
how much
"
yellow.
IS
Balhado,
intr.
v.,
to bubble, to
Eua
sina
aU
Excl., fortunately,
luckily.
da zdsu
yi niasu.
alkgre,
pr.
the
name
of the
commander
of the
Hausa
John.
in
Bali=hari,
Baluh,
tr. v.,
to dry.
Mu
we dry them
the sun.
n.,
oak.
n.,
Ba7ndgiize=^maguze,
birdcatcher.
n.),
Bamdgnzia,
Bamdnci,
f.
(pi.
maguzdwo,
heathen.
Bdmhana, n., the flowering head of the kacalla, an aquatic plant. Bdmhu, n., putting a child on the hn,ck= hoi a. Mi or ma
i/
it.
Bdmda wunda
from Jcabewa.
hdbu
different
Bamota (pi. bamOtii), n., butterfly; that is, the flutterer. Bamurna, pr. n., the name of a fertile valley near Wurno.
Ban, neg. adv. implying the pron. of the
1st per. sing., I not, not
I
Bdna or banna, n., this year. Ban alia, n., an alligator. Bahgahanga, n., the name of a
Bdnan^e,
n.,
severe famine.
Bdngo,
Bdfigo,
n.,
n.,
wall
made
of clay.
fetters.
BanJcdre,
tr. v.,
Banna,
in the
literally, I
have seen
next year
great difficulty.
Ba
f.
(pi.
of the
Nupe
nation.
;
Bard:
ija
hubnfa
ambdsi gdshia,
10
he
is
acquitted,
;
justified.
John.
Coinparc
bararn
liberated
which
is
aralcalla = alhan du
tillahi,
God be thanked
is
thanks to God
Bdramtane,
Bardinze,
n.,
a trunk
which
divided into
two largo
branches.
u.,
f.
large scaled
fish,
lead coloured.
Bardnia,
(pi.
harenya and
harOnijci),
;
female servant.
Barantdha,
Bardta,
n.,
service, servitude
(pi.
yi haranidka, to do service.
left to oneself.
Bardre, hardria
n.,
integrity, innocency.
Bdrhara,
n.,
it
pro-
nounced bulhula.
Prov.,
Ya
zc gar in bdrhara,
ya homa
da cihi. Bardinuwa,
Bare,
Bare,
n.,
flies
about at night.
stranger
ga ydhuwdna.
Bdrenya,
Barfo,
n.,
n.,
handmaid.
Barimdce,
Bdrka,
n., salutation.
= zdna,
to congratulate.
3Iun
zo
garin bdrka.
Barkdtai, confused.
marrow.
barurud),
n.,
Bdrua
Bdrzi,
(pi.
n.,
a small
n.,
hill.
Basardke,
Basul,
n.,
consumption
piles
(?)
BdH,
Bdta,
n.,
debt.
Da
saurdn bdnnsa da nl ke da
si
ni biaSi, and
box.
n.,
sum I owe him, I shall pay him. 8un kdivo babdn bdta da kyaftwa hiu,
;
Bata augi,
Batdnia,
luciier-match
little
pocket.
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dhi,
n., talk,
story, tale.
Umdra hdtun
Bdhinda,
n.,
conversation, narrative.
Ahaciini
Bace, to abuse.
da
dere, ahaceni
da rdna,
was
am mentioned.
adSwa
Bauda, Baima,
a\^ace, hapHa
Bause, to haggle,
Maihaim
ho
mai ahin
sdi/<kva,
one who
is
selling something.
Bause or hauci
Bauta,
(pi. tawsoVi'
and hausgka),
n.,
to serve.
Mu
Ka
yani
ydnzu
Bauci,
n.,
mu mja
cikin hauta.
bondage, slavery.
p.,
Bauya, or dawuya,
female slave.
Bdwdn Alia, n., a saint. Si bdwa ho ha hdwa ? Si hdwa ne, ama uhangizinsa ya herH hamdn dd. Ina so hdyimu diiha
ahersu
sit tdfi.
Bawdnci,
n., slavery,
bondage,
Bdya,
n.,
back
prep,
cin tHo.
Mnha
side
and adv., after, afterwards. Bdya </a hdya daga hdydn rdhutm. Sulai blmu
ga hdya hdmdn
ivUzia.
,
Baydmace
Baijena,
(pi.
Bdijan hdnH,
tr.
n.,
v.,
to exhibit, to manifest, to
make known;
to
appear; to publish.
Bdyes, add
shall
Mi zdsi
hdyes,
or.
mi
What
be given?
What more
be given to thoe?
Ya
Baza,
n.,
Bdzara,
summer.
is
my
moisture
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Baza, to spread
become spread,
as a
bush
azdld,
Bdze,
Bazere,
n.,
tr. v.,
ground.
n.,
catching slaves.
Behe, m., hehiya,
f
.
(pi.
behdye)
dumb.
Bedde,
Begc,
n.,
next year.
pant, to thirst, to long for^ lougiug.
intr. to
Bera,
n., rat,
n.,
mouse.
of a tree sacred to pagans.
Bentan,
name
The word
is
called hee
it is
called hi
Br..
nuv)e
means
mother
Berhaze,
n.,
which
infests horses.
Bare
ace, conj.,
much
less.
Bcre ace
si
hctwa sauna
nan
si
tdha
itdtua
nan da
gdtare.
Prov.,
ama
ma
ya aiko
back.
v.,
to tear, to be torn
pr.,
zanena ya
herhe.
'
Bcrsvga Alia,
let us
name
of a
woman.
Put out the lamp,
Bertsi or herci,
add Kufuli
go
to sleep.
Beso and
Bl,
huze, n., a
Bim
go after him
for a debt.
Ina hinka
kana hina
hdsi, I
owe
thee,
thou owest
me
a debt.
Wari ha
ya
hi
owe thee a
Koria
ta hi
cowrie.
kyria,
Kanenta
en ta hi
hainyanta.
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ahoSi ta kdrie.
Bl, to
resemble;
to,
ta hi
uivdntn
ya
In
uhdnsa.
sosdi
Bi = kat,
hi.
leading
to resemble.
Si da uwdnsa
sum
?
Maildmimi
ya
ce
ija
kin a
Bide,
Bidi,
tr. v.,
to look for
n.,
round gronnd-nut.
Biea, faithful.
(Is.
i.
Kdka
hlrni
mi
liea
ta
kdma kamdn
kdrua.
21).
Bennot.
Bige, prep.,
.
at, before.
Ku
place
tafi
Place.
Bigere
or
higeri,
n.,
to
zamni.
Biki,
Blki,
n.,
tr.,
meal, feast.
Ya
n.,
yi
mdsu
hiki.
;
to
be confined.
Bindo
(pi.
hindodi),
a gun.
Ya
form
cattle
and
gelagc,
Biraima,
Birde,
pr. n. m.,
n.,
the chief of
riding
without a
saddle.
Birde, hirdo,
bird.
(pi.
hirddi,
hirdze), n.,
name
of a
Birga,
n.,
stable
n,,
is
tied.
Birgami,
some
kai
dommo ga
hardica
ko ha
Si
ci si
Birgizi, n., a
man who
maiymken
hdnu.
Birgo,
n.,
Blri
(pi.
hirdye
jump, jumper,
gOna.
-^m
and hiruna), monkey; from hira, to h'tri ya yi ghdua si kan gudu dagd
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BirHee, to
clianf^e,
upset, overthrow.
Ydnzii
ya yi
mani
magdna maidddi,
Birlconci, u., mischief,
mischievous disposition.
Birsu,
n.,
Bksint'ma,
Birza,
i.
a variety of dawa.
q.
Bisa,
Add Su dora hisa ga maida ; mnlcn sid(lsa hisa doki. Mi sun ce hisa gareni ? What did they say about me ? Add iibdna ya kirdivo woni ahokinsa, ya ce mdsa, si gina Bisne.
n.,
top.
mdsa
Bissa
(pi. hisdse).
Add
si
Jce
hnvo
hisdse ?
Bisdra,
to
preach.
Nayi hisdran
adelci,
have preached
righteousness.
Good news.
a casque worn by lofido
;
Bisiya
(pi.
bisiyoyi), n.,
a hedge-
hog.
Blye, part, of
hi,
following.
Blyo,
intr.,
following.
Ta rdna
day.
Bizdzi,
Bize,
n,, side-plaits
of the hair.
n.j
a market.
hirzi, n.,
izzi and
Bizimi,
a small
hill.
(pi.
bull.
Bizinita=nasara,
Boho,
n.,
triumph, victory.
a species of beetle.
cow
for a calf.
Bode si,
man
of Gobir.
Taurero
ne.
Bokanci,
Bola,
n.,
n.,
Bomhagi,
Boiikdmi,
n.,
name
for elephant.
Borkono,
n.,
small pepper
nickname
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Ori,
n.,
women.
oto
(pi. hotooi),
B6ye = ghoye,
Bn,
n., father.
adv., secretly; to
conceal, to
feign;
Bumddafa,
n..
Cannon
father; the
name given
In Hausa,
to
the
Spanish
dollar.
butar,
pi.
bu^dri^baturi,
is
turdiva,
of money, us usual,
Bndya,
invincible, indomitable.
si
;
na yi en
is it
rabu da
wretched thing
I burnt
my
snuff-box, but
was
overpowered
did
not
succeed.
Bube,
n. pr.,
Bube
Bubruwa,
Budeci,
n.,
n.,
a weasel.
f.
(pi.
budedu), opened.
Budezi
(pi.
cat,
Budi
(pi.
a bed-bug.
Buduruci,
n., virginity.
n.,
Bufulfidci,
Bugd.
Add ya
Suna
bityu
babdn kube.
B'ugege, m., bugegiya,
f.
(pi.
bugegu), beaten.
nono.
Bitgu mai,
tr.,
to
chvirn = tungua
Bani
Kr.
canopy.
of."
Bukata,
to
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be iu need
to desire.
tlieir
Sunn huhUako
coucerns.
.sayalJ, tlioy
are
engaged with
hhva ya
ce
own
Ai duhmoa ne anayi
si hia.
ha
ai dill:a
ai hukatdnsa ha
(?).
Bukl-=takama^Tiumhari, pride
Buku,
u.f
a variety of dawa.
huldla.
table.
Buma, n., red cattle in Kano, Bummi, n., the flower of goro, showing that it is ddwa, gero and mniwa ; gero ya yi bummi.
Bi'ma,
n.,
ripening
of
a species of ^sh.:=gaiiva.
Bunka,
n.,
Bunu,
n.,
the
right
bank
of the
Niger
the Fulani.
sdvikhi
The
saying
ci
is
Bunu,
ce
:
Goher ya
;
komi ha
ya komo kumd
ci
sdnunsu
Fulani sun
ce
ya yi kydu,
mu
rdma.
Bnp
excl.,
suddenly, abruptly.
!
Ya
;
tdso
a species of toadstool
fungus.
Buram,
n.,
plunge.
Burhehe,
n.,
the
name
Burgawa,
Burguse,
stirring up.
pi.
ki ke rvfe, the
goad
hurrua
Na
da gudu,
Burtu,
n.,
a swan, by Br.
Burtutuke,
Buruntu = kwdce,
prey.
E
2G
Biirunce,
v.,
to take spoil.
San
goods.
Busd, pr.
n.,
a town in
msu,
Buse,
tr. v.,
to bury.
Ka busu gawanld.
of wind instruments, including the
flute,
tr. v.,
Bmehuse,
Butami,
Buza,
beehive
a
n.,
bcso.
Buzu
Buzu,
(pi.
buzawe),
a slave.
n.,
a Mulatto tribe
(?),
Br.
n.,
Kr,, a
among
Abzinawa.
Buzuzun
Alia,
n.,
Dung beetle;
lit.,
biuuzun
D.
Ba,
,
da si da ni, both he
and
I.
Halbin hida
nan sina da deffi, the sting of that fly contains poison. Kdriji nan da si he da toka, the chaldron which contains the Sina da ashes. Siyia da ^awo, it is long, it has length.
rdi,
it
has,
is
possessed
of,
has
life,
is
alive.
Gizirin
sdJci,
the salt of
Timbuktu has
si
Don
(pi.
narmzi ne
strength.
n.,
da
kdrifi,
because he
it
man
possessed of
Sina da navyi,
is
heavy.
Maida
masuda),
proprietor, possessor.
Dd
or dda,
what
is
or was of old.
of
were, of old.
Dd
(pi.
'
fruit
:'
didnicP,
f.
(pi.
ydydn
27
j
ice.
Dan
^dca, n.,
gambler
also called
ddn
nuts,
gileia,
son of
the nut,
^n
anayln
Da
han
han kdre da
ddmhe,
Daha, brutish,
Dabdgira,
tree.
Na
Dabaibdiya,
n.,
Dabdm,
different.
In Kano
it is
pronoanced dabdu.
invention,
plot.
Dabdmta,
plan.
n., difference.
Kano, dubduta.
n., device,
;
to
form a
Didjdra
sense.
deceitful
scheme
cunningness.
Good
n., date.
dablno), n.
cln
dablno
su ke ;
Dabir or dahir,
an affirmation by
speaker or listener
Ddbo
Dabo
or dabv,
tr.,
Ya
yi
mdsa
dabu.
(pi.
Dahunos
dabobi),
n.,
ubun dahund.
Kr.
creature, beast.
Kama
kpdai dabobi da
Dddafa,
conj., therefore,
n.,
thereupon.
Dddaga,
grinding to powder.
Dddai
'
ba Jidka
gulbi
da girima.
which
is
Dddei.
the
meaning of
to
never,'
very doubtful.
Dddai,
conj., if not.
break to
Daddka,
n.,
castration.
castrates.
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is
JDaddkaJce,
n.,
au animal that
castrated.
Dddari,,
n.,
Dade.
Tun
dcide, of
old=:
a
lai
Dddi.
Add,
si
Prov.,
Dddi magdna
Idjia.
;
Dddi
7nnfmn
zdmne
ddin
Ddfe,
marada da
kai,
ha filia
(?).
to press
agd,
prep.
Additional examples
ne.
Cikin garimu, ko
Muka
Muka
dagd
rfai,
dagd,
Kadd
Ddgd,
n,
;
gdmu da
;
kai
dagd cikin
Idhira.
watching
watching-place.
Ddga,
n,,
battle-field or place.
Dagdmi and
dagunii,
n., collar.
Da
its collar
Ddgara,
i.
q.
maiwa.
i.
Ddgura, Vdgu,
n.,
tendon,
q. slsia, n.,
nerve, pulse.
Icdfo
Yacdga^ekanenda ya kcta.
kane
n.,
si^ia,
ddgara, ya sa ivotan
dagd
wilri
n\ea,t=nd7na.
n.,
Dagwiyan,
Kadd. ka
da
Do
not leave
me
alone,
&c.
Mu duka
q. deho.
v.,
muka
Daiho,
i.
Ddidaita,
to
make
like,
to
maintain one's
right,
to
be
suitable; equal,
proper,
direct.
Ina fdta
hainyoyina
my ways may
be made direct.
29
ainyen ciciwa,
Vaji,
Ddji,
n.,
n.,
n.,
a dark-green bead.
blue seed.
a burning bush.
(pi.
akcike, dakdha
oppressed.
dalidhu),
trodden
down, beat
down,
Dakdri
(pi.
dakdrn),
more
especially foot-soldier.
akat,
also dahjat,
n.,
do with
;
difficulty.
akin ddmri,
Ddkua,
D.,
prison
and
Ddkwa,
Ddkuse,
Dal,
n.,
n.,
made
of
pounded guinea-corn,
pennisatum.
n.,
name
for maize.
by Moslems.
Dalili.
Add
reason, cause.
Dalili, n,, trade.
Mai
(pi.
masudaJeli), a trader.
Dallasewa, to be blunt
stump.
little
Duma, Ddma,
as
n.,
da ddma, a
Ina
more.
chance, opportunity.
so i'n ^Iria
Baddma
ddmagdsi,
pr. n., of
man.
Ddmana,
n.,
Ddmana
kdsa,
is
is
when
very
there
white.
frost
on the ground; da
which
is
Damankdda, n., a poisonous plant. Br. Ddmara, n., girdle; yi ddmara, to gird
harnessed.
oneself,
to
be
Damdciri
(pi.
damdcirdi),
n.,
a species of snake.
Ddmbd,
n.,
the
name given
to
some kind
of red rice
which
is
Dambalkore,
pr. n. of
30
I)fl'm&a?)a.9,n.,atown. Kicsa
Vdmhdria,
n.,
the child of
dmbazi, n., a kind of necklace made of small beads. Dame (Br. demmi), n., handle; sheaf. Dame karim, n., cluster of grapes. Ddmd, int., to stagger. Sic dame kamdn maiydwan sa. Damfammi (pi. dangammdi), n., a fence made of corn-stalks
grass.
or
silk
satin.
Ddmha,
also
tr. v.,
to
hand
Kr.,
over, seize
by the hand
lay hold on
to take.
diii-a, sie
Ddmre,
to bind.
wurden nachdenklich. May Ya ce da ita, zdka, Tnutafl wurin spell- bound by charms ? mallami su ddmre m,iina dmre ^akdni na da he. Ddmre)
not mean, they were blinded,
or daure,fuska, to put on a stern countenance, to knit one's
brow.
Damrungaga,
DdmSe,
n.,
n.,
the upper
to
the
elbow.
moisture, sap.
confused, disquiet,
Ddm^ua,
n.,
Ddmu
Dan
(pi.
pupil, scholar,
disciple.
Ddnbdnzo.
Add
ddnhdnza
reirei na, ku
andukulesi si
rosi.
Ddnheka,
n.,
my
fiither.
Dandamana,
season,
Danddmi, Ddndana,
tr.
to run a risk.
n.,
31
dn
dmi
hand.
])dnduinlyi=alcoHi,
r\.,
DcDifare
as,
ya danfareta, he embraced
Ddnfdri
(pi.
Ddnferica,
BdnforJid,
n., n.,
child of a harlot.
heavy beam,
false guvial, not
reckoned mischievous
(?).
Bk.
Danga
(pi.
dangogi),
i.
q.
denga.
;
a kitchen-garden.
Ddngdha,
Dangddo,
the
son of
possession,
i.e.
heir.
Dangddona
gidd na.
Ddngana,
Ddngari
Gold
n.,
the
name given
gari),
to children
yaydn
n.,
McUds
n.
garl, silver.
Ddngane,
Ddngesi,
reclining.
Dangazere, pr.
n.,
m.
temporary lameness.
iamWy = d{^nqL
dngidd,
Bangdvo,
n.,
male domestic.
;
Ddiigo, n.,
wax
a
n.,
young elephant.
Udnjejawa,
n.,
Kebbi name
for gero.
for salt, 10 to 12 inches
son of grand-parents.
dankaloli), n., cassado
;
Name
of a plant.
(pi.
sweet potato.
Dankdma,
n.,
the
name
of a large town.
to,
tr. v.,
Gareka kiirudta
ddnkare.
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anJcera,
Ddhkulole
tr. v.,
to press,
(pi.
dankulalu)
Danni,
n.,
a swan
(?).
Danuhd,
n.,
nail.
Half-brother by the
father's side.
Ddnraguwa,
n.,
pi.,
white
cattle.
fisher.
(ahin), terrible,
something
terrible.
n., half-brother by the mother's side. ansufari (pi. yansufari), n., a hired labourer, Ddnzumdma, n., a free person.
hireling.
Ddiiztimu,
n.,
son of a cousir
a cake of beans.
first
Ddnivdke,
n.,
ardra,
to ridicule, to deride.
Mutdne
Daraugo,
n.,
glory, honour.
Ddre and
Ddri,
n.,
Komi nlsa na
dare gare di
tcdije.
dri
fifty
owe)
is
the
detaining five
The Arabs call it Ar amd woddhga ndmdu kanagdni ddri ddzi da girlma da kiho da pJwon knfoni
:
Ddri,
n., cold.
Ana
ddri, es
ist
mir
kalt.
Kadan anyenke
Bdrin
harvest
in
i.e.
the cold of
December or January,
first
Wunda
Ddriantdka,
n.,
coldness.
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Darn,
n.,
a tribe
Kwgnca.
between Kororofo, between Sunfai and They weave cloth called palla of fibres of wood,
which has been soaked and beaten. Barwoiya, tr. v., to rinse, as the mouth. Bastui and dascUe, n., the gums. IldUena
Busaonjini, the dropping of blood.
ddfe ga dasdSena.
Dd^e anddsa, a Basewa, and dmewa, n., eclipse. Bauda, pr. n., David.
Base,
n.,
a tree.
tree planted.
Bauda and
Baiido, the
name given
to a ruler or governor of a
place of some importance; a duke, prince, nobleman. Baudal Baiwa, n., a kind of grass, short spikes and adhesive.
Baiiddn
cihi, n.,
(pi.
a tape-worm.
Baudaiva Baukdka,
some kind
tr.
Anaymsa da
dorowa.
v.,
to
lift
up, to be
high, to be exalted.
Mu
air
!
name together.
of a
Ka so ha daiika ma
Baida, or ahun daida,
in
Icdnha,
n.,
money
man
gratified is called
harder
than daido.
Baura,
i.
q.
Anka daura
anre,
ta tdfi
giddnta,
to tie
as,
ya daura hantensa.
Pro v.,
ahandaiirasi.
Bdwa,
n.,
a white kind
is
called
gadardra ; a reddish
kind, zdgo.
Baivama,
v.,
servitude
paying attention to
more especially
ye eat the
to strangers.
toil.
bread of
34
garelca
ha
6e^e
mutum,
'*
When Thou
dehver man/'
awdki,
n.,
Ciwoma, to endure, continue, i.q. Ddwama. Dawgyawa, n., returning coming back; dawgyowa,
;
returning,
going back.
Dehhehbi,
n.,
pavement.
tr. v.,
ebe
and
dagd
deho,
to take, take
iii.
off,
away.
Ni
dehe alberha
Jcdsa (Gen.
17).
Ya
Ya
dehe mnilnsu, ya
ya
hdsu.
Nl
I
off;
nl dehe,
something
it."
eda
Dega,
and ddda,
to multiply.
drop, to leak.
En
Ice
is life
Demma
(pi.
(pi.
demmgni),
n., sheaf,
bundle.
Dlmmo, ddmandakesa, nasekasa, niizanciki and hagghisn tiulu, different names given to an animal, pi'obably the iguana in
Sierra
Leone
scabs
called
u.,
an upland
alligator.
Dmga
(pi.
denggyi),
all
Deraha,
n.,
Mi
deraha,si
man
Dere = ddre^
n.,
last
da
but one.
tall
Derne = ddrne,
a fence of
reeds.
Dew,
Dla,
intr., to leap,
leaping down.
adj., fi-ce.
iVix
hdku dla,
make you
;
free.
D'la (accent
on
of dd, children
syl),
daughter
(very doubtful).
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iafaru
makaia,
n.,
is
grapes.
Kr.
lantaka, i. q. dulnci, n., freedom, manumission of slaves. Dlha hdmna, to be hopeless, to lose courage. Bihdco, n,, some sort of cloth, perhaps of silk. dui sun sd
riga dihdco fard.
Diho,
n.,
silver-spotted satin.
Kdha girhna
didigdnsu
is
removed.
DiJiho, n,, coition.
il
a mast.
lla,
ila,
n.,
fox.
lla
is
priest of the
desert.
n.,
a melon.
occasion, cause, reason.
illli,
n.,
= durgiisi.
white
calico.
;
J)iin{=}:ambQri,
n., fine
Bimso,
tr. v.,
to take
only used
when speaking
of a handful,
as dimso
hdnu
hiu,
Nuhu ya sdmii
direzia,.
silver coin.
upsetting, as a boat
q. zirta, n.,
a saw.
v.,
Birze,
i.q.
gurze,
tr.
make a
stand.
n.,
bruising.
n.,
Biya=dla.
Biydlrdna,
Mu
n.,
diydnsa
ne.
Bodni,
n.,
a span
n.,
Bpbontdka,
sorcery.
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DoJp,
Dodo ya
wild
kingi
itdce
ya fddi
da mutum duka.
a
little
ya yi Maidodo and
sdnkindodo, a
warrior.
leviathan.
beast;
quiver given to a
Dododi,
n.,
serpents.
Dodpwa,
Dpgara,
n.,
tr.,
by props
hauni.
to trust in
to uphold.
Dpgo, dogua
duka
hiu,
ddma da
Dggo
(pi.
the
husband
of
Dpgua.
Dpgua = ^dfin
trees.
^omia,
u.,
is
Doiyan
Doka,
hlssa, n., a
bush, that
is,
a wild yam.
:
n,,
law
notice.
Anyi doka
kmca
si
daure dalonsa
Doka
Doka,
(pi.
n.,
middle, ridge
Dokaci, as
many
as, all.
Dpkin Alia ; literally, God's horse. Dokol, n., cankerworm. Fdra, jidre.
Dole
(pi.
species of mantes.
Domi,
in
dommi,
Bornu.
(pi.
donme,
conj.,
because.
Domi
huyu
van,
Domi, against.
Sdriki ya fito
dom
Dongoli
dongoldi),
n.,
Don hdka ; don kdda, that not; l>a don Don ivonan ne, it is for this reason.
Dpre,
n., joining,
n.,
were
not.
Dpro,
lump^ protuberance.
Midpra, a round-shouldered
horse.
person.
Midpra
zdbo, a
hump- backed
Dorowa,
n.,
parkia.
Kr.,
37
otizo,
n.,
man
u.,
of distinction.
In the sentence
Kai dan
aura
Bowdtdna,
Dronrdga,
Doicai=dui,
bad
smell.
n.,
horses.
Kano name
every.
Bani
gamsika
do not refrain
my
lips.
Kamdn
Buaia,
n.,
sweet potato.
;
Budsu arddu, n., thunderbolts dudsu lulu, n., pearl. Bubdra, add dubdra tafl kdnfi ; ha don dubdra ha mutum
:
si
Buduge
of
(pi.
dudugdi),
n.,
my
n.,
heels.
Budufa,
Budurii,
Bilfua,
musical instruments
timbrel.
n.,
name
of a stream in Kano.
Btlfiia ta
n.,
darkness.
conj.,
Buk da wonan,
less,
this,
Buka, flogging.
Bulli,
n.,
black plum.
n.,
Bumi
Burnt,
or ddmi,
fins,
and green on
tagugyi^ the
either side.
n.,
noise.
Bumi ya
;
cika gidd.
{?),
Bumin
Warm
as riidn dumi.
Bumia,
n.,
goose
some kind of
tree.
Bumca, tr., to fill the hand, to take by handfuls. Bundu, n., a small fabaceous tree bearing a pod eaten by cattle.
Bundururu,
Buhgoli,
n.,
n.
= ma{zdbe,
a pickase.
a door-post.
38
of
an arm,
Issa, ho
a leg or finger.
J)w?im, world;
add: sina
so
si
Icoya mutclne
admin
Idhira.
Unia
yau ha su
Diihhule,
age
is
not
for peace.
Mutume dunia da
tr.,
to shape, to form.
ce,
Issa
si lean
dauka
Tidsa, si
ddmata,
si
mdsii rdi.
unkurkuda,
DUnia melon,
n,,
the
common
species of
and black
locusts.
the
Br.
ta
John, Diinya,
da
kai, has
no
Dilsa dzurfa,
n.,
dross of silver
kdr/fi, of
iron
diisa si-
ndria, of gold.
n.,
Antichrist.
Miitume
mUgunta duka
cikin dUnia ;
nanlsa
hinsl.
si yi
si kdsesi tdre
siina
azalj maildo
Maikodai sina
Dpkonsa,
ce).
Dwade ;
as,
i.q.
[The orthography has undergone some changes of late with aview to bring it more fully in harmony with that proposed in the " Standard Alphabet for reducing hitherto unwritten languages,'^ by Professor R. Lepsius, Berlin. We therefore now write d instead of ds, and dz and j instead of dz and ds.
Pahere = dsahore,
n., grass,
reed.
Ice mai-
si
yi dadiiva gasofo.
39
E.
Eansina, adv., add
Ehilis,
:
in the
meantime, meanwhile.
and
not
n.,
ehilisi, n.,
diabolus, devil.
Kddd
Jcdwo
or,
mini
as
chili-
me
much
as.
Do
Edahal,
make me
a black ass.
Efait, n., a
from Aghenci.
Elgaita, add
Elio, n., the
Elliu, n.,
Elhuds,
n.,
Jerusalem.
;
En=insind an
ne.
En
e'nnd,
en suFuldni da red dda ansa taninho, dsdmu. Ena, or that which. Mlnene ena da hold siikafddi indhi ?
:
add
and wether,
Ya tdmhdya
dei
Engardiaga,
J^nna,
n.,
a large toad.
Seems
(pi.
Bornu word.
?).
add
enuivd
Yanuna mdsu
ce,
rljia.
Dlla ya
ni da
leu
ha
mu
Ecdda,
ne.
Ephod,
n.,
region.
Kafadu.
F.
Fdda, add
fddo, to
is,
fall
is
down, to shrink
dead.
Jllcin
ya fddi, he has
ce
fallen, that
he
ya fdda Jcumd.
Fadd,
tr.,
rebuke.
ne,
Ka
anayi
mdka
ha ayi mdJca fadd ? The " Art thou the prophet Mahomed,
?
who
ni,
is
not to be contradicted
And: Mutum
hai tone
faddfiJca ha,
FadaSe, caus.
v.,
:
meadow;
;
to confess
to scold, to
blame
to reprove.
Da
40
Fadodi,
pi.
form, palaces.
Fafadl, the
face.
same
Fafilm
(pi. filcafihi),
n.,
feather,
wing,
fins of fishes.
Faga and
Fage,
n.,
faggd,
n., rice
;
farm
also
faggdn
bow
shot
speed of a horse.
race-ground, riding-place.
Faggen ddwaki,
Faggo,
n.,
Gudun fagd,
running a race.
n.,
znziija,
and faiafdi.
Sina da fdhari, amd ha
he
Fdhami,
Fdharl,
n.,
n.,
understanding.
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honour, reputation.
da fdhami, he has (a good) reputation, but no sense. Mittum wonda sina ciMn fdhari, dma ha Si da fdhami,
a play of words.
Fdhinci,
n.,
Fdhunta, to understand
FaJcdJce, iutens. v.,
clearly.
Fakam,
Fake,
n.,
Fakace, to repeat
intr., to hide, to
Fdko,
n.,
hard ground, or
:
wilderness.
;
Fdko, add
to watch, to listen to
:
lie
in ambush, tic(aufd)Cn.
:
Sdriki ya ce
sdna.
kowa
zo si fdko
maikdfo slnafadi
na sdmi
Mai
(pi.
m,asufdko),
n.,
opponent, adversary.
Fakkiya,
n.,
up
to the brim.
to reproach
revile, expose.
n., court,
41
any
head-tie.
Falfada, Falfdsa,
Fdlia,
n.,
intr.,
tr.,
to
come
to oneself.
to bruise.
a species of fish
lift
much
;
like salmon.
to oneself , to
Falka, to
up, to arise
to
come
awake.
to raise or support
by the palm
of the hand.
tumult, throng.
;
Fdma,
tr.,
to defend
sun yi fdma
Fandama,
Fdnfaindn
FanJcdsu,
n.,
a table land,
flat
land.
n.,
Fdnsa,
tr.
to deliver.
Ya
fdnsesu
Fdntu &ndfuntu,
Fdra,
n.,
adj.,
white ground-nut.
dropsy
n,,
;
Fard,
n.,
white, whiteness.
Fdrakaiya,
FaralmdlJca,
n.,
a person with
one
or
more
make
white.
tr. v.,
know all
drought.
first.
Dd
i.e.
Fdri ho hdU,
white or black,
good
or bad.
Fdrin dahino,
Fdrin ducij
Fdrincihi,
n.,
yellow beads.
n.,
n.,
42
FdrinciTci, n.,
peace, comfort,
rejoice
;
gladness.
Yi fdrincihi, be of
comfort
good cheer,
ha
sd hUrudta ta yi fdrincihi,
my
Fdrin
soul,
make me
rejoice.
Yahuhu
ya yi fdrincihi,
Jacob Fdrin
rejoiced, or
was glad.
white crane.
zini, n.,
being a favourite.
man.
Fdrhaii,
n.,
its shell
is
large enough to
institute, ordain
to originate.
Faro,
n.,
(Crowther's Journal).
Fdrs, n.
Persia.
as,
Fdrsd (ha)
i.
6).
add
:
pi.
fartandi,
n..
hoe.
is
Faru, add
are sleeping
I
Kasdla tasdmeni
me
was hard
up.
Faru mahaia. Haji Ali, of Sokotu, gives it for vine, and faru makaia for grapes, the fruit of the vine. (Kr).
Fdrun mahiaya.
Fdsa,
tr.,
(John)
to lay
waste.
laid
Fdsa,
tr.
and
Na
fdsa
to pull
to smite, to
wound.
n.,
an aromatic bark.
joint section.
Plan;
as, fasdli
da muha yi
ncl
we have formed
long ago.
FdsarOf to explain, expound. Letdji na Hausa anyi fdsardnsa,
the
Fasardnta,
explanation.
43
to
go a whoring adultery,
;
fornication.
ya fdskara, he
nothing
is
or headstrong.
Ya na fdskara,
is
impossible.
dbu
komi fdskara
Faskardci,
Fdskare,
Fdski, Fasso,
n.,
ne,
impossible.
n.,
a plank, board.
n.,
n,,
breadth.
cold.
Fdsu,
intr., to
yinx, aufer,
Kr.
Fata
Fdta,
(pi.
"or
fruit."
Fdtan gondo ha
ixix. 21).
ta
da kdhri.
to fight.
si,
fight. Ya yi fdta da he fought with him, for which Bk. gives, ya yi kokewa. Tare da si, to struggle for, pray for. Eai ne anafdta, ha
tr.,
life,
Fatatakdke, m. fatatakdkiya
beasts.
Fatatdkawa,
Fatauci,
n.,
n,,
by hard
fighting.
trade, trading.
;
Ina
tdf.
fatauci, I go to trade, on
a trading tour
Ya
kl zvafataiodye,
set
up
or light a lamp.
Fdye, add
Kaddn
on gidasensu
;
Yafdye wUyagareni.
ice
fish-hook, fish-line
fdsa and
Mai
(pi.
masufdza), one
who
is
Maifdza ya dauka or fisga, or kdna icen fdza, the angler takes up the line. 8u (pi. mdsu), n., fisher.
n.,
Fdzi,
a crown, turban.
fefefeya, f.fefefu, faded, withered, decayed.
Fefefe,
in.
Fesa,
Fesdwa,
44
Fiada,
tl.,
thrashing.
to dash, as, sifiadesu hisafalale; to give up, over.
Fiade, n.,
tr.,
Fida ido
the
bud ; fida
Fideddy m.ffdediya,
f. {-pi.
Fideri, n., a shrub, the bruised seeds of certain diseases of the eyes.
Fijika, intr., to fly
;
in
Figdge, m.,Jigdgiya
power,
greatness,
excellence.
Fllcon
dilnia ai
wpfi ne.
Fila,
n.,
'
Filldta, JiLldtana,
Fulahman
or
woman.
(Kr.)
Findi,
n.,
FiJcdsOy n., a
flour.
Fintussa,
n.,
Fird, ha
mu
da hai
(John).
ba hifird da
mi
?
(?).
Kr.
Flrd, to
?
peel, aa
yam
jDgyayanuna
Is the
yam cooked
Kai!
Firda,
tr.,
0, hai
nUna
ha,
ydnzu akayifird.
disheartening at failure.
to rip up.
n.,
Firgdhha,
disappointment
the
first.
Firzan,
n.,
Fezzan.
tr.,
to
draw
out.
Ta
fisnsa
daga
da he
Fishe means
much
the same.
Ba hhva
cikin
Ku
fisdi
{=fi.sd8i)
sdlihd,
You pour
Flsge,
tr.,
it
into a bottte.
Fisdrin ginma,
n.,
;
an olive-green bead.
take
off
to skin
skin or feathers.
45
tr.,
Ta
fise
mutdnensa da
add
to leave a place
out everything.
cildn zirigi
a muha
hafita abu
diilca,
you take
mun
siga
hdna ga
doTcin wuta,
When we
left
Germany
we went
Fitdsda garlfa, hi yi
mdmu
Fitda fida
Fitilla
and
Jitillgli).
Fitilla
mlci,
a burning
lamp.
Fitg, to take out, extract.
out,
Ya
jito sindria
dagd duH.
Come
cidwa ta
Jito
dagd
garl.
out,
coming
in.
Fiyfya,
n.,
superiority,
? Is it
higher distinction.
is
Ama
dfniia ha
Jiyeya
so that there
Fg da
yini,
Foffha, n.
fpfo da wuni, forms of salutation. p., a valley forming the boundary-line between the
(Br., vol. iv. p. 231).
Fgla,
n.,
name
for
maiwa.
Fgma
{p\.f6mae
vanity,
strut.
v.,
to brag, to
Foofoo,
n., lights,
tr.,
lungs.
;
Forho,
to absorb moisture.
Frigita,
start.
4G
Frigita^e, frigitadia
Fudtty
tr.,
;
[p].
to
till,
to
throw up heaps
yams and
corn
to dig.
Fudua
Fiifuhe
{^\.
and ftthafuki,
a cap.
n.,
Ftda,
n.,
magdna fulanci,
woman.
Fulata,
Fullaci,
n.,
n.,
a Fulde
what belongs
mildew,
crown, turban.
in rags
Fitmfuna,
Ficni, n., a
n.,
damp
smell of damp.
Funtu, naked,
FunturUj
Furde,
n., n.,
from want.
cold of
a bay horse
:
of.
Another
description
Fure
{-^\.
furori) ,
hfide hdJci
ha,
Faren gucian
a panther.
itace,
almond-tree.
FurJcaM
(pi. /urfce),
tr.,
Fusdta,
n.,
;
wrath.
to fret
;
Yi fusdta,
;
v.,
to
rage furiously
to
be
angry
Fiislca, n.,
to be envious, vexed.
colour
face.
;
boast, glory.
Woiiifusha
Fme,
Fucu,
tr.,
to carry over,
i.e.
to
pass across
carry through, as
yumva,
n.,
famine.
;
fucewa.
to
one to
(Isai.
i.
rest.
my
adversary
(?).
24).
Fuza,
u.,
glory, excellency
respect, authority
47
Fui, to bore.
the gate.
Sima fuzewa
f. (pi.
Fuzezi, m.ffuzeziya
womeii's
lips).
G.
Ga, prep.
Ka
sd woni
Don
ta Jisdta
ga
ga (under) Gewoye ga (round) maida. Namlzi daia sina zdmne ga (at) makdrin maida. Ta huga
hdkiii
rua.
Sit cl
didn
itdce
Jcalkdsin
enud
da
sainyi.
Muka
kofa.
Kowoce
sdfia
mukan
siga
fita
ga (through) wota
mu
ga
gewoya
hdydnta.
mm
dagd woto
Kdsi daia ya
Ga
kosi ga
kwdna yunwa,
Gdha,
n.,
Suna gdha,
matdnsa.
ta
gdha, ya kdre.
Ya
kaini gdha ga
kdra
dzewa woddnsa.
Gdhd or gdha
(pi.
gahdhi), n.,
cubit, or fathom.
8 an
Gdban hdnu,
knobs.
to agree;
ya gahdia,h.e agreed.
Angahdta hdki
daia.
Gahdta {da alhdrka), to prevent, go before, to favour. Presenting themselves. GahdtowGy coming to, before (?).
Gahdtoniy before me.
Gahdcin rdna,
i.q.,
of the East.
Gdhia and
Gahiya,
n.,
gdjia, n.,
mouse.
Gdhia tanafito.
woman,
like
Madam.
Gdhu, niaikdydti
gdhu bakd kh'kerstu fuskdka ta hiimhvra, maikdydn gdhu ? Will thou not be cupped, thy face is
swollen
?
(Kr.)
48
Gada
(pi.
Gadai,
n. p.,
tr.,
of a place.
to execute, to prepare.
Gaddna.,
Gaddnga,
Gadaze,
n.,
name given
pi.
form.
Seats, thrones
also beds.
Gddo
(pi.
gadciya,
and gaddye),
n.,
a boar.
Gaddya suna
tuo
Gddon
GaddOy
kdra,
n.,
n.,
a tree
its
(?)
Sleeping-
made
of
Goddohiu,
n.,
the
Kabbi mark;
GaddouTcu,
the
Zamfara
mark.
Gaddon
a certain herb.
Gaddo or Gado, and magada (pi. magadi), n., inheritance. J)dn gddo na giddna, the heir of my property. Prov., Gddon gidd aldla ga rdgo, the inheritance of a house is a
trouble to the sluggard.
Gafdye,
Gdfia.
pi.
form, furrows.
See gdhia.
:
Gagagugu, as
different
TwdrdnJca, gagagugu
of coughing
;
howa ya
sani,
everybody
is
or,
my
way of coughing
yi gdgardptu, to canter.
Gdgara, to be scarce.
Bawa ya gdgara ;
si
gdgara,
it
resisted
my
strength.
xvi. 4. (John).
Gdgawa, Psalm,
Gagira hadi,
n.,
wood used
for closing
town or
Gagarddddo,
city gate.
n.,
bars.
n.,
Gago
(pi.
gdga),
headman
of a conquered province.
Gainyon
cedia, green.
40
Gaira, adv.,
less.
gaira
ha, less
Ba
no cause whatever.
Gaisua, add
to bid farewell.
Da muka
slnia
kaddn mulca
Gaiya,
n.,
:
company, assembly.
yi gaiya, to
Galya, as
beg for voluntary labour, as planting or weeding a farm. Galya midgu miitdne, assembly of
(John.)
n.,
bad people.
Galdge,
cattle
with
horns
bent downwards.
Galdde
^i
Galan kimhuri,
Gdlgasa,
Galla,
n., n.,
n.,
a hairy person.
Gallo,n.,
add zlkan
:
gallo, n.,
bag
Timbuktu.
of
(pi.
some kind
large hoe.
imperiousness.
Gamd,
Gdma,
conj., because.
Gamd
gdma
am
ci.
tr.,
ku zdinna, agdma
is
tiio
inu
right, correct.
Gdmha,
some
Gdmbu,
Game,
made
of
wood
abuse.
malrilfen kofa.
n.,
community, unity
pi. of tdro
To
(John.)
trouble
and,
Mi gdmlnki
da ydya na
children
?
What
is
my
Gdmki,
n.,
image
zuhdhe, molten.
Gamma,
meet one coming from the opposite direction. Gdmminhdnta, n., planting two allied trees in one spot, that they might grow up together.
intr., to
50
Gcimo,
n.,
Gamu, neuter
Gdnddni,
the
n.,
ya gauiu,
it is
correct.
Madu.
a variety of date.
(pi.
:
Gandi,
n.,
Gane'ne, m. ganenia
ganenu), seen.
Ganenia,
visible, as
:
Gdngami, add
fast.
mida ganenia, visible sign. Suka yi gdngami dzumi, they proclaimed a Gangdma, tr. v., to collect, to gather.
Ya
yi gdngare,
(pi.
it
is
bent
in, it
gangdru), bent.
Gangaro,
intr.,
n.,
down.
Gdngawdri,
Gano, to see,
find, discover.
Can
Icetare
Gantaydn
Gdnwo, add
trench.
or gdniia,
n.,
pit,
ditch
n.,
hollow-backed
man
or animal.
it is
Gdra hdka,
(?).
Kr.
dance of
Garafini,
n.,
a bitter plant
leaves
used in sauce
fruit i-ed
when
Garakuna,
ripe.
pi.
form, shields.
Gdrama, don gdrama, kofa, n., threshold of the door. Gardra kisime, i.q. makdjon gidd, n., one that has become blind after he was grown up.
Gardya,
Gardze,
n.,
a timbrel.
n., haste.
Bahd
tntUiim ha
si
'-^1
(
Garho, n.
p.,
the
name
of the last
Hausa
garclia.
n.,
(Kr.)
Gare
Gari,
(pi.
gdruruka),
(pi.
white tobe.
n.,
Gargdsa
gargcUu),
adj.,
good.
Sun
ce si
hdSe
su
zdma
cikin dunia.
Gari,
n., fish
(pi.
Gari
garurua), add
mun
ya
n.,
sundnsu.
Har
gari
Mai
headman of a gnri (pi. masugdri), Ina so m hoy a magdnan place, or magistrate of a place. woddnsu garurua, I wish to learn the languages of some
inhabitant; also, the
countries.
Gdrin dorowa,
Gdrika,
locust meal.
New
locust-tree pods.
n.,
Garhvoye, gariwoya
together.
garhvoyai), part,
adj.,
mingled, mixed
garikUa, shields.
Kaddn
kamdn
;
hindiga.
Gdru = katdnga,
ing.
n.,
Garwaiya, ganwoya,
Gdrivazi, add cxx. 3
;
to
mix, to knead
mixing, knead-
burning coals
is,
(pi.
that
Sun gdsa
See gdza.
Gdsa,
n.,
tr.,
= ktsi.
;
Gdsa,
to
dry with
Gasawa
or gazawa, n. p. of a town.
r)2
to be tired.
Ya gmi da magdna.
The muscular
GaHsci, causative,
to cause to be tired.
Gdfi,
11.,
rump
tail.
:
of a beast.
the
Gdbi, as
mugun
gdsi,
bad
disposition or temper.
gasulrn).
^tiwo gdsi
Gasiere or gasere,
Eiga gasere (pi. riguna Wdka ga^cria, short song. Ydydn roa suna da
short.
dma
ya
Gasimdre,
an imaginary being.
Sait zuazila
magdna nan
anhewoye
fita,
ta miitu
si
ne gasimdre.
tuo,
Kana da
gasimdre baka
ta
tdlauci, sai
kayimdsu
ka hdtazucidnta
hadeka.
Gaskdnta, to
Gdskia, trust.
make
Maigdya maka gdskia Sina nesa. pr. n. of a woman. Gatamaraiya, Gatdndn rdkumi da glwa ya kore {su) glwa {?).
Gdtandta and gdtana, m.
tana ya fi gdtdnka.
n.,
history.
Gd-
Gdtana,
Gdtdri,
Gatp,
n.,
i.
Fuldni ke gdtana.
q.,
kunawal kdra,
Ina nan gdton.
n.,
an earwig.
;
n.,
buttock.
John.
Gutruni garinsu Gutruni, pr. n. of a person and of a place. ha da qirima kwdrai ha. Su mutane 7nasucin dablno ne
ina tamdha ba su da gona sdi da dablno.
Gatta,
n.,
the day
succeeding
the
day
after
to-morrow
(Uebet lOJorgan).
Gdce, to
slip
n.,
cildn rlzia.
Gaceya,
See
goce.
Gaudawa,
Gaude,
n.,
wax.
;
53
gaiita; also
Gdwasa
n.,
plum, or
some
Gawp, add
tree
Prov.,
zunsdye, a large
gawo-
is
Gaya and
Gdya,
n.,
gaiya, add
it
known unto
you.
damp, dampness
ydki, a
Gayanydyan
Gayara,
Gaza, to
v.,
fail,
band of
be languid
to be
wanting in strength
Kdrtfina ya gdza.
to
Mutd-
Ya
ce
maindkia ranee da
gdza kprdma.
Akdmi
ktfi
si data ya kore ydki. kuna giddn Mdmadu, sdi ya kulume dagar gdza haka nan
Sarki
;
ya'i
liar
ISun ce
Mdllam ka
ndna nga.
Mdllam ya
yan
kiji ii
tafp.
Kumia
kinnia,
ha.
Ya
ce
mdta ha
ki qazi
ha, mutafi,
tafi da maredlnta, ya kai har maredi ya nina mdta kai kdnta ya fade, ta gdza tafia ta gdza yada
sun
maredi har ta mutu, maredi ya kaseta, mlzinta, ya rufeta, ya kpmp gidd. Kdrifina ya gdza, my strength faileth.
Gdza
Gdze,
Gazawa,
Gazewa,
Gdzi,
Gdzi,
n., defect.
tr.,
to inherit
to possess.
i.q.
tr.,
gdii, to
be tired
wax
old
exhausted.
to succeed one in
an
office;
ya gdzi,indtami
(Kr.),
to inherit.
on kai
Ghdna,
n.,
destruction^ mischief.
5i
Gbare,
Ghdri,
tr.,
n.,
to divide
as fruit, seed.
half of a gora.
Accident, miscarriage.
after
*
Add,
go to
Gbaure
ruin.
(pi.
n.,
some
species of
fig-tree.
Gbdce, add
Gbaiva,
Gberi,
mutum nan ya
n., scale.
n.,
miscarriage, miscarry.
n.,
Gboyewa,
Gebe,
i.q.
Mding
xodwo,
n., silly,
Gc'dda, intr., to
wag
name
of a long ground-nut.
fall off.
Gc'duwa,
n.,
Gemen
Imsu,
n.,
Gemen mdsdra,
n.,
Mdsarata tandfito da
genie.
Gcndama
Gmgedi,
Genno,
Gera,
n.,
(pi.
gmdamai),
nodding.
n.,
a bottle calabash,
n.,
u.,
of buyer.
Gfh'dama
Gerdi,
add
to the
'
to contradict.'
n., dainties.
(pi. gerhi), n., shield.
name of
is
a horse whose
left
foot
white.
well,
and
is fully ripe.
(John).
tugarl gero.
6r i^r^rr,
add
to improve.
zdsii
gerta dunid.
n.,
Getton
kiine,
the hollow
bottom
of
any thing,
like gnzu.
55
Geiuoye^
add
circuinveut.
Geya
(?)
zdni 7jm
ina.
Bennett (Isaiah
i,,
24).
Gezzagze= gergazG,
n.,
feast of dedication.
Giara kdzwa da tumzere, I would rather have corruptions than yaws. Giara or gouma,
hu tdfi
Jcogi,
not
Comp. gara.
Gidd
(pi.
giddSe),
add
good houses.
house.
Gidd dogdye
mu
Tee
da
Gezera ta
tdha
(pi.
mutum
ha
si
gdni rdna.
Gidihi
Z;i6'p'da.
Gigary
n.,
heavy leg-irons.
Gigi, n.,
being toothless.
{p\.
Mi
Giginia, giginya
n.,
debeb palm,
r.
Gigiwa,
n.,
trouble^
inconvenience,
molestation
su
he.
heady,
headstrong.
Gilgizize, gilgizaziya
shaken.
Ifaigil-
Gilma, road-crossing.
v.,
mawa, one
Gimha,
Gindi,
Gini,
n.,
crossing.
Tr.
to crucify.
Ghndimi,
n.,
n., forest.
spine.
n.,
a hole.
Ai gini hai
of gera. to weed.
yi ziirfa ha,
mane
tr.,
to clean,
n.,
(Br.), to reap,
cut
down;
harvest
= iu</ca.
5G
Girhna,
Intr.,
to grow, to be or
is
grow
I,
larger.
Referring to age,
ya girhneni, he
c'thin
older than
Anpta irin diimma, en sun girima da su nina aciresu. Sdma tdma dan rmifum ya girtma, dan zdki ya girhna, su duka bid sun girima. Other forms, as giringirima, and girinrima. Masdkim itdce da girinrima ko suna da girinrima, large wooden vessels. Bdhu girima,
dishonour, or without honour.
Maigiriman kai
(pi.
masu),
kai.
Sunyi girhnna
like a surplice.
Girke or gerke,
herd.
Girimgece,
n.,
Giriman
Girke,
tr. v.,
n.,
to throttle one.
Girma,
glory.
Girmdma,
to exalt.
;
Girze and
karre.
girzen dpki
and
adv., hairy.
Girsa,
tr.,
an axe or knife
to hurry-skurry
to be unprepared, unready.
Gisima,
n.,
glory.
giSirai, gisdre, gisirori, gisasdri,
GiSiri, pi.
form
and
gisiira, n.,
Da suna yin ivdkdnsu har su side gi^irai, sit sai^esu salt. ga cikin Timbuktu. Dag a, enna ka sdye gisirhika ? Dagd
kdsudn Gdnde.
kdfp,
Pro v.,
Mutum da
in his
gisirmsa
kan ddffa
own
salt.
Gizdgo,
Gizzo,
n.,
an instrument
n.,
Gphara, add
hiu
fire.
Prov.,
Gidd
mdganln gphara.
town and
district.
Gohir, pr. n. of a
Gphiri, native of
Gobir.
57
(?).
common
suya
cl
mat.
Gobro,
n.,
a bachelor.
Gohro ya
ci
cz.
hosi
Wonda
cikinsu,
gohro ne.
Mutum
da gohro da dan
a palace.
;
Gohso,
u.,
a bachelor.
n.,
:
Gohurimce,
Goda, add
to expose
to try as
by experiment
to
meet out
to search out.
Goda,
n., a small hand-bell =^orie ; any small bell G6da = tdmhc2ya, tr., to examine. Godawa, n., joint, section.
horse-bell.
Godda,
Ggdda,
n.,
iv.,
appear; and
= n^?ia.
Maigodda
shows, &c.
(pi.
Godda
Godda,
(pi.
goddodi),
n.,
name
dragon-fly.
n.,
some species of
to
deer.
Gododi,
n.,
:
Gpge, add
rub out.
n.,
harp, violin.
Gogofa,
n., trot.
Goiwa,
Gojia,
n.,
n.,
elephantiasis in a
woman;
goice, in
a man.
ground-nut.
Golgodo,
n.,
Golgodo
loJcaci.
measuring, extent.
Ta
yi golgodon
Tidriflnta,
her strength.
Gold Coast
(?).
Anaddmrewa ga
hunsuru.
Gomia
58
Golma,
Gomhi,
n.,
a hoe.
(?)
.
dam gomhi
n.,
Kr.
Gommi,
Gpnda.
Gomzaki,
morning-star.
ii.,
page
a
12.
Gonda, rather.
cirdra.
Gpndo
(pi.
gonduna),
(pi.
left
fish of
,
hukuma
Gondoy pr.
nlcumai)
Kr.
n.,
Hausa buy
But
see
their
favourite kola-nut.
page 262.
Gonf a
or Gonsa.
Ggngola,
n.,
Ggngoleta,
Gojii,
n.,
:
add
tail.
da
gatari.
Ama
daidnsu goni
ga hdlbin bindiga.
Da
goni hd iaicsai,
goncii su ke.
very
Goninta,
pitiful, miserable.
tr.,
to boast of.
Some
over
other
sentences
su
yi
mdni gonmta?
How
long shall
kadcl
my
N.,
enemies
yi
triumph
me ?
Yi
gonmta,
makidna su
skill,
gonmta
gareni.
dexterity.
Yi gonmta, to
exact.
cleverness,
Gonsa,
n. pr., a
town
far
is
in kola-nuts.
An extensive
trade
Hausa country. Ggnza, a market-place near the Gold Coast, where the Hausa purchase their kola-nuts (John).
Gpra
(pi.
Goran hdnci,
G(jra, n.,
n.,
bow
in
Kabbi.
Eeed, rod.
Br., vol.
ii.,
Ggreha,
n.,
commonly
page
Ggro
(pi.
13.
By
others, ggriha
Gpro na
for the
hand
of a
S9
Garzo, the
same
as gijunda
muscular person.
Gosi,
n.,
strong, heavy
forehead; point.
sina f/dsin
tdsi,
on the point of
starting.
name of a tree bearing an edible fruit. move aside or out of the way of any one or thing, as an arrow, ball or blow. Goceija, n., moving the way out of of any thing. Ya goce cikin rlzia, he
Bk., the
to
tr.^
Goze,
n.,
n.,
title
Gozi,
a very
kind of pumpkin.
to
Goya,
Goyo,
tr., tr.,
to nourish
to suckle a child.
Ta
yi goyo seJcdra
biii
ta gdye.
Goyo
(pi.
Goyo masdra,
Egyptian
Gudhi,
Guana,
n.,
(pi.
a stinking beetle.
Gudza
Guha,
n.,
rpgo.
n.,
Guda,
n.,
sign or
full-
stop. (Kr.)
Guda, add
kdnena guda,
my
only brother.
Ya
rdsu da ydki,
was
Guda,
lost in war.
n.,
yi giida, to cry,
many
must
!
end
in u
Guddna,
tr.,
hisdnsii
hakumci da anrubuta.
?
ga masuhclsaddna.
them that persecute me ? Ahin da ya guddna, What has happened ? Gudawa, n., running issue of any kind flood, diarrhoea. To
;
CO
fulfil,
to perform.
in the
sentence,
ya gudandsda hakumci.
Gudo,
intr.,
to flow out.
Guduma=gualmo=^tdzifa sdho. Kr. Gudumowa, gudumua, n., help, assistance. Da gudnmoivan masukdrifi hamdnwutan kestu, and the help of the strong Dowry, is as the fire of the flint, that is, as a mere spark. Zomhas metin ankai mdta gudumua, 200,000 cowries were
sent to her as a dowry.
a race.
Ba
si
da gugu.
whirling dust.
brought a whirlwind.
GUgutu
(pi.
gugutai),
n.,
enema.
Ahin gugutai, or
used.
Guibi, n., dregs.
Guiwdn hdnu,
Gidbi,
n.,
n.,
elbow.
Prov., Gulbin ido ba Ido ne ba.
Guluba,
n. p.,
the
policemen or soldiers.
name given to Sir John Glover by Hausa Eko wurin Guluba, Lagos, the
Mu
uku
mun
yi bdki daia ko
mun
fudu
ce, to,
yi
;
gdma
baki,
mun
gudu.
Mu
mutdne arbain da
gidd.
Ya
Gumdgumai,
sdro
!
large beams.
Gumki
(pi.
gumakai or gumikai),
idol,
graven image.
Ya
yi nesa daga
Gumi,
is
n.,
Gumi na
ztla
kumdfa,
it
Gumslki,
buttress.
61
Talauci yi
= = ^i)
ija
come a time-server), to
Gunaguni,
is
follow after
intr., to
grumble, reduplicate.
no simple foim.
Prov.,
Gundna.
gdtari,
He
is
master of his
commencement of a disease. Gundu-=gandu, n., tax, tribute. Gundumi, n, p., the desert of Gundumi. (Br.) Gungiimey n., timber, a piece of wood cut off a
Gunbin
hdtu,
tree
trunk of
a tree.
Gunna,
n.,
melon, Br.
kolquinthe, Kr.
curd of milk
if
hard.
Guntun
Gunzu,
Gurdra,
Gunydye,
form, sisters.
n.,
a mouse.
sandy-brown horse.
a rider, in Zalbi.
leather
Gurdra,
bag
n.,
n.,
Gurdsa dunkuldtu,
Gurdse and gurdje,
Giwbi,
n., pair.
tr.
loaves of bread.
haste
;
Word
Gurgusa,
and
intr., to reel to
and
fro.
like a
ami
be proud, to boast,
(pi.
Ya
yi
magdna da
Br.
guri.
Gurma,
Guru,
adj.,
gurdgu).
Gurmunta,
n.,
n., tricks.
DoM
Sina gurmunta.
and worn
round the
Gurumfa,
Gusa,
n.,
n.,
a hat
q.
mulufa.
;
it
has scales,
and
(John.)
02
tr.,
intr.
and
to
n.,
gusare),
n.,
morsel.
intr., to
come forward.
;
Guze or
Guze,
in the
Arabic Alphabet.
depart or
flee
intr.,
disappear, to
from.
Also guje, to
run
away
another form
is gtidu.
Gmeguze, as yenke guSeguze, cut into small pieces. the same as guzewa, Gu^eiva, or gdzeiva, n., wanderings
;
flittings
(Psalm
Ivi. 8,
by John).
in
Mandara.
Dorugu
a muka zdmne
tree.
Kamun and
kUa wata daia, muka tdSi, muka tcuce, maka tdfi ga woni garl, na mdnce sfmdnsa, ina tamnha iniddne Mdndara su ke.
Giizu, n., loins,
stump, trunk of a
Guzumd,
Guze, to
n.,
flee
n.,
from.
hand or
foot
bandy
legs,
Gwanda masar,
Gwari,
pr. n.,
n.,
n.,
Egyptian
pawpaw.'
Gwaskd,
Gwasi,
a sore
sores.
Gwdza,
n.,
yam.
;
i.
29.)
Bennett.
Gwgmmi, an
elderly
woman, matron.
03
Gwuntn
remainiug portion
fragment.
intr., to belch.
Gyende=gorza=kdto, great,
Gyenduiva=kdtuwa,
n.,
large, strong,
heavy, muscular
H.
Hdba,
n.,
!
cheek, cheek-bone.
Hdba
interj.,
dear
me
really
Why
medicine
tr.,
to publish, to preach, to
;
show
forth,
to warn, forewarn
Eabertdwa,
n.,
masu-),
tr.,
i.
q.
mrt.
In the sentence
yoyi.
Ya
yi
mdha wuya ha
(Acts
ix. 5.)
Bk.
a stranger.
of tree.
fish.
Haddha
Hdggu,
Hdgu,
Haiba,
Hd:ife,
i.
Hadas, with
n.,
ice,
some kind
adj., left;
q. hauni,
hdgu
En hun ga
tuo da hdqu.
ifnutum sirmiru,
n.,
leu Jean
ma'isesi
;
hamdn maici
ornament, beauty
:
.
add
Mu woddnan
cilia
uhu anha'ifemu
ga garl data.
Da
wdtani sun
ydrinia ta hdifu dd
mdha
a giddnTca,
for
conception.'
En
haifi
abu da cikina
Haiyaki,
Hailun,
Haiyeta,
n.,
smoke, fog.
cunning.
to trouble, to annoy.
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Haira,
n.,
a bassom.
Hdka,
conj.,
Hdka,
way, or manner.
Hdka zdmu
kdrhd-
reda
kumd
? Is
that the
way
in
part after
all ?
;
Hdka,
tr.,
to excavate
n,,
to garnish.
Ya
Hakdnhja,
= cauri.
Hdkarikdri,
n., rib,
Hakia
Hahlka,
n.,
truth,
;
affirmation.
Adverbially
used,
truly,
certainly
Tiifufinta
duka
Haklkan wonan
of, full
Annahi
Hakpra,
n.,
ne.
teeth.
of teeth
and hakpri,
kane.
as
form
Ha&umci,
n.,
judgment, equity.
to the meaning, " event, purpose, ordinance."
Hakumta, add
Alia ya gdma
that
Hakurse,
tr.,
to comfort.
Hdlaka,
n.,
destruction.
to destroy, to perish
it.
dofi si
Si hdlaka lalatdtu
form
be sure to
cut
off,
to destroy
to perish.
Halal, add
<hi
yi
mugu
expect.
Wilri
da hdki
honesty
and
adv., honestly.
Ya
an,
yi riga
na
lialas.
llalhl, n.
add
Domi ha su
Don ha
05
rogo,
dma
Icuda su
han
halhin
Jcfida
nan Sina da
dej/l, Jco
saniimi.
Halesu, pr.
E(di, loud
n., Elijah.
{"?).
Ealia,
n.,
Ya
daiihi
mugun
Mai-
Ualita,
n.,
creation.
SdUin rdgo,
ram's-tongue.
its
an infusion of
halusdn
yiii
leaves
used
affections.
HdUin
ice,
HdUin
Hdma,
hdma, to gape.
n.,
Benue.
p.
1854_, p. 86.)
Hdmbudiga,
n.,
under-joints of the
Hamlya,
n.,
one that
is
place.
namsdmia,
n., five
hundred.
And hamsa
minya.
Kurdinsa
ya ft taldtawa hamsdmia, the value of it is more than S500 cowries = Is. 9d. Hdngara, n., the swelling caused by the guinea-worm ; beetle.
Handniya.
one eye.
Hdnlca,
tr.,
Mihandniya
to chastise
Jco
Sanhadey
tr. v.,
HankaltilOy
Hdhliilri,
n.,
add: to be cautious; endeavour to resti-ain oneself. A^na Jcoda Sina sd zucidnsa ga lidiihuri, iddnnnsa svn cUai
Enda maigudu ya
Hdnca
(pi.
morning
sun.
Ildnci
maso
{?)
gahahd ha
K
si
da
; ;
GG
dddi,
tlie
aged.
especially
to the
Ilancia
hati'/re, n.,
Ildncin hadde,
= kanunfar.
in
Hdnu, n., hand. Slna da ydki a hdnUy he has war engaged in war.
hand, or
is
Hdnu
(pi.
hdnayc),
n.,
n.,
a sleeve.
Hdnilu glwa,
trunk of an elephant.
tall
a large and
variety of dawa.
Hanun
n.,
pincers.
intr.,
Hanzdri,
to hasten, to
run quickly.
till,
Har
until
already, as soon as
yi fata har su sdre
length
taJcohi.
or
degree.
Su
zundnsu da
wnsu liar su hoves^i. Ta lidma hirni nan. Suka ce da si : har ha two wdiiha
Scii i
hoiva
da ya
tdfi
ga hdnsi, ko
Sdnr'iidn doki
:
p'lka ke nan.
Hdram, add what is sacred or forbidden, unlawful. Hardma, tr., to prepare, make ready as for a journey
purpose.
to
Hardmia,
n.,
abomination; uncleanness.
;
a look of reproof
Prov., Alia
H kai d(.mmo
ga hardwa ko ha
ci,
hirginia.
Hdrhi.
Ildrgi
See hahri.
(pi.
fish.
Ildrgnwa,
contention, commotion
Also
Harigi,
n.,
u.,
fish.
Hariya,
C7
Hdruga,
n.,
harpoon for
n.,
alligators.
Ilaruna, pr.
Aaron.
The name
(Br.,
Compound
cilclnsa
Hdsa,
tr.,
to light.
n.,
Aina en ahdsa
;
Hdsada,
v.,
malice
feeling
of
envy or dislike
any one
to persecute.
n.,
Hasdla,
8un sdH
him
to anger.
Nostrils.
Haskdha,
Hdskara,
tr.,
tr.,
misfortune, accident.
Hassali, sense
= hdhkali.
Mailidssall, one
that understands
8uka sd
sai-
figured satin.
zdki.
(Kr.)
be mad.
Jid(jii,
adj., left.
Hauni hdnu
n.,
Saunwawa
Hauri,
n.,
(pi.
haimwoine),
chameleon.
tusks of elephants.
'
Hame,
fourth form of
have
'
and
'
had,' causative, to
mount on
En
tdfi
en hami'ka
Hau^i, add.
Boh kadd ku
ji
offended.
n.,
hoe.
Hanyan
noma, plough.
Hdica, and
fiau, tr., to
Ma{-{p\. masvhdwa),
08
liis
of ten
Hawdm
ha dddl
Uawa,
n.,
firmament.
tafia, sai ta yi adiid.
tongs
n.,
HawdyenzdJci,
red-fleshed pumpkin.
Haydnia,
n.,
suit, lawsuit.
Example
la/fi
Na
jl
En mace
ya
ta yi
maigaH, en
haydnidta
arikdre seridnta
(ta) kdre.
Ilaydki, n.,
Hdye, to
Hazetu,
fall
ya
hciye
mdsu.
(John.)
n.,
the vowels.
Hihrinci, n.,
Hebrew language.
sani, hunkali, all
Himhudiga.
Hindi,
n.,
See hamhudiga.
prickly pears.
m. and
f.,
wind.
meal.
Hola,
n.,
Homa,
n.,
Hude^fiide,
to bore.
si.
Hukamci
(?).
Si ke hukumci da
n.,
(Kr.)
toll.
IIuniaH or humuH,
Hummi,
n.,
suburbs.
Hummi,
Hura,
Huruci,
n.,
one
fifth
(-^).
intr.,
n.,
to leap.
acknowledgment, confession,
Na
yi huruci, I
acknowledge, confess.
Huca,
n,,
GO
Yana da
U'iji
hitza.
Wonda ya
hdzi,
mi
ztUi yi
da dukia
I, tr., to
conquer, to overcome.
;
Wota rdna hu
to prevail.
it.
mdsu, some-
En
ya (jirhna
to
grown up, let Idm be given the priest. Ki hani rua em hai dohina, give me water give it to m J horse.
ahai mdllami,
is
when he
to
I, adv., yes.
En del
Ida
sdTco,
n.,
kin
ce, i, if
j^es.
Ida, as
(hi
to deliver a message.
eye, a cowry.
Ido
(pi.
iddnu),
an
Ba
ni da ido
hiii, I
have
line,
measuring
line.
(2(nba(i)t.)
Ihdda,
Ihi, n.,
n.,
a species of cowslip
= .saZZa.
Iddn sun
zo
mdllami ya
basic
forms of ido,
eye.
Haniran
ido,
Enoch
contracted Idi.
Also the
old
name
for he-goat.
Ida
(pi.
iddnu,
Idon rua,
n.,
spring,
fountain.
ido,
eye or
eyes, that
is
highminded, greedy
rilan ido,
is,
longing eyes.
Bk.'s translation,
'
which
which means
sore eyes.'
Idon zaura,
is
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Igipyin
Ih),
n.,
tailci,
power, autbority.
n.,
Ikontdha,
" Scrkl
si
kan sina
so ^l yi hakiunci
ya
itiiltani
kilnda si ke so,
ke ikpntdka."
Illaze da
Imdna.
der
Kan
sun fl hokoiimdnan
(ya)
Der
alte
Kouigs-Stamm
;
in
daia
ciklnsii
natural death.
Na
imdsa or na
mdsa.
John.
tr.,
Imhdntala,
to button; imhdntali,
to unbutton
(?).
Jn=(Jn=an, the
Ind,
n.,
last,
by Bk.
ni ke tuna, kilka
mother.
Ba komi
nan da na
iva
ind, I
tears I caused to
my
mother.
Indna,
n.,
Inda:=enda
(Kr.)
it
be cold or
ruiu.
Indan=idan,
conj.
and
adv.,
if,
when.
Inontdka,
n,,
Example
Sdrki
as
man
mother's
sister, elder
or younger.
See
tyo, to
swim.
enough, sulhcient.
intr., it is
71
f.
happen, to meet.
arrive at,
to
to
approach.
Ise, intr., to
to
come up
to.
Ta
2^e
iSe
sahahe (Kr.),
be or have enough.
Tea
En aiki
its
hai
ha
anasdra,
Isia,
n.,
eye
And
izia.
Mai
i.
Ita, Isaiah
(Bennett.)
Icen zahih,
n.,
a vine. a
Icen zdto,
n.,
wood
and multiplying.
Icen gpro, a
Icen hindiga,
Iiva, n., a
a,ram.rod^tahdriya.
is
made.
IwQ {yiwp and yiwu), to do, to finish, to perform. Har lea livo wdnka ko ? Hast thou already performed thy ablation ? lya, add Sdr/ki ha 'lyajl magdna hiu,haddn yaji tafdri taisdsa.
:
lyanglzi,
n.,
master, lord,
lydnci,
n., freedom=(i/'?/aifci.
lydwa,
n.,
knowledge
to.
of,
thing.
lyc, to
be equal
a
and
su aiye wdrinsa.
yi iyp.
Ina yin
iyp,
da woni ydro ya
mima
Da
hiska
Una
baisa rtla
dma da ya
sa rua daydwa ya
/add
Izd,
md-ni, mii
iyp,
stir
Si
gpni ne ga
tr. v.,
dma
ha
si
to
and
izewa,
give over.
cuta.
Somewhat doubtful
Aniza mdsu kadi, a
Iziji or izihi, n.,
Alia si
iziema
wonau
fine is
imposed on them.
a paragraph.
Izgili, n.,
imagination.
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J.
Ka jd fmliiJca
iriga iri ?
Ja
story, mj^sterj'.
Kada
agdija jahill
nan ga
kpwa.
Jahilci, n., folly.
Jagora,
n., staff to
Jaiya
= dzaiija,
tv.,
n., strife.
Joka,
resources.
let'
me go
and see
Jalo's setting
Jamda
Jdnye, to go away.
tr.,
to tempt.
Jay a [magdnganuna),
intr., to
to wrest
my
words
to strive.
jia.
go.
Wdwa
Jca
je
it
makonci
is
Da
akaje
wftrln mdllami.
Je ga wfiya,
Si ZQ
Jegana,
muje
tare, let
n.,
Jejehy
Jelba
Jemdge,
Jewaya,
n,,
a bat. dispensation
;
n., visitation,
is
also zidra
Jewoye, to
visit.
Na
yi jenci, I
make
thee a
wry
Jere, intr., to
run
fast.
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Jewcya, to
visit,
to punish.
fool.
Jl=zl, to hear, to
India ha.
Jta,
n.,
jl,
cvma ha
mu
yesterday.
Jigona,
my
Jlj{a=sisia,
Jtjifi, n.,
nerves.
pity, to
me and jihdmu.
Jihi
{p\.
jiha
= ziki),
n.,
Jzko or ziko,
beam.
a, little while.
Jim, as
Jinia,
jim hadan,
a
tr.,
to hurt, to injure.
little
Jimawa,
Jimeri,
n.,
while.
and
intr.,
to
bear,
to
endure, to
suffer
as,
wohdlla.
Jire, n., order, rank.
Jingo, to agree.
Jingine, to recline, a gabansa.
Jini=dz~ini,
n.,
blood,
mind
or
disposition, inclination.
En
jini,
gdmu da na
mutumen
Jinjere, n,,
embryo.
corded grass put round the roof of a house for
;
Jinia,
n,,
jiaia
tr.
mercy
hadd ha
rtife
jinhai-
nha
Ka yi mdmu
jinhdi.
74
mma ji/'tJcin.
come
off.
Jlra,
tr.
and
intr.,
to escape, to
loose,
Ilalnya
tajira, a
way
flee for
off,
thy
life.
Na
zd fare
flire ya jiraiva
come
usedoftlie
and
ne.
is
Nl da Ua ha mujitua
J una,
Junia,
Friday.
(Mahomedan day
of rest.)
ju,ya
Ka
duhdnka gareni
jini,
kaddh
spare
me
little
Ya juya kogundnsu
He
K
Kd^lce,
v., to be, in
some
dialects
as
9irt
= ne and
ta=ce.
Kdhard,
Kabehe,
Kabi<lwa
n. pr.,
n.,
a tribe of
man
possessed of food.
Kahila,
seed, kindred.
Kdhri
Kdbri,
(pi.
adj., thick,
Da
kdhri.
Kabrdra
gizdgize, thick
clouds.
Race,
adj., light,
not heavy.
of the country
it is
Kada
(in
some parts
lest.
Kadd
ka
yi ^gro, be not
Do/i
kadd
sii
Ko ka
yt
fadd da mutuin,
overthrow,
kadd ka
Kdda,
tr.,
rlkesi
zftcid !
;
to
throw down
n.,
to
condemn
in court; to
Kdda
Kdda,
(pi. n.,
kddgdi),
an
alligator.
kadddii), pricked.
75
Kaddgi or
katdgi, n.
and
adj., great,
lai'ge,
stroDg, heavy.
Mulca siga
Nagdne midum da
See Kdto.
sole,
;
desolation
n.,
tr. v.,
to isolate.
Kaddmzira,
a species of oyster.
Kaddn,
conj.
and
adv.,
when,
da
if,
whether.
Ya tdmhayeni
also written
rdfi,
;
kaddn ina
sit ?
Kaddui a,
kaddnya, the
Kadaniyan
a tree
light
twenty
to
twenty-five feet
;
high near
rivulets
green leaves
Kddara,
Kaddsi,
n.,
n.,
name
John gives
kaddgi, as like
gumhi=^arkdkia,
Kadaiira,
n.,
for bramble-bush.
name
of a tree.
Nan
gusun kada,i\ra
Kade,
n.,
tr.,
name
of the tree.
Kdde,
a tree.
Ba
and
mun
kdde
itdce
Miitume nan
ieria ta kddesi. Anizu mdsu upon them. kdde, a fine was imposed Kadekade, n., drumming. Sima yin wdkdnsu da kadekade. Kaderta, tr., to appoint, to allot ; govern by rule and regulation, or order as
ankakadesi da
God.
appointing.
Kaderti,
n., allotting,
Ba
su yi kadi.
Kadi,
n., fine.
Kfcdo, n.,
Kaduna,
Kdfa,
tr.,
ga kdfdn
kafufa,
f.
Part,
adj.,
ka.fdfe,
m.,
kafafnja
Gahd and
kafafii),
fines,
established,
founded, or-
dained.
Kdfa
{kdfa),
n.,
of a thincr.
76
Kafdra,
n.,
false
oath
perjury
rdnzua
hdnza,
false
swearing.
Kofdrzi,
Kdfe,
n.,
intr.,
Kudo,
en kdfe, that
Kaferci,
n., false
oath, perjury.
Kaffdn mariri,
Kdffara,
n.,
n.,
Kaffi, n. p. of
mire, dirt.
n.,
an edible mushroom.
horn
cupping.
Kq/b'w guda, and viaH'ofun guda, one that has become blind
after he
Kafur,
Kdge,
n.,
camphor,
Kafurta,
n.,
int., to
cramp.
Kaggd,
n.,
wall of a house.
Kdgud (pi. hagundi), n., a crab. Kai (pi. kdnua and kduna), head.
Sinda gtrlman
kai,
hisa.
he
is
proud or greedy.
is,
ne.
Kai
Kaidodi,
pi.,
form of Articles
edge
da
Kaikai,
n.,
cataract.
Kaikdya,
n.,
a leguminous shrub.
Kainddloa,
n.,
an ear of corn.
cii'cle
Kainizia,n.,'vaxiQY
of
perhaps
=M
yi veto kaina,
Do
save
me
Woe
is
me
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n.,
thorn, briar.
what a pity
(pi.
Kakabdbe, kakahahiya
to sift
;
kakabahu) shaken,
,
siftedleaf.
Kdka
What
do
oh what
shall I
do
Kakdne,
n.,
ancestors, forefathers.
;
n.,
vanity.
Kakarlkdri,
n.,
rib.
Kakigdni Alia,
Kdla,
n.,
n.,
kdlan kdka.
yi kdla.
kaliibobi),
n.,
Kdlahi
(pi.
kaluhba and
napkin^ handker-
chief.
Kalami,
n.,
observation, remark.
Kaldminsa
of
ke nan, those
Kalammo,
n.,
the
hard
dry
legs
locusts
or
grass-
hoppers.
Kdlaiiga, n., an oblong drum,
made
ii.,
simple
tympanum, or
Kdla/igu,
n.,
p. 47).
a harp.
Kaldwa and
Kdlgo
(pi.
alkaldwa, pr.
n.,
n.,
kadage),
folding
fruit
;
bark used by
women to
stain
Kalkada
kai, n.,
wagging
of the head.
Kalkaddde, kalkadadiya,
Kalkece,
n.,
(pi.
kalkadddu)
shaken; tossed.
least.
mugu.
kamdn
78
[ja
foxes.
T(i
ycsda, yiiro
halkmin
itdce.
Ahizncbi ga
kalkmin
Kallo,
n.,
itdce nan.
intr., to
MaikaUo,
liem,
Kdlmasa,
collar.
to bend; to roll
up
to
make a
shirt,
N., a horn.
Kdlme,
Kalme,
n.,
and
foot white.
ribs, like a gridiron.
n.,
large hoe
A
Kalni,
large
A
is
harpoon
white.
for
crocodiles = zagga.
n.,
Kalidua,
n.,
Kalumha,
p. n. of
Kalun itdce ko koren itdce, a green Kalwdde (pi. kalwddai) n., a tree.
,
Kam,
particle, as,
to
;
'
oii
my
part
in
my
opinion.
Kama, kdmawa,
n.,
prey, what
is
Kdma
{-pi.
appearance; likeness.
Kama
da wane ha wane ha ne. Kama da lidnu, to receive kindly; da hdnu hid, very kindly; dauha da allicrl, with
kindness.
same manner.
form
aikoki
a prisoner.
Kamdnu,
Kamdce,
n.,
shape, likeness.
intr., to
be
fit,
suitable,
becoming.
Ahiii da
kamd?
cemu, to compare.
Kdmha,
tr.,
to
crown
Kdmhari,
n.,
a Creole.
Kamh6ri=dimi,
n.,
fine
white
calico; brocade,
damask, or
similar cloths.
70
Kame, n., a manger, Kameduge, n,, a kind of sandal for round the heel.
Kamga,
Kamin,
pi.
hamin en
hamniiSi
yi worika.
;
Kdmna, n.,
ha
lit
Na
hope, faith,
confidence.
tdji
Kdmnan
ha,
in,
;
Em
to.
dagd nan
ni
Kdmnace, to trust
up
Su kdmnace sa
kdmna
ce
sundnsa.
Kdmu da
Kdmud,
hdnu
hiti,
to receive kindly.
Kdmua ya
zo,
my
turn
comes.
n., captivity.
Kdmun
Yakuhu.
people.
Kdmudn
(pi.
;
kdmsuna, kdmzoSi),
n.,
crust.
;
Kana, in the sentence MclsTi kanan noma, ddmaiia ya fddi : galma H kpma kota, ye farmers the rainy season has
!
return to
its
handle.
Kanace,
n.,
Kdndama, tying
Kande,
at
pr. n. of a female.
is
inside anything
by simply looking
Kdne
(pi.
kanne),
tr.,
n.,
Kdneido,
to
n.,
dross of iron,
to rebel, rebellion.
exceeding),
fierce,
Kdngarwa,
Kangerai,
n., light
or ordinary cavalry.
n.,
a piece of
wood
tied
punishment,
KangOgi,
pi.
form,
n., desolations.
80
ni
Kanlidma,
adj., frail.
(pi.
Kdha
kaukdma
gonan
ne,\iovf frail I
am.
Kdnkana, kanhlna,
kankdnu),
little, little
one.
Kankana,
Kankdnla,
Kaiikdnta,
mity.
n.,
water-melon;
kahkana,
garden
of
cucumbers.
n., little things, trifles, vanities.
n.,
Kankankaliy
attention.
n., littleness,
n.,
and kankantdka,
little,
i.e.
smallness, infir-
Make
!
to
humble
as, Allou
kankdnta
maklijinka
thy enemy.
Kankdnta,
tr.,
Ya
kai kdntasu.
aiikankdntasu.
Kankdnta, to humble, to
Kankdnci, to play tricks
dishonour.
despise.
ni kill nl yi
mlsa kankdnci,
to
And
little
n.,
reproach.
Kdnhanud,
Kdnkara,
n.,
thing, creature.
?
Ba
ki
z'dma
kdivai
kdnkanudnki da ke
n., hail,
with duci.
;
Kankds da
Kafiki, n.,
kai,
humility.
some species
Kdnta,
Kdnta,
herself.
Ban
even
herself.
pr. n., a
n.,
Kantururaa,
Kaniva, pr.
n.,
town
in Zamfara.
;
Kaca,
tr.,
to scrape
also,
Kacdlla,
n.,
is
called
bambana.
(pi. /rac it),
Targoyakdce.
Kace,
form of kdda.
n.,
Kdci, maikaci
Kaceri,
n.,
(pi,
niaikdta),
the Mighty.
Kauci,
n,,
81
Kdnwa=^kanuan, younger
Kanya,
Kara,
n.,
sistei'.
name
;
Kara, to shout
tr.,
murna, shout
for joy.
in
:
a thing, to
add
to an action
John
Si yi karlw
Ser-
gareka, he
vice).
may
(Confirmation
Ba
n.,
ni kdra gghe.
Karuhuna,
Cherubin.
n.,
Kdra
dainye,
n.,
green
stalk.
dejffi,
Kara,
reed.
Kara da
Karafa,
n.,
dross of iron.
to refresh
;
Karafafa,
tr.,
to strengthen.
;
Kardgo,
n.,
plumpness, soundness
fineness.
Karaiya,
n.,
Kardma, n., mercy, pity benefit, kindness. Karamhdni, n., inquisitiveness, prying, curiosity. Definition by Hajji Adam Mi'iUim si siga magdna handsa ha, a man
:
that meddles
in
a conversation
him.
Karambiki,
n.,
n.,
n.,
a fox. a tree.
Br.
Karammia,
Kdranhdnci,
Kardpta
Kdrara,
Kardre,
(pi.
n.,
n.,
Karau
(pi.
any kind.
receive.
abil,
Definition
by John,
fuskan
Kdrha en
si kail
mutum
;
kdrhasi
ka hdsi kdrha.
Kuna
Karbdbid
Karhi,
n.,
ce, it is
delightful, acceptable.
ransom.
tokare, to uphold, to establish.
Kdre and
Kare,
n.,
swarm ; kuddsen
(pi.
kara,
swarm
cf
flies
lice.
Karere, karcra
karcru), broken.
82
Karfafa,
Karfafi
tr.,
to refresli, to strengthen.
a strong person.
Kdrfu,
n.,
leathern girdle.
species of salmon.
(pi.
Karfdse,
Kari,
n.,
n,,
masnlcdn), such as
Tr.,
speak proverbs
uphold, protect
humour,
swelling.
to
defend,
tumour.
Karil-dra, or Jcarhdra
(pi.
n.,
field.
Karikdta,
hama hatana da
a bitch.
Kdriya,
n.,
n.,
Kdriya,
mikariya, protector,
defender.
Kaririye, to scatter.
Kaririye, intens.
v.,
to
break to pieces.
not.
n..
Unicorn.
,
to scrape.
Maikarkari
n.,
bivalved mussel-shell.
kunfnika, incline thine
to fall
Kai'kdce, karkdta, to
ear
away
suka
right way.
Kdrkia,
n..
yoke.
;
Karko, to
shall
last
Yi karko, will
last long.
Karkon
zunufi mutud.
Karko = kar6e, n., end, result, upshot, termination. mutun nan zdsi mittu.
Karkon
Karmdmmi,
Kdro,
Kdro,
n.,
n.,
leaves of corn.
Maikdro, collector.
ne.
ram.
boards.
n.,
Karreruwa,
streams.
83
Kdr^e
(pi. ^arsiue.
and hdrsendha),
n.,
end, the
last.
liar
Don
ta:^o
^ifadai)
Karummas
allaci, n.,
(pi.
broken;
Kas,
zilcia
mailadehi da
contrite heart.
tr.,
to kill.
Dlla ya
intr.,
Jcas
Jid.^o,
Kdsa,
tr.
and
to
dixide =rdha,
win,
as
a game.
Kdsa=fdsa,
ha
si
tr.
and
ha.
intr., to fail, to
diminish, to
fall short, to
to.
be in want, to be
kdsa
;
insufficient, to
be unequal
ha,
Amincina
Ba
he failed
me
in
nothing
i.e.,
To
decline
as,
ina kclsdda
gidd,
kdrifi,
my
strength
is
declining.
8una aikin
kdsa
Kasaita,
ha.
intr.,
dma
cidwa ta kdsa.
Ama
zudrlnsu hai
Kasal duci,
Kasdla,
Kasase,
n.,
n., destitution.
(pi.
Ka
yin kalower
a little
Kasduduyi,
n.,
i.e.,
painful,
to the heel,
some
sort
of sandals or slippers.
Kase or kase
Kdse, in
:
(?).
sufficient here.
humbled, lowered.
overthrown.
destroyed, ruined,
Kase, to be
ya
kase,
he has been.
(Kr.)
84.
KasPgi
{lcas('gi), n.,
criminal.
KaHri
KdSin
Kdsin
Tnujha, n.,
ido, n.,
Kdsin
Kdsin
and cocon
hdija, n.,
the back-bone.
throat.
ivtya, n.,
tr.,
Kdsiyia,
to establish.
Kashdse,
JcasJcdsa,
lower,
wonda ya
yi
girmman
it
kai oka
shall
be abased.
;
The
aka ya,
is
evidently incorrect
should be,
to
be cut down.
Bimi
soul
?
Why
;
down my
make
shall
low, to bring
down
as
K6 ya
fddi ha
kaskdsta, though he
he
down.
Kdsko,
Kdso,
n.,
a pot.
Kdskon mawdnka,
laver.
n.,
flogging.
Kasuda,
n.,
indigo-leaves prepared
for
the
extraction of
indigo-dye.
Kaswa,
n., itch,
eruptions.
pr. n., a
Kasivan Dauzi,
miles from
tants.
village
Zariya,
of
three to
Kdtakdta,
n., a species
;
butter- tree
Katdmha,
Katamdi,
i.
q. zaiire, n.,
shed, porch.
n.,
Kdtamtdmwa,
Katanga,
n.,
the
name
large or small.
sherds.
Miltum ya pasi
tulu,
at
Kina yaga
kdtdiiga?
85
Kdtatdica,
n., snails
breed.
Kdto,
n.,
Kdtu,
n.,
stamp.
Tara hai
to
Icdce ha.
Kdtuwa=gyenduwa,
sail
n.,
a strong muscular
woman.
;
as,
Ka uda = h usclse,
hahd)i ddwalii,
Master of the
liorse.
Kimra,
Kaura,
Kaure,
n.,
n.,
much esteemed.
adj.,
q. tauri.
Kaurin
Kauru,
kofa
pr.
and itacen
n.,
a large town
capital of
district of Zarija,
south-east of Dawaki.
Kaiise,
tr.,
to cast out.
akameni.
to pluck out.
Kaiisi,
n.,
roughnesss
of surface, unevenness
mailiaubi, a
rough thing.
Kausi,
adj.,
rough.
Kauwata,
meats
pr. n. of a
town
in Zariya.
n,,
making preserved
Akauwdcesi,
embalming
bodies,
i.
q.
kauwaceii.
embalmed, put in
Kauive,
spices.
only.
Kauwera,
Kdiva,
farm,
field.
Kauya and
hauyoyi,
n., species of
still,
fresh-water oyster.
still,
Kawdita, to
make
to calm,
KdwaSj
Kaya,
to take
away.
Kdydn
Kamd, dd
wcaucd from
mother.
8G
K(Uji
l^<ii,
tliou.
JDci
kayinka,
da kayinsa,
tliyself,
Lim-
self,
&c.
Kdyes, kdyesda.
See Kdda.
Kdza da
kdza, so
and so
Sdan kdza da
aivi'i-
and
(Kr.)
at
such a place.
Ba
ta
da
Kdza
ta fat<)
yaycnta
Kazdmai
m.,
ya kdre ; en ya yi
uncleanness.
Kazdmta,
Kazdza,
tr.,
to profane, defile
n.,
spine.
Kazaure, pr.
Kaze,
tr.,
n.,
town or
district.
Kazwa,
n.,
Kazdza and kazdzia, n., one who does not bear. Kdzin tdma, zinaria ko azurfa, dross of iron, gold,
Kazia, the one-eyed.
Kazizi,
n.,
or silver.
Wdne. ha ni
mlka,
kana Kewo-
mu
yi maguna.
Ke
ki ke
iCcj to be.
yi,
ha ni da
lahar'i, verily
the
work
is
done, and I
verily, the
it;
ase aiki
akake
yi,
Kedle,
tr.,
to coax, to caress.
ga woni
lutu su kedleSi.
Kt'he, adv., chiefly
;
more
especially.
Kehdhia, kehehu,
special grace.
n.,
great kindness.
Nlmdnsa
kehahia, his
Krfero, pr.
Il^cJJJ, u.,
n.,
87
Kegua,
n.,
echo.
When
silly
echo.
Thirsty place.
form,
persons.
Kekarai,
pi.
Kekd idon
Kekc,
n.,
zaiira,
i.
cloth,
q.
turlmdi.
silk.
n.,
n.,
n.,
pi.
Kekua,
u.,
dry ground.
Da
cvii. 33).
Kmkeso,
Kenki,
n.,
a cockroach.
n.,
Kenkina,
Kere,
tv.,
some kind
of animal.
to cut, cut
(pi.
off. ;
Kere or keri
kirari)
as keren magdnd,
is
n., wits,
wisdom.
Yd
or witty reply.
Silyi kirari
The
pith, drift or
meaning
of the saying,
is
na
mii, kf-rin,
abusive language
language
of praise to us.
Kesa,
n., flight.
n.,
Keskawani,
cinally in
Krowkrow.
to cut with a razor; to cup^ to bleed.
Keskesfu,
tr.,
Keso,
n,,
rags.
Kano
20,000.
f.
wackedness,
(pi.
(pi.
mdketdtxi),
a mischievous person;
Mai-
Kitami,
Ketara,
n.,
intr.,
to glance over
a book.
88
Kece,
tr.,
Kcwa
Kewa,
intr,, to
move, to
Gutter ^=sauwdgi.
is
tSctnii
da
hewa, salutation
alone or lonely.
;
Kewaya,
Kfnja, n.,
to
hcwOye, to go
around,
to suiTOund,
Keytlmuru,
Kiy to hate.
Kialo,
add
n.,
Ku
kidle^i, let
him alone
Jcdnka,
Kidu,
beauty.
to spare.
Kiclye,
tr.,
Kidye
spare thyself
to
feed,
weiben, ha
zdmna ha hiaye
zficiansa,
Yo kiayesu
Duka kiayeyun
dunia.
on
cattle,
Kidin ddnihe,
Kididiga,
Kikidi,
n,,
n.,
n,,
number, account,
sum.
at Gonza.
Kildgo
Kilmi,
Kili,
(pi,
n.,
n.,
a white horse.
n,,
Kill kauya,
Kiliya,
Kilo,
n,,
n.,
a white mare.
the
n.,
Kilugu,
young of the eagle. Maklya. a name for having only one eye.
mdye
adj.,
(pi.
wutal mdyu),
n.,
with-a-wisp.
Kima,
n.,
price
better, preferable
measure.
Koraka
89
naica
is
beyond
measure.
Klincln sanddki,
n., tlie
Kindmi
Kindml,
(pi.
a scorpion.
plaited
flat,
n.,
used
for
stirrups.
Kinam/lgu,
u.,
a small herb.
species of Euphorbiura.
it.
Kinara,
Kingeri,
n.,
n.,
common
Kinke,
Kirdri,
n.,
trouble.
n., praise,
laudation.
Sdriki ha si hirayPta.
(?).
Kirfa,kirfawa,
Kirfo, flogging.
n.,
n.,
sgfo
da
kirlnia^
modesty.
Kiriya,
n.,
prosperous.
Komine ya
Kirria,
n.,
yi Sina yiii
some kind of
cotton.
tree.
(Br.)
No
kiriya.
Kirtan,
n., linen,
Kisa,
n.,
a bribe.
Zriso,
wreathed work
kissa.
(
kisa, to twist.
Ivr.)
KiUj n., jealousy, jealous. Anji lahdrlnka wai kUi gareka, the news was heard of you, saying that you ai-e a jealous man.
Kuiya
(pi.
polygamy.
00
KitUa,
n., rice
in the straw
heaped up
in stacks.
Kiwo,
to
bring
up children.
Ben-hlwon
kiirupyi
da
jild,
Kiwuyd
Kiya,
tr.,
to oppose,
to shuffle,
Don
ha
lea
hiya ha
mdni ddnha.
tance.
]Ja da kiya ta
;
her^i.
Da
as,
da
klyal, with
adv.,
Kiyali,
intr.,
to
to.
KiyaleH
Kiydma,
Kiyauri,
Kizigi,
n., eternity,
n.,
shutter of a window, a
window
folding-door.
n.,
K6-ma,
Kohrika,
Kohiia,
Kd fa
even now.
n.,
strength.
;
n.,
restraint.
Kpda,
tr,
and
intr., to satisfy,
to satiate, surfeit.
;
Akoda kurudta,
Kpdozi and kpdaze,
Koffi, n.,
my
pi.
soul
is satisfied.
DiietClt.
form, reins.
Kpfo,
n.,
of
oil, i.e.
upon a
n.,
fruitful hill.
Kpgi
(pi.
koguna),
a river.
(Bennett.)
Suna
kiconta cikln
kpgundnsu.
Koi, n.,an Qgg.
koi.
Koinya,
n.,
Kokadan,
Kokdka,
adv., at least.
adv., at
as,
any
rate,
Kokdnto ;
Kokdri,
there can be no
question,
adj.,
no doubt about
n.,
it;
no uncertainty or hesitation.
assiduous;
earnestness, assiduity.
91
Kohia,
n.,
and
p. 39.)
{totiia ?),
the small
thorax
is
KoJcowa, fighting.
^^VOfiy
^-i
6-i
ku, yi.
an egg-shell.
a helmet.
Kolua or kolwa, n., the skull of a human being. KolotOy n., top, summit of a hill. Koma (pi. komuna ?). Komi, Psalm cxlvii. 18 (?).
Komi, anything, everything whatever, whatsoever however much, great, &c. Komi rdsin hankalina na f'lka wdyo.
j ;
Komce,
Kon,
n.,
is ripe
with dawa.
Komcewa, crushing.
tr.,
to drive out.
Ka
the heathen.
Konan
Kone,
Kondni,
a burnt-offering.
tr.,
to
burn down,
lufda.
to waste away.
Muka
sdniu garlmit
ankOneH da
Idona
yco
my
eye
is
consumed through sighing, or is wasting away (Isaiah ix. 4). Si zdma ahin kuuewa da ahlnci ga ivitta, it shall be a
thing for burning and food for the
fire.
Kohga,
Kopsu,
Kara,
n.,
wilderness, desert.
ddwa.
n.,
a scale.
Prov., Kdramhdiii ak lya gaida kpra.
;
n.,
a hyena.
appetite
Kgra,
n.,
passionate desire,
Koraka mdka ya
that arc
luuce
gohd da kima.
Kordre,
kordra
(pi.
kordru),
they
driven away
outcasts.
Kore,
n.,
black tobe
n., a valley.
or large dress.
Koremi,
See Kori.
02
Kori,
tr.,
to plough.
Mai-
(pi.
masiikori, ploughors).
Mamhori
n.,
a valley.
shadow of death.
adj.,
green.
Korizini,
n., affection.
Kormatfa,
n.,
Kormota,
tr.,
news
Maikormnto,
talesi-
Kowa na
ce.
son kormota
rlziahga.
Korno,
n.,
some
;
article of dress.
Koro or kdro
Korofii Ida,
as, yi koro
da
duci, to
n,,
hollow-eyed
the same as
mikwarmin
Korono,
Kororo,
n.,
green velvet.
a bag of cowries.
f.,
n.,
adultery, fornication.
(Br.)
Korremace,
n.,
KosfoJi=kolfofi,
an egg-shell.
Kml,
Kgfa,
n.,
sufficiency of food, to
be
full of.
Kosi
u kan maida
sofo ydro.
n.,
KoH
da wohdlla,
satisfaction, gratification.
handle of anything.
tr.,
Kotdmta,
to dispose, to direct.
tr.,
Kotakwdna,
Koto, pr.
n.,
to defy
yi kotakwdna.
Kotonce, Psalm
Kot6ntaiva= godaiva=Jasdli,
zfiha cl cikinsa.
Kotornia abin
Kotunci, kotanci,
n.,
K6ce = kwaze,
Kowone,
Kpahi,
soever
n.,
n.,
a flagon.
f.,
m., koivdta,
it
may
be.
kar'igon kpala,
a bottle;
empty
bottle.
Kad,
The same
as Kiujaii.
93
Kfnia,
tr.,
to furbish a sword.
Ya
(?).
Kuhuta,
n.,
innocency
justified.
Kubata, to be
is
Don
I'a Inibida,
ni
l:a
yi
magnna.
4.
It
more
si
Psalm
li.,
Compare
Don
;
houone kuhuta
da
da amdsi da huhxda cikin ddmin fata, for every greave of those armed with greaves or for all war-shoes
put on at the noise of battle, &c.
Ya
kuherta,
is
i.q.
ya
samu hard
justified.
acquitted
Kiida,
(pi.
huddse),
n.,
fly.
Kuddsiii zumnd,
swarm of
bees.
Ma'inya da ydra
suJca tdrii
n.,
ga
bdJcin Jcofa
Icamdn huddSen
a small
bug
in fresh cotton.
fly
which
infects cattle,
but
is
not
Kuddien
a knife
Kuddn
Kududura,
Kudtlnia,
used
by
women
for
cutting gerOf
ochre, &c.
n.,
a mountain.
;
Kudura,
Kuduru,
to
purpose steadfastly
to follow steadily.
Providenca,
n.,
cruelty to prisoners.
KuduH,
Kitfta
toe.
n., tares.
(pi.
Kufti,
u.,
in
Kano
called
suhdda.
Kufuli,
tr.,
Kugia,
pi.
form, clasps.
Kuka,
n.,
monkey
bread-tree.
Description of
Dagdnansuna
data sina yin
da girima ;
dma kuka ha ta ^dwo kainan rimi ; sdi tana da tofonta mu ka yin mia tana kckdtie ko dainye.
Kukowa,
n.,
wrestling.
04
Kuhi,
n.,
fisli
Kukuli,
its
r\.,
a variety of
is
baobol
(calabash) tree
small fruit;
bark
Kuhuma
Knl,
i.
species of eel.
Kxikuru, pr.
n.,
Benin country.
if,
q. Tiur, coDJ.,
tv.,
when
TiulijauSe^ always.
KFcla,
care for.
dyin Kano
Si, if
ankicla da sn ?
yes,
En
we
del kl
c;;
i,
sai
mu
Kt'dji
hula mciki
shall
be sure to
unite
him
to you.
and
liurrefi,
name
of a town.
KuloJco
(pi.
Iculphai ?).
Kidume
(pi.
huhimai),
n.,
a species offish.
Kuriiihna
as,
feeble.
Kumha,
Kiimhii,
n.,
n.,
a fresh-water bivalve.
a general
name
for calabash
also
kninhnu
(pi.
ku7nhima).
Kumburi,
Kumhiice,
n,,
tr.,
swelling.
up of
hair.
Kiiml
(?)
awdkhnu
mu
sd
masa
takii
na
kunil,
we always put
Khmia, da kumia, ahln da kumia, the thing Kummdta, pi. of, gums jaw-bone. Kumoyinka (ga), in your souls.
;
is
disgraceful.
Kfim^i,
tr.,
to tie
up
in a bundle.
Kumci, or
da
a
kinnci, pregnant.
Kumci,
D.,
dense forest.
Itdce
daydwa
ivurl
data akoi
hainga.
Jukuki ne enda
bdhit hahii/a.
Kumia,
n.,
mind.
it;
presumption.
Eumidia,
tr.,
to
reproach.
Yi
Suka kumia
Kumidnka
95
is
diminishing.
?
Midiim ya
hi Ji kumidn miitum
Kuvilciimmia,
n.,
two
feet in height,
and
is
vol.
i.,
Kumurci
Kfcna,
n,,
(pi.
htmnrtai)
n.,
an adder, snake.
a loathsome disease.
the fierceness of his anger.
risk,
Kimdn fislnsa,
Kimadcgga,
danger.
u.,
hazard of
life
or horly
rushing into
3U = mai-
Jiunadegga, one
who runs
a risk
dindumi or rawiya.
Kunawal
Icdsa, n.,
(?).
an earwig.
Kr.
Kundri toha
Kimdawa
a pocket-book,
memoas
all
randum.
Kiindimi, or Imnduma,
tr.,
off,
Mikunduvii, a
hair,
whose head
is
shaved.
(Kr.)
Kangae
Kunkole,
a buckler.
Icu/t/cumai), n.,
Kunhima
Kun/cumi,
(pi.
woman with
very small, or
apparently no breasts.
adj., rich
;
ya zdma kunlcumin
tdzori,
he became a
rich merchant.
Kunkura,
n.,
a tortoise.
Na
tortoise with
you
(said
mdki kunkura, I play the when called by some one and you
yi
if
hear).
Kunkuwa, i. q. silri, ant-hill. Kunu, n., water-gruel. Kunydye; suiiyi korinsa hinydye,theY made the furrows long.
Part.,
f.
(pi.
Kuosa, kuQso,
a pelican.
9G
full in
the car.
so.,
Kur=i'n;
Knrdda,
KuraJiura
su
di'ika
data
nr.
pi.
Luradai
dan
n.,
a hatcliet.
(pi.
kuskure),
knraJcurai).
Kurdma,
Kurdri,
pr. n.,
Kadano.
n.,
threatening.
Kuraye,
Kurba,
pr. n. of a town.
iv.,
to sip.
kurdin
laifi,
a trespass fine.
Kurdi da ni ke da
;
fiu
nd hauesn ga
sticks to a
maigona.
ydnia
;
en ya yi Gahaz su yi
ni ga yi kudu su yi arewa.
Money never
poorman,if hegoes
to the South
it
Kurdin
kai.
head-money,
Kurdugi,
adj.
and
n.,
man.
Lokoja,
gariyi
anasdra
da
midanPnsa.
Wuni
dma da magdna
si
n.,
(pi. n.,
Kurfu,
flogging.
olie
kilri ;
a round
and round h
in
Arabic writing.
Kuria,
n., interior,
inside of a house.
Yi kuria, to draw or cast lots. Mu yi kilria wonda duk kuna tafdda hisa garesi. Ga si anyi kuria. Kuria, n., some kind of drum. Maikuria, one who beats the
Kilria, n., lots.
drum, called
Kuriya,
n.,
kilria.
is
97
Kurlzi,
n.,
Kurki,
n.,
Kurkura,
to scrape
anything
See
darwoiya,
Kurmdke,
intr.,
to be deaf.
n.,
Kurniin godda,
godda.
Knrmuwa,
n.,
Kama
(pi.
Icurnoni, kurdne
and hurndye),
n.,
a rlianmeceous
bush ; a variety of
Kurafu,
Kurukij
n.,
a whip.
in water.
forest.
brushwood, underwood,
sheat-fiijh
Ktirungu,
n.,
Kurukpka,
n.,
a fish-eating bird.
Kurum,
Kururua,
n.,
common kind
of
leaves of
pumpkins,
n.,
Yakuhu
Kurtu,
n.,
mutum
Bk.
Kr.
tender age.
Kurucia.
Kusa
(pi.
Kusdnta,
tr.,
Kusdce
as,
ka
kusclce
da
ni,
come nearer
;
to me.
kusk?ire,
Kils/iUre, tr.
and
kadd sauna su
that
my
a
Kusu,
n.,
rat.
is
Kusum
hUrua,
n.,
it
boys make
Another explanation
is,
kamdn
ddiva, ha
ddvca.
Ana
hfc.sa
kdrdnsa.
98
Kusurua
Kiisalcuse
(pi.
husuroyi),
n.,
corners.
(pi.
Kusuroyin hainyoyi.
hitSakumi),
n., sore on the foot or heel. KuHf'wa (pi. hmieya), n., grave. Kuta and mazdkuta (?). Kutafdni (pi. kutafdnai), n., round shield ; weapons.
MaiJm-
tafdiii,
the person
for cowries.
Kuti,
n.,
a pagan masquerater.
Kiitofi, n.,
Kutup hutup,
with age.
Kuturi,
n,,
i.e.
fofo,
the old
man
back of ridge of
chips of wood.
os
inominatum
lower
loins.
Ki(^a,intY.,tOYUsh.dov!n
= yagdngaraandhica.
precaution.
Yalcucacihlntdro.
Kuturtura,
n.,
Kuwa,
n.,
caution,
warning,
Kuiva don
hardiji,
public proclamation.
Anlcdyi
musa kuwa
young
lions.
sui'ika yi kuinla.
Kuwure,
Kuzhdra,
tr.,
to extinguish.
Kuyakuye
whelps
n.,
coriander.
kuzeyi),
brain.
n.,
Kuzewa
Kwdlua,
(pi.
burial-place.
Sii<^^^)''f
(Kr-)
n.,
Sun tamdha
to
herci
H
;
kwdnta kwdludnsa,
to
Kwdba,
tr.,
to reprove,
admonish
to blame,
check.
Kwahdhen
Kwdye, pr.
kclsa, n.,
mortar.
n. of
a female.
a snake like Tsafi
a slender brownish
snake
da
Kwdkwa,
Kwalfa (pi. kivalfpji), n., shell. Kwdlo = kwdro (pi. kwaloli), n.,
Kivalkwdsa,
n.,
kernel.
wry
99
;
Ewdmo,
n.,
a grey-spotted bean
much used
for horses.
Kwdmsa, n., mucus in the eye. Kwdna, n., a bribe of the Koruofa.
Kwdna
(pi.
kicandki),
his
hare; ako
kwaniiha,
days
Kicdndld
muna
ci
dtan itdtua
ya Tcdmesa,
it
time now.
Kwdndn zdmne,
Kwdngara
Kwdngi,
Kivdnce,
(pi.
n., vigil,
watch, wake.
,
n.,
tr.,
bamboo.
to lie with
n.,
;
lie
down.
fish.
Ku'dnta kaswa,
large scaled
Kwdnta, caus.
of
kwance,
to
lay
down,
to
lay
oneself
down
Kwatdta.
Kwdnto, to
wait
n.,
doh kuruata.
Kwdran alkdma,
Kwdra,
Kwdre,
n._,
grain of corn.
tr.,
bark of a
tree, or skin of
an
by hand.
Kwarere, kicariya
done, spent.
(pi.
Maikvxlri,
n.,
weevil in corn
his
little
beetle.
Hausa
perfect.
ndsa
tana
kwdri,
Hausa
is
getting
Kivdron mazi,
n.,
gum-arabic.
(?).
Kvmsa,
pi,
kwaspsi
kwdce,
Kwdse or
good
tr.,
to seize, take
by
force.
Ya kdwo ydki
?
ddtvdki alih
sense,
kwdce Fuldni.
Ba
;
ka kwdce kdiiku
In a
to rescue, to deliver
to defend oneself.
Kwdyan ddn
ice (pi.
kwayoyi didn
100
Kcudzo,
ir.,
diligently
earnestly, earnestness.
Kyauta,
tr.,
to
make
presents
to
treat
benevolently
ya
Kwibi,
n., side.
n.,
Kwilkin kwofa,
door-steps
Kwiydnydn uhanylzi, n., the handmaid of the Lord. Kwdhe = Jcicclhef to rebuke, reprove; convince. Aikokinsa
ahwolxjsu.
Kwociya
gctba, n.,
first,
even at
to
first.
Kwgda,
Kwgdei,
tr.,
to drink
off,
to
finish,
satisfy,
gratify,
in-
dulge
n.,
in.
Kw6lli=t6zali,
antimony.
n.,
Kwolkwolif fafddi,
Kwonda,
to restore:
ya hwunda, r(mia = ya
soul.
Icgiae
da rduia,
he restoreth ray
Kwondeggi,
n.,
great men.
Kwondcriya,
hand.
n.,
a large
hook or
clip
for fish,
used by the
KwonenG=^KwMiene, burnt.
Kwora,
n., looseness.
n., valley.
Kwdrami= Kgraoni,
Kworaya,
Kwore, Kwore,
n.,
Kwori
hi a, n.,
some
sort of dawa.
;
Kwpn (pi. hwordye), n., furrows place of springs. Masuno' ma suka yi noma hisa ga hay ana, suka yi kwOri masn^awa.
(Kr.)
Ktvgri
(pi.
kworivinawa),
n.,
quiver
and kwnrkaro
(pi.
kwor-
101
Kworno,
Kworra,
Kivorra,
n.,
grass bag.
n.,
choking.
n., stilts.
Kworro,
tr.
and
to
intr,,
to
Makwura,
Kivosandi,
Kwosiisu,
n.,
Kwororofi, mihwororofi,
n.,
indigo which
Kwosiytty n.,
horse.
foaming
at the
mouth
snapping, biting
at, as
Kwotandy
Kwozo,
n.,
of
wom.en=fa]ikiija,
n.,
n.,
a toad.
Kyada,
bow.
n.,
Kyanuia=lieanwa,
cat.
beauty.
tr.,
to
do good, bestow
Psalm
Ya
kyaiita
Kyemru,
n,,
Fatake to correct
their
people.
Kwura,
Kivura
n.,
(pi.
a wolf.
Kwurarcki masuzowdri,
ravening wolves.
Kivurankdriji, n., a magnet, loadstone.
its
various forms, as
ydro, that
which pleases
me
lo^
L.
Ladna,
n.,
curse
abomination.
(pl.
Ladnene, ladncna
Lahuda and
Laddhi
Lacldma,
and
lowliness,
bumility,
reverential
submission.
n.,
contrition, remorse,
regret,
i.
grief.
Sai
anxji
laddma laddma
Ladehi,
tr,,
Jcdna
atuha.
pity,
Ladfana,
q.
compassion,
(?).
mercy.
Vbanglzi
ya mdiice, ha
si
Ya
to
fdrcsda
go)
the
ya
hoya
mdsu hainydnsa.
I
Ga
offer
to the
Lord
pay deference,
En
yi
kaina
ga.
Da
ladehi,
with
humility
= humbly.
kind of alharini
cloth.
Lafdnha da
zUri, n., a
See Rdgonlaiya.
Ldhira, add
Laiyan daiika
La'ifi'
or
le'iji.
Add
maidaulcin
la'ifi,
n., propitiator.
It does not
the feast in
to offer
up
Isaac.
Ldlca,
add
slime, a greyish
mud
a black or gilla-
ceous
LnhJhi,
soil.
Orders.
Lakomdri,
Ldlaho, as
woni
We
103
Ldlabe,
tr.,
to form, to handle.
Kalaldhcni and
cllcin
uwdia.
Laldta,
Ldlalta,
to tack in sewing.
(pi.
;
Lalatdce,
lalatuta
lalatdfn).
Lalatdtun
ni dsuzunufai,
miserable sinners
lalatdce lalaface.
Ahukin
Laldse,
Laldsi,
tr.,
to persuade
:
add
Jca
yi
v.,
to
flatter, flattery.
Laldta,
tr.,
discomfort, to cut
ofi",
to bring to nought, to be of
none
Laldce,
effect.
Laldci, yi laldci.
tr.,
Sina yin
lalacinsa,
he
is
acting wrecklessly.
to efface.
Muna
lalacewa,
we
Idle,
which
is
feet.
n.,
Lamholo or zambolo,
Lamfdlwa,
n.,
f.
large navel.
Ldmi,
pr. n.
tr.,
Ldmirii,
Suna Idmirun daukan raina. Ldmuni and Iddan Idmunia wurl nan, the reward or fee for
to devise, to plan.
trading at a place
surety.
Ahin da sun
yi
Idmuna
Ldmmita,
tr.,
to
be surety for
mdsa-mdta,
;
Malumunta
Ldmunceha,
male
or
female
witnesses;
sponsors at baptism
n., gift,
godfathers or godmothers.
Lamunce,
tr.,
to credit, to give
(pi.
on
credit.
Ldnaiie, landnia
Ldhgi,
n.,
a long narrow
bag
for salt.
Larahdnci,
adj.,
Arabic.
sina yin
magdna
Arabic.
104
(pi.
Liirahdwa) ,
n.,
n.,
an Arab.
LnliciCin larilra, a
larurai)^fvohdlla,
;
trouble.
time of trouble
Lcisa, n., afternoon.
adversity.
Ldso or
LaSi,
Zasso
to lick.
Ydn garurua
small towns
Lauas
Launi,
7jai
Laudi ha haraya
n., n.,
hhjan lauas yai zua GonSa. (Kr.) ha, " bending is not breaking.^'
colour.
Laurie,
braces,
;
Lame,
hairy
Mailause, one
who has
short arm.
Lauze
(pi.
lauzuna),
n., sickle.
Lefedi na
dumhi
is
(pi. lefida
small kind
called laJcomdri.
slam a door.
Yarlnia tana
Iflce
uhanta sanu.
Lema,
Lcni.
n.,
a large umbrella
pi.
lemoni, tents.
Llman
tdraun,
Ni
de Tcuka leni da H.
linzilu, n., Gospel.
(Kr.)
Lenzelu or
Lesi
branch.
;
literally,
God's Book.
AlwdH,
n.,
n..
Book of
n.,
the Covenant.
Lefde,
Lefidi or lufudi,
Mai-
(pi.
masu-)
lufadl, n.,
heavy armed
to peep.
soldiery.
make
Na
rujidyi na yi rjhdna,
amd
en na zo
na
lika
105
sal
si
tofa
have done
or
some mischief
myself again,
if I
should
make my appearance
would be sure
show
it
(the mischief)
to sprout or
bud
again.
(A
difficult sentence).
LUldkivo huvidta,
Lillikwo,
n.,
n,,
kadd
uiaitnja
ait
gdni
sii kiiijo
sufddo.
Limka,
tr.,
Limhawa,
n.,
long fold,
plait,
hem.
lines.
LinzUa and
Lisafta,
tr.,
New
Testament.
to impute.
LtSa,
n.,
evening.
Limn
work
(pi.
JJhanglzi, the
5lbenbmal.
Loaca,
tr.,
to press
in
hand.
Lodce and
liuice, tr., to
Loacece, loaceciya
kneaded.
Loacecen
Ldda=daffera,
n.,
is
put in milk to
keep
Logba,
Logo,
n.,
it
from
uncircumcision; a herb.
n.,
meanings.
Speech.
n.,
Lokdcin halagdge,
age of maturity.
Loko and
an oak-tree, or terebinth.
(Bennett).
Lolio, n., a
down
Lolwja,
n.,
town
or
moment
Lovki guda la ha
malum
a Idhlra.
lOG
Lomaye=nar7ce or nerke
Lonlcwasc,
tr.,
(?).
to bend, to
n.,
be crooked
to
humble one.
Luhiya,
Lulu,
n.,
n.,
a nugget of gold.
Lumhu, Jumhunsa,
Liinfdsa,
n.,
of
Lafiyal Berebere.
sighing, groaning.
n.,
Lunfasi or nunfdH,
Lurii
breath, &c.
M.
3Ia, adv., too.
Add
Mutd
tdica
ma
ta
fdda maul
lidlca,
my
own
Maabha,
me
the same.
great.
Maaikdci,
n.,
or
place.
Maaihicin
(pi.
gC>na,
n.,
husbandry,
labourer.
labour.
Maikaci
maaikdta),
Madsai,
n., faults,
i.
q.
suabuna, transgressions.
Maauni,
n.,
measure.
(Bk.)
Maaunin
n.,
zdji,
n.,
mometer.
Maaika
Mahir,
(pi.
maaidku),
Mahdntali,
n.,
n.,
i.
a button.
q. hirsa, n.,
Mahlriki
Mahilgi,
(pi.
mahirikai) ,
(pi.
mahuga
mabngai), threshing-floor.
Mahuya,
n., secret
or hiding-place.
of Lafiyal Berebere.
(Br., vol.
iv., p.
210.)
Madacia,
n., gall.
n.,
Maddgu,
a leader.
107
Madaidaici,
n.,
moderation.
Collect
for
3rd
Sunday
in
Advent.
(Joliu.)
Madat.
ijja
Madauhi
madauka),
head.
n.,
handle.
Madaukdhi,
n.,
the Highest.
up of
my
Madaivdmi,
adj.,
Madaukdkin kaina, rx., the lifter The Most High God. everlasting. Mu iija mu sdmu hdsken rai
of a town.
madawdmi.
Madina,
Madphia,
pr.
n.,
name
a tree the
wood
of which
to the
air.
Madogara,
Madogari,
support,
Kai
ne
maddgardri
kvr'iatdta.
Maduhi,
n.,
n.,
spy-glass.
Maduhi
is
;
en gdnl nesa.
Maduga,
Mafdka,
Mafdri,
a broker ; he
dbokin sdwara.
a place to
lie in
n.,
a lurking-place
wait.
n.,
Ba ku
tdmhdyi
mafdri
Mafdsa,
n.,
thieves
kogin mafdsa,
n.,
a den of thieves.
Mafokdcin
Idp, n.,
a mirror.
;
opponent, adversary.
Magahaci=mafiyi.
Magdgi,
n.,
(John.)
to
pangs.
and
fro,
Sun yi Tiazlzia, sun yi magdgi, they reel they stagger. Magdgin mf/tua, sharpness
n.,
of
death.
Magdmman
Magdngami,
hdgha,
of the jaw.
n.,
river Niger
and Benue.
over horses' eyes to keep
Mdganin
off flies.
Mdganin
remedy
for diarrhcea,
108
rasp.
Magari
Magdriya,
variety of
dates
also mulbcrry-trce.
Magazin garl, overseer of a country. (Kr. and Br.) Maghdta and maghdci, n., destruction, place of destruction. Magbuya, n., hole, den, hiding-place. Magednwa, n., falling off of a little toe from any disease. Maigeduwa, n., one whose little toe has fallen off. Magena, n., a tree of the leaves of which an infusion is made which stains yellow, and with indigo yields a green dye.
Mdgini, a horse, one of whose feet is white. Magirimi, n., the conviction of being old great.
;
Fa
g'lrimnn,
he
is
older than
I.
Magirhai,
n., after-birth.
;
Maguday
n., fugitive
n.,
sai
sun hd magiida.
slave (who run aAvay
is
Magadan rUa,
Magitdanci
water-course, water-side.
n.,
?).
(pi.
magudantdye),
n.,
Magunpa=7nazimpa,
killing fish,
used for
Mahaifi,
n.,
womb.
n.,
Maha'ifa, after-birth.
MahaJcdlta,
prudent person,
man
of sense or wisdom
masuhankala.
Mahalici,
n.,
Creator, maker.
Malidma,
pr. n. of a male.
n.,
Mahamildi,
white unstarched
calico,
Mahan Tcdcin
Mahdrma,
Mahora,
Mahaukaci,
n.,
hdci
= ma'iwa.
fool.
it is
n.,
a napkin, handkerchief.
a simpleton,
n.,
made
Kabi.
Mai=ma^i or masa,
to
him
as,
(pi.
na
(Hausa Grammar,
oil
26.)
Mid
(pi.
of
any kind.
Main
and
ahiii ^l^ida.
100
Ma!, mairawa
IToi
(pi.
(pi.
maroii'dta), one
who
is
greedy.
Wttsrtnda),n., one
Maidzia,
n.,
a steward, store-keeper.
Maiceni
Ma'ida,
(pi.
n.,
masucennni),
n., bill
a table.
Add
Ma'ida
Maifarin
with a white
(pi.
face.
mafelfeci),
n.,
a fan to
Maigdnni,
n.,
Maigancerma,
Maigidra,
n.,
a crook-backed person.
is friendly,
gracious.
Maihako (pi. masuhaho), n., a fowler. Maihdninya and maihdnhali wdze data, n., a person with one eye ; and maiizia guda, a one-eyed person.
Maiido, the seeing
(j'dnajt,
one.
get
Maiido
ha
da) ya
makdfo.
Maihdda,
pr, n. of
(pi.
a male.
n.,
Maikdte
inaiMta),
the Mighty.
trusts.
a stiff-necked or hard-headed
MaiMfi,
n.,
a hair-dresser. mdsu-),
n.,
,
Maikodai
Malkoci
(pi.
a covetous person.
(pi,
mdsukutn)
n.,
n.,
Maikudurii,
Maikumata,
humble.
n.,
one lowly
in heart,
meek,
Maildmuni,
n.,
surety,
one who
is
Maimai,
tr.,
to
tilling,
no
Yi
planting
tlie
ground.
maimaifdiva
hdnza,
vain
repetitions.
Na
Maimdki,
Maimi'M,
n.,
a substitute
a substitute.
in Lis
Maikwgra,
i.
q.
zdhua,
n,,
a guinea-hen.
Mainfma mdta, n., a wlioremonger. Mainema mdza, n., a harlot. Maineman aure, u., a suitor for a wife.
Mainririwo,
n.,
ground-nut
n.,
oil.
masurlda), .one
who
is
snatching
at,
grasping,
Maisdntu,
n., lively,
Maisdta, one
who
steals.
Maiswdho,
Millie,
tr.,
n.,
a transgressor.
to turn.
Ka
Malta,
n.,
witchcraft.
Icai, n.,
Maitdfsin
a pillow.
Maitdkan kdsa, anything that touches the ground, MaitdJcaha, n,, one that is mourning, makes lamentations.
]\Iaitaun
= dahir,
n,,
n., steel,
that
is,
hard iron.
a person hard or
Mai^andni,
a mighty,
strong person;
Maildro,
n.,
MacirJcia
aht'i
Maiuwa,
n,,
Maiiiwa
sdrilii
nc,
the
Maiwa,
Maiwa,
of corn.
q.
manicOruwa,
n.,
a fowl,
like a
partridge.
HI
Dan
Maiija,
tr.^
to cut as grass.
(pi.
maii/a, grass-cutter.
Maiyamka
Maiijdnci,
pocket.
n.,
Maheri,
n.,
spectacles.
?
Makadaita gidd
Makaffi,
n.,
sockets.
icaiijo,
i\.,
Makdfo da
much
valued = /J^(^v^
Makaidada, magota,
n.,
escape, excuse.
Makdma, pi., they who caught. Makamdnta ; as, makawdnta ciklnsu, me, or my equal, among them.
there
is
Mdkankdcia, mischievous.
kankdci
ha.
Gd fa mdkdnkacia,
Makdmi,
da
n.,
a weapon.
Ka
hdkclnka.
Krause
uses
it
like
sokesoke,
wounds
received in war.
Makdngara,
Makdri,
n.,
pi.,
the rebellious
and rebelling.
an inventor, originator.
Kdria ko gdskia
7ii
ban
Makariaci
Makdri,
n.,
(pi.
edible.
late
Makardm
Makdrwa,
Makasari,
or,
go to sleep
(Psalm
xxvii. 3).
a widow.
(Bennett).
,
Makaskuci
Makdbi,
(pi.
makaskdsta) poor, oppressed. Kit kwdce makasrescue the poor and needy.
kdce {ta
n.,
?),
executioner.
mugu
hai
fadd
life,
ha.
Makidya,
n.,
pastor, shepherd.
A wandering unsettled
;
as
a shepherd
also
makidyiya and
makiya.
Ga
thy pasture.
Mak'ia
and makiya
(pi.
makidyi),
u.,
a hater,
enemy.
Ba
112
irtnJca su
Makihiya,
Makoddicl,
n.,
a porcupine.
covctousness, or covetous persons.
n.,
Makudatta
gurasa, feasters.
Greedy
n.,
for.
neighbourhood, neighbourship.
n.,
the windpipe.
do wondrous things.
(pi.
wake
at a funeral.
;
Makopta^ makuhta
(pi.
makohtai) ,
n., ne'igh.honr&
also
mahki
daydwa,
my
Makorwa,
n.,
throat.
Makorwata ya
mijiria,
n.,
Makoydcea = mi'ilna or
convulsions
fits.
MdkUf
to
n.,
Makure,
tr.,
keep oneself
Part.,
in
check
to connive
choke,
strangle.
makurdre
maknrdra,
to throttle,
makurdru, strangled.
suffocate.
Alakuri,
i.
q, groffai,
Kr.
(?).
Makuza,
p. n.,
Makwogwa, n., small red ants which eat meat. Makwonci (pi. makivontai and makwuiita), n.,
burial-place.
sleeping-place,
common
mat.
Malaldci,
n.,
carelessness, idleness.
ne.
Rdgo
ko malaldci, ko mai-
n., first
heavy rain
in Juno, before
in
Land mdlka,
Prov., Sdi
S.W.., the
heavy rain
yi kdria.
August.
Malamunta,
Mdllam,
Mallamci,
n.,
n.,
n., priest.
mdllam ya
priesthood.
M(dh,
n.,
113
MaliUhi
MalolOt
Umdnm,
n.,
n,,
double chin.
a ruler,
Mdlwa, like gigar, n., heavy leg-irons. Mamalakl and mamaldka, intens. v., to
one in power.
reign, to rule
Mamacdn
as, oni
manda
Mdna, intsij. as, of course Kai ne, mdna, you are Maneci (?). Manemi rdngumi ha si hdna sundJci ?
;
it,
of course.
Mdnii/e,
n.,
semen, seminal
fluid.
n.,
the
(Gen, xxxii.
2, C.)
n.,
a ladle.
of calabash
n.,
Mdrd (pi. marpni and marori), wood for taking out food from the
;
a piece
pot.
what
results in
an
odd number, as
Mdraha,
Marddi,
3, 5, 7,
;
&c.
yl vidsu
n., salutation
!
ya
Mdraha
n.,
wish, desire,
in
Hausa.
Maragdba,
n.,
a band.
Maraito, to
come
n.,
(pi.
to a place
n.,
Morocco.
marCisa adelci), unjust person.
Mdrasddelci
Mdrashdnkali,
n.,
wanting
in weight.
pr. n. of a female.
lit
Maraija,
n.,
one's living.
wliite
Mdraya
along
(pi.
red
goats.
skin,
the belly.
Mdraije,
n.,
wild
Mdrcde
Marena,
Margi,
(pi.
maredai),
n.,
a mill.
Maimaredi,
n.,
a miller, or
proprietor of a mill.
n.,
nurses, dames.
?).' is,
n.,
;
Mdrhahd
salute, that
they
"African Languages,"
page 139.)
Mdrhahi,
n.,
welcome.
of,
Magdnasu da
ivl/>ja
amarl
(?).
Mdri, to be fond
to like.
Marlki
Marimamu,
pi.,
marlcika,
quarrelsome, mis-
Marikita
(pi.
markafigara),
n.,
Mdrhnari
nice,
(pi.
indriyoyi),
of,
n.,
hooks on a
much.
line.
Mdriaari, to be fond
to like
Mardmari,
a wish, desire,
;
longing.
Jcdsa, to
Yi
as,
didn
delight in.
Tndrmaril)
,
Mdrmari
(pi.
n.,
sweet potato.
is
the
name
to the
the Ashanti
Hausa
by caravans
war
in
also at Akwepira.
Hausa
1874 on the
slaves
Ashanti side
while others,
115
Marvfi, Marurii
n.,
mercy-seat
marurai),
n.,
lid of
n.,
a box.
bait.
(pi.
hand
Mdsil or
mar a,
n.,
a ladle.
Mdsa,
Masai,
n.,
made
of beaus.
an earwig.
Species of
black.
Masdki,
n.,
(pi.
Masdki
MaadMii
itdce, n.,
n.,
a large
wooden bowl.
Masai wuta,
ma
Masama,
Masdni,
n.,
Masdndna,
n.,
(pi.
n.,
my
acquaintance.
Master, Lord.
niasdna), one
Alia
si
ne m,asdiii ha
hdioa, ha.
Masdni
Mdsara,
a thing.
Masaphi,
n.,
n.,
Indian corn.
(pi.
Masdrauci
masdrauta),
"
n.,
prince.
"
Kamd
data na
princes.''
mosdraida hufddi/'
(Psalm Ixxxii.
7.)
Ye
one of the
Masasdra,
n.,
Indian corn.
Masehlci gurdsa,
2Iasifai daydwa,
n.,
kneading-trough.
sorrows,
;
many
much dishonour;
n.,
mischief.
Masilla,
n.,
a sail-needle
(pi,
small hammer.
Masirci, masete
a comb.
Masirgozi,
n.,
a tendon.
Maso,
n.,
a lover.
Ahega
si
maso tdha
ne.
Masg ahin
ha.
Iciimia
ga makdfta.
Masomi
Maspro,
(pi.
masgma)^
foundation.
;
n.,
a species of cress
n.,
remedy
for headache.
Massasdraki,
a species of elater.
Masu
Masugena,
a small green
and red
stripe.
Masukivani,
n.,
a riding-place.
fish
MasusUy
n.,
such as
with hand-nets.
n<>
Masusuha,
n., tlircshing-floor.
Masuru or
maziirit, n.,
Zibeth
cat.
Mamko,
Mamija,
Masidi,
n.,
a cold
masdfco we,
ya kdmasi,
it Is
a cold that
lias
cold.
;
watering-place, waterside
drunkards.
Maserlan
judgment.
u,,
inn
resting-place.
MaBga,
Mamji,
n.,
gates.
n.,
entrance.
gidd, that
is
room
MaSimJidi,
porch.
sofa.
Maslmi,
n.,
a tanner's bench.
the scraping-
edges
Instead
ma^imi
n.,
(pi.
itdce,
slmi
is
likewise used.
Mataimdki,
Matdki
matdhai),
a footstool.
Mdtdlahi,
n.,
a prop, support.
Matdmhaiyi {^l.masutdmheya) ,B.n advocate, defender; inquirer, Prov., Matdmhaiyi ha Si ghdce lean magdna. questioner.
Azerfa kurum sindria.
si so
hdiyi.
si
muda mika
in
magihia,
da
Matdmna
is
is
Zamfara an
it is
infant's back-tooth
when
the set
complete
called hakOra.
Matangard,
Matdri,
n.,
n.,
u., silver.
a heap, like
tillo.
Matdsa,
foundation;
what
is
put
up,
erected,
pillar-
stand.
Matdsa,
Matdsi,
pr. n. of a town.
n.,
(pi.
masutdro),
n.,
a place of gathering
Bahd gdwo
tmitatdro zuiisdye.
MatdCen koria,
n.,
a broken vessel.
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Matdiud,
n.,
= zamwn/a,
wliich is
put ou trees,
Matdije, matdyia
(pi.
and helper.
Matimdhi,
Matiihi
n.,
a companion.
a,
(pi.
matukona ztrtgi) ,
matundnu),
n.,
rudder.
;
Matundn
(pi.
mind
ts,
thought.
[Words with
Ma^a, instead of
instead of
as formerly written.]
viatsa,
tr.,
to smash.
Prov., Goni
na gundiia
Ma^andnta,
Ma^anciija,
form, tormentors.
narrow, narrowness
Ma^arJcdki,
n.,
Ma^dyi,
n.,
standing-place, dwelling.
Ma^e, to narrow.
Mapyrdta,
pi.
Kadd
n.,
;
form,
cowardice, a coward.
zdki ya mdce, only used in the 3rd
Mace
(pi.
mdcen haifua),
n.,
a midwife.
not to be
Matuntuhe, Maivoddta,
poor.
n.,
place of stumbling;
a stumbling-block.
rich
n.,
and the
Mawaddce
Mawatdci
Maydji,
n,,
(pi.
(pi.
mawoddta),
n.,
Mawusi=mafu6i,
a borer.
raiment, clothes.
118
Maydha,
n.,
Mdijdki, an
officer,
captain,
(Br.)
Maiydki
(pi. viasuydJci),
a commander-in-
chief.
MayCda,
n.,
(pi.
Maydyi
maydta),
n.,
an interpreter.
Mdye, ya
yi mdye, the
same as ya
n.,
gigita,
he
is
inebriated,
drunken.
Mayenhe
Mdyes,
(pi.
mayenka),
a snuffer.
Mayenkcii fitlla.
(?).
to restore.
Mayewan
tuntuhe,
n.,
a stumbling horse.
?
Will a
man
swallow the
Mazdlunici
(pi.
n.,
as act deceitfully
an adversary.
Mazdmci (pi. mazamta), n., a rogue, scoundrel. Mazdmni (pi. onazanna), n., inhabited, seat, dwelling-place. Mdzamdza, adv., speedily.
Mazargi,
n.,
men
or animals.
si ke.
Mazina,
n.,
wiirin
mazlna rahpnka
is
Mazuhi,
n.,
kept.
Mazarahci,
a tempter.
n,,
Mazunta= masuru,
men.
those
who
fish
with a net.
i.
for masusdiva),
q.
mahakaia,
wi;se
Mfma
Merke,
(pi.
n.,
menai),
n.,
a species of acacia.
Maze da ya
(pi.
masii.),
nomina
and verbs.
n.,
Mia
(pi.
mioyi,
midye,
triidnc
and
midnu),
soup, broth
sauce.
Midu,
n.,
vomit.
110
n.,
guinea-fowl=^rt6a.
Migan
cerwa, an animal
(pi.
a horse hollow-backed.
Mikdke, mikdka
Mikdnta, to decline.
Mike,
intr.,
Na
louce
kamdn enud
cikin mikdnta.
to limp
n.,
Mimdhwura,
Mimire,
tr.,
rdkuml ya mike kafdfu. (Br.) cake of beans ; also called ddn ivdke.
;
Mirmirere, mirmireriija
Mirmirto,
Misdli,
n.,
n.,
n.,
question
Miskat,
gold measure
(in
Kanu).
one with one
MUi,
n.,
sighing, groaning.
Mitakinhiri, or
mafarauci
hisa, n.,
or
more
short toes.
Mitalafi,
n..,
an executor.
n,,
Mitamfdsa,
name given
n. of a
Miyow,
Mizdniy
n., saliva.
Mizdkara, pr.
n.,
male.
balances,
scales.
measure,
Tco
Wonan
kdrife ynft
woncan,
MiH,
n.,
Mizi da mdta,
MlHn
kdr/fa,
n.,
a magnet, loadstone.
Mizlria,
Mizozo,
large
reddish
spider,
which
appears chiefly at
night.
Mgdi=caca = guzia,
Mcgodauci
Moluna,
(pi.
n.,
gambling.
n.,
modattai),
n.,
slave-boy.
Mok6ci=mak6ci,
pi.
a neighbour.
form, harps.
3Ioniya,n.,ih.ena,me of a
(Br.)
Monzgni
(pi.
mdnzo),
n.,
Mgria, profitable.
Don
it
a kamd kdnda
ha ka da mgria,
120
tr.,
to
move.
Da
ydya
sul-a mo^'i
cilTnta.
cc 7nolln-
Movemeut,
Most,
n.,
exei-tion,
Izaii Jcasdnice
ahU kadd ka
ka ne ya bdka.
region, district, inhabited by a
pagan
tribe of
iv., p.
Hausa.
292.
Mud,
i.
q.
mu, we.
of
Muduru, n., the mahogany-tree the fruit and eaten like ground-nuts. Miigdma, muyi mugdma, to make a stay
:
which
is
washed
at a place for
some
^SVZnt,
days.
3fa^w ma^an*,
ka sdni,
n.,
powerful medicine;
it
Drink
n.,
me
to
know me.
conspiracy,
Milyun azonce,
lieresy.
a privy
M/lgun kwuiya,
n.,
Mugiin sund, n
a bad
name
or character.
Mukamnku, pi. f, jaws. Mukuru (pi. mukura and mukurori), some article of Malya and inurya, pr. n., a town or province south
Mumoni,
m.,
dress.
of Zinder.
nnwmOna,
f. (pi.
person.
Mumtaraga,
n.,
a hatchet or
hammer.
guhro,l do not eat
Mumuna ; Banlcl inumuna koda ni ke meanly, although I am a bachelor. Man, we sai mun zo, we must needs go.
;
Mundaca
Muni,
n.,
(pi.
mundai),
n.,
arm-ring.
Munomuno,
Murddi,
n.,
kdsua kana
hidda
abin sdye,
masukdsud suna
will attain
tdmhdyeka, minene
your object.
Ddn
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Murfuna, iutercortinas
Miirici, n.,
(?).
Mnrmura, and mirmlra, tr., to rub corn Murzdnin tudn, i\., a red seed bead.
Murze,
tr.,
to rub
rubbing
worm
or insect
rubbed,
smashed.
Musai,
Milsu
J
n.,
dead
yi musu,
to deny, to contradict.
religious,
Musulumci,
follower.
adv.,
what
is
becoming
in a
true
Magdna
ha.
ta
hire,
amd em ha tdmhdyeni, ha
si
musulumci
ztlcia si ke.
ke da<jd
Muttamuru, Kr.
{?).
Mrdudn
Alia,
n.,
natural death.
yirda ha,
Man
proposes,
God
Mntumci,
n.,
humanity.
In Huusa,
Ba
ku'da mntumci.
kilran sdnia.
Muturu,
Muzia,
n.,
MtUuru
Miice, to destroy.
n.,
n.,
a ladle.
Muzia,
an owl.
a wild cat
;
Muziiru,
n.,
leopard.
Kdza na hdkinsa
'
na
tilha.
gohe ha ni hlra, or
ha,
to-morrow.
N.
Na=zd,
go.
am
about to
is
But
it is
Nd,
some
'
to
1'^^
be/ both personally aud impersonally, corresponding to iVa, lea, ta, appearing ne, lie, ce, in the Kajina dialect.
frequently with other meanings, cause no small confusion
and perplexity. The question may well be asked as to whether it Avould not be better in writing to keep to ne, ha and ce ? Namlzl ne, ha mace ha ce, it is (he is) a man
ha mace ha,
(it is)
not a woman.
Ndde,
tr.,
to
wrap up.
ciJdn ddzi.
To spin
Ya hlma hdhe ya ndclesi daga ahin ndde, that which they had spun.
ta Ilausa,
Nagertaka,
n.,
goodness, kindness.
Nahau,
n.,
steps;
Nahau na magdna
;
Grammar
of
Naidasori,
n.,
NaTiuda, to be in
Nalili (pi. enlela,
dan
lele,
favourite,
Ndma,
n., flesh.
Prov.,
Maindma
si lean
nema
si
wilta.
Ndma
wild beasts.
Namlzi,
n.,
Don
namlzi ne da kdnji.
Kaddn ha mu ^dya ha kamdn namlzi su renamu. Namlzin gumzaka, n., a wader with tufted head. Namlzin siire, n., name for the wild yakwa, in Kabbi. Namlzi do, sdra, the man with the broom, a taunt for a bachelor,
because he has to sweep his own house. Namlzi ciQ-=kpakpa Attagara, n., cocoa-nut. Nan, adv., here, there; dagd nan akaha'ifeni.
gdni itdtua daydwa.
Nanafa,n.,si plant with reddish flowers, used for staining thread.
Dngd nan na
Ndni,
tr.,
nananiya
(pi.
nandnu),
flattened.
Ndni,
tv.
and
adhere
to, to stick to
as with
gum.
Nasdra,
n.,
victory.
En
Nauwa,
adv.,
behind hand.
123
iiurnji,
Nciftyi,
add
sai kdnji
da
nothing
Liit
heavy
irons.
Bdko
Woda nga
si
ne
To aggravate.
Nazdsu,
pi.
Abu
hai
nawdya ha midum
;
nawayeH.
form
abominable
Nazawuze,
pr.
name.
Garin
Icdsa
en ha heri
Onija.
Ama ha
ne.
ayi
masalldci cikin sa
Nekeke,
nekeka
(pi.
nekeku),
Tozdli
nekeke,
powdered antimony.
Nema,
tr.,
Noma and
nemo.
see,
acd and
return.^'
seek,
return."
= dmre,
?
n.,
a suitor for a
wife. Sdrtki
kl ke so
ya
da
ita
a ciklnsu
Anrmijliii gafdra
?
Nema and ni'ima (pi. nizmpni), n., Ena niimpmenka na dda? Where
mercies
?
kindness.
thy
former
nesa ha
Nesa, n. and
away.
Ba
Ya
dagd garemu.
Nesdnta,
tr. v.,
Ni han
sdni da nesansa.
to place or
nesdnta
hallta nan,
Ne^ua,
u.,
temperance.
n.,
Ngahhorc,
Nitsas,
sycamore-tree,
to drown.
(pi.
tr. v.,
Nomdme, nomdmia
nomdmu),
(?).
tilled.
Noma
rdggo,
i.
q.
maiiua
&c.
Nufa=fitowa ;
a place.
as,
MskaHna
nufa ydmma.
To make towards
121
Yi
htift,
to purpose, to favour
to contrive
mlscliief.
Voii
na
ijlnuji
purposed that
my mouth
nnfina.
to grind.
Wodim da snma
Nhja and
Nukuda,
Ntniaiva,
nJ/m,
tr.,
Nnfi, nia,
Providence.
to travail.
Nuvfd6i=lu)'>fiUi , breath.
n., revelation.
(John.)
Dumi
zlrkjinha ha
iija
Nioa
.^
whose
Nijaunydwa,
Nijamyavi,
n.,
u., a
name given
to
some
tribes in
Bami.
o.
0, interjection,
is
sometimes metwith
in Haiisa translation,
but
!
it
liai or na Kai mdni magaiia hdka ! O, art thou Kai uhCniaf O father Ke speaking to me in this way Kg uivdiia hln ga wSnan abu ha htjai'm nivcina ! mother
and
Kai hana
yi
gdni
Ai, ha ni
h<}rci
?
da dere
mother
this unsightly
thing
exclamation or
I care to
know."
P.
Paradise,
n.,
Lahira, the
unseen world.
it
was Paradise.
PdUe,
tr.,
to punish, to chastise.
Ya pdUe
garHriui daijdiva.
PdUe and jxlso, to break through or down. Pampdme, n., a wind instrument. (Br.) Pandanamaydha, n., a regiment, an army. Pali, a Nupe word, meaning mountain.'
'
Pehinpehi,
Veite-pijili',
n.,
1).,
125
R.
Ra, and rdna,
n., sun,
day.
Rdna
hiiki,
feast-day.
l-araiiu.
Rdha,
tr.,
to split in two.
Rdbii, to
to distinguish.
dofi en sdniii.
Rahse,
tr. v.,
to separate, divorce.
Rabn,
Rdda,
n.,
hot ashes.
to flatter.
tr.,
Miitxime
nan bai
sdni ha anardddnsa.
N., a tale.
Rdfani,
(pi.
rdfanai,) n
matei'nal aunt
mother's younger or
elder sister.
Rdfenice,
(pi.
= to
deceive.
Ba)il rajinha, I
Ragaya,
Rago,
is
int.,
to precede,
n., casada.
go before. Ta rdgayc'ni ziia masallaci. Rdgo da na ddsa ya kdma, the casada which
K6
Ragon cikawa,
Rdha, yi rdha,
Rdho,
Rai,
(pi.
ram of consecration.
to rejoice, to exult.
Ni
yi
rdhd da kai,
(Bk.)
tumultuously.
ddce.
rdyu),
n.,
da sun sd rayunsa da
Rairayan,
a sieve.
n,,
Ya
kneeling
down
in prayer.
Rdki^=ku7nia
ba su rdki
f'n sit
na magdna da
via/<idnsii.
n.,
bending
in prayer,
pli isma.
kneeling down,
Rdhumin
Alia,
u.,
a species of
126
Rakumin />dsa, n., larva of the ant-lion. Rama, to revenge, to requite. Zcuii yi rdinn'm gey a ga makiZdkiyi rdmua ? Are you going to make ind. (Bennett.)
compensation
?
;
emaciation
n.,
ardmai, he
is
emaciated.
leanness.
pr. n. of a
(pi.
woman.
n.,
Ramh/m
Rcime
;
rdmbasai),
a fish liko an
(Bk.)
eel. (Kr.)
species
of flat-headed sheat-fish.
ta iSe
to
ma rdkumi
become
koiui cikin
rame
ta
makure.
(Kr.)
Rdm[\
lean, thin;
to moulder.
Ramma,
Rdna,
n.,
tow.
n.,
sun, da3^
Rdna
ta fita,
Rdna
tafddl.
Kadan rdna
tana
Kama da rdna
Rdna tana da
sdfi.
Rdnan
on parting
May we
meet again
and evening.
Rdnda
(pi.
n.,
several gallons.
Randdna,
Raiya,
tr.,
n.,
to slice
raiyawa,
slicing.
Rard,
n.,
Sun rdraha
tfif'a-
Rdrahe,
tr.,
Rariya,
u.,
a strainer of basket-work.
spoon.
Rarmi,
Rasa,
n,,
n.,
shoots, offshoots.
fail,
Can
now
that salt
is
got for
127
is
to
be dead.
Kanena
gizlri ?
giida
ya
rdsu da
ydk'i,
?
jin haidi
my only Mutum ya
brother
yi
Ka
Ga
rasa
glziri
mla
si rasa
wuri wuri.
Ra&e,
tr.,
to destroy.
kan
Rdsin
ci
wdke
atone.
justice, or a just
cause.
Komi
rdsin
Rdsin
la'ifi,
n.,
innocence.
to
aratdyesu ga
gasieria bindiga
Ratdye, ratayeyia
Race,
intr., to
Ja
race, to mislead,
to lead astray.
Rail,
tr.
Ku
to
anajahu
shake,
to
race.
and
intr.,
wag, to nod
ya ran da
be shaking,
Icainsa
to
shaken.
Rauani
(pi.
n.,
a wound.
Raune, rauna
wounded.
Nan da nan
araunesu,
Maso nan
Rawaiya,
n., citron.
Rdya, to keep
us alive.
alive.
Bdhu wonda
si
ke
rdya kdnsa.
us,
Ya
keep
Ka
rdyamu, quicken
Razdna,
n.,
reverence
;
ku yi murna da razdna. da gdske, sorely vexed, to fear greatly. Ni na kida rdzana, sun yi rdzana nda
terrors of death.
Rdzana, to be vexed
Wa
Rfhl
(pi.
nikerdzana?
hdhu rdzana.
Rdzanan mutud,
n.,
a page of a book.
128
scui,
Rrhi = ti<Ui,
n.,
liiiU'
rfhhi
half an hour.
Compare
Bfbij
n.,
.v7//',
pi. Safoji.
Le'tdfi
pages.
tional
Rf'fe (pi.
Riibin itdce,
and rehi-rebi,
n.,
board.
frac-
number.
rffu)
and
branch.
Regr/c, tr.,
to diminish, lessen.
Ya
rcgge Icdrlfina ga
hamyn.
iv.
Ya
regge Tcwdnolcina,
32,
ya rasa, or
ya, Ir/sa,
would be preferable.
n.,
escort
to
accompany one.
Rekica=gaUa,
Remdye,
Rpna,
pi.
tr. v.,
n.,
form, cowries.
to despise.
Wonda ya
he,
laldce.
(pi.
Rendne, renaniya
Renene, renena
Rf;7ii, tr.,
(pi.
to despise.
Ni
him.
de hulca reni
da
me
too ye are
gdske,
despising with
Don
anclJiamii
da rem da
contempt, scorn.
Reran and
Reno,
n.,
yi reran, to
lie
on the back.
fire.
Rerercu.
The
first re
may be
it
chooses, provided
terminates in
Naji
gi'nla rerercu,
on on on.
Resale,
pi.
form, boughs.
Rol,uma,
I).,
trunk of a
tree.
Reto,
tr., intr.
rHu, to swing.
Rid,
n.,
dissimulation.
n.,
Ridha = liilha,
Rihdhc, rihnhia,
(pi.
1^9
Ribdce, to spoil
Ridaceki,
intr.,
make
spoil.
to lie
on the
face.
Rida,
Ridi,
tr.,
to ravisli.
n.,
Rhja
sdlc'i,
a dress
128.)
(Br., vol.
ii.,
Riga and
rlgogi
(pi. rJgiina),
Rigan AghaJcpa da p'ifa, amd alzifunsa sdho, The coat of a Hausa man is old, but its pockets are new, i.e. because he has nothing to put in them, or because he keeps them
repaired, to hold something.
Riga ^dmia,
n.,
an
home-
made
silk,
129.)
to outrun one.
sia ndka.
Mairlgaiya.
Rigidya-na rigidya na ka
bakimdma
already;
nclsu.
Rigidye, to prevent.
hasty, precipitate.
li/ca
Na
na
yi ghdna,
end en na zo na
Rigingini,
intr.,
to
lie
on one
side,
resting on
the elbow
or arm.
Arab.
Rika, to continue, persevere.
Ka rika
ci,
go on eating.
zdarikayaseka, so
Hakanan
you
will
be weaned).
tr.,
Na gdni mutum
ga bdya nadaia.
Hna
Una
bisa
Rimi
^dmri,
n.,
a trunk which
branches.
8
130
Eina,
n.j
commou
wasp.
Bingo
Rinzdya,
to prevail.
Kadd
against
me;
to tread
Da
leal
mu Icdda
dragons.
[rinzdyi) mazaliimitamu.
Masu
spsai
" The
Nina
rinzdyi dtlnia.
Har
zlJcimu arinzaycsi
da Fatal/la,
as
until our
body
(flesh)
be subdued by the
Spirit.
it,
an
Rice,
insect.
tr. v.,
to enclose.
Roce^roUe, n., a blow. ROgo (pi. rpgtina) aud roga or o'dgo, n., a cassado. Rpka, tr., to ask, to beg to choose. Mairpha ha beggar ought not to choose.^'
;
n
of.
tdra,
"A
Rokake, rohdka
riia
(pi.
rohdhu), asked
for,
begged
Rolidhe
na
ddfa ivdhe ?
for planting salanta, guda, safa,
n.,
Rami,
n.,
bed
and ligone.
Rumon
sdrUi,
parts of Hausa.
making it cheaper;
reduction of price.
n.,
Na
yi
dagd
Rontonci,
tdlata, I
3000 cowries.
n.,
Roro,
tr. v.,
to glean.
Rpsi and
rose, intr., to
crumble.
Prov.,
16
andii/iulesi si rpsi.
Rpwa,
to
be greedy,
illiberal,
close-handed.
Ydnzu hani da
Prov.,
alh/lri,
rpwa
gareni.
Rozdna,
n.,
an almanack, calendar
131
(water) concern
business.
tagho, Jcaddn
Txlfaye sulca
rilana da
cikin rua
tdf, en kdrigha
dagd
.''
gari'su,
hahdnsu ya
mani, mirudnha,da
ga Jcdwoka
na zaka dauJca ndmanaj ya ce mdni, hdhu rudnJca da ahin da si /ce ga cikin rua ; ahin na wose ndkune, abin na
ce,
Na
cikin rua
ndmu.
Ruan
ido.
kdsud)isu
damuka gdni
idp, ho son
ha
musQ
sdmu ruan
ahuhua daydwa.
Ruan dddi or reirei, n., crystal beads. Ruan fadddma, n., marsh-water j pools
stagnant water.
in
marshy ground,
Ruan
wukdri, or
akyin
rita,
Ruhda, grinding
to
powder.
report, alarm.
the sentence,
Da
Ruhui Budu,
Ri7fa
del
as I
hdnu garesa sai huga anaruhda mdni. Just placed my hand on him I was dealt blows only.
sd
;
na
data, one-fourth
(Br.,
some
article of dress.
Rufeiua=rumhu, n., a barn, store. Wonan dan riifewa ya yi kyau ya yi pij^dasi, This little barn is nice and neat.
Ruf6go=rufonia,
Rugha,
n.,
is
stored, either
to rot.
Kadd kdya
break
su rugha.
wozen Zdria.
Rugunguza,
tr.,
to smash,
to pieces.
Ruhd,
n.,
excess.
Ba wonda
akal ruhd.
Ruma,
pr. n. of a town.
n.,
Rumhuki,
town.
in
generally, a large
132
Bul-o
= r6Jio,
tr.,
or bring up.
Mairuho
;
(pi.
masu-), one
who
rears
or
a tutor.
Runfd,
n.,
(Br., vol.
20, 21.)
Runga,
RunliU,
of
pr. n.,
Mada; poisoned
very deadly.
n.,
its
leaves
Rurdri=han^6ro,
n.,
Rura
to allure, &c.
n.,
Rusua=^tQ8i,
a bribe.
Rusuna,
Ru^a, to
intr.,
make a
Ya
s.
8da and Sd, n., time ahin sda, a timepiece, watch, Sda Sina htlga lokaci. Sda nan, adverbial, then, at that time, in that case.
;
clock.
Sdawa,
n.,
joy
yi sdawa, to rejoice,
(pi.
sdawe hamhain.
Sdawa, da sdawowi
of the body.
Example
Si
hwoda sdawowlnia na
Sdha,
to
and appetites
tr,,
choose.
Ku
hiiu
Sahdda
Ka sahdda
yi.
hainyoyi
Sabdhl,
n.,
dulca.
Komi ka
sdba
ma
ydro
zdH
viciousness.
Sdbdra, Kr.
Sahira
bdija, intr., to start
go down,
mastdi
ne,
snna sdbka
133
8dhlco,
tr.,
to let
down.
Sdhlco
mdni
da gdska,
fall
me
sore.
na
Ya
He
down
like rivers."
Sdbo
f.,
sdhua
(pi. sdhi), n.
and
adj.,
new;
icdlca
sdhua, a
new
!
song.
Sdbo miigu
ahil
What an
Sdhontdha,
n.,
thing habit
is
newness.
Sdhpnlcazzrdhpnlca.
ivuri
si ke.
Sahra and sahdra, n., wilderness, desert. Sdhua fpl. sdbl and sdhiini) , n., a guinea-fowl.
kivoi,
Anhwdce sahia
gohe kusa.
Sabunin
Sdhunta,
soap.
to renew,
;
make new.
Sddua,
D.,
concord
belief
flattery.
Saduda,
n.,
from persuasion.
n.,
Saduki
Sde
(pi.
(pi.
Sadukdwa),
i.
Sadducees.
satya),
q.
sdwa, root.
heels.
Sdfe,
n.,
small
Sdjl, n., a
page
Da
sdfia ta yi.
Hdka
mulca yi
tdfia
dagd
Yi
sdfa nan.
Saffii, n.,
Hario na
zi
dagd
sdfia nan.
arranging in a
line, as for
prayer or
drill =iere.
saffu, to
make a
line.
Sdgho,
Sdggii
n., offence.
and haggu, n., a hand dart for crocodiles. Sahada zalanci (?). Sai and sei. Add Sai rdna nan. Ba na ce ha
:
Icomi, sat
na
yi kdwoi.
dbu
Sai
mu
yi ahin dii si
ke
so.
Sai jlni ne da ya
kdsesi.
Ta
ce.
ce sai
sai!
Ni la
ni da saworafa ce ahl
Saidi,
n.,
nan do ka
master.
is
the Master
of Dalsau."
134
it
very coolly
refreshed.
cool,i.e.,
a fence =darm.
root
;
Saiwa,
Saiyeye, saiyeyia
saiydyu), sold.
Sdkan zumua,
Saka,
tr.,
n.,
honeycomb.
to weave.
Sdha gizagizo,
or gidd, or
ddJci, gizagizo,
spider's web.
Salcaina,
n.,
Sakakake, sakaMka
Sakdke, salcdkia
sindria.
sakukaku) , curved.
(pi.
sakdku), woven.
Zdnenta sakeke da
i.
"
Dagd
Idfia ha,
tion;
favoured by Krause.)
n., retaliation.
8aka moko,
Sake, Sdki,
tr.,
to
charge ; to forsake.
Ya
D.,
Sako, to send.
than sending.
Balaam aleikum, a
salutation
is
Peace
returned,
"Aleikum salaam!'*
Salla,
n.,
a species of cowslip.
slavering
;
SaUdha,
n.,
Yi salldha.
Saldla,
n.,
in.
Saldme,
Saldta,
tr.,
Sdriki ya saldmesu.
n.,
is
Saldthi,
rokon Alia
en woni azdha
gphara, ko
mutum ya
mutum
danger.
nan ayi
An
ejaculatory
Sdma
kamdri,
n.,
135
Samdnia,
n.,
the heavens.
(pi.
Samame, samdmia
Samdmi,
n.,
samamu), eternal
to remain, to continue.
an expedition to kidnap.
Tease
Mastisamdni sunJca
mutdne
ciJchimu.
is,
Samfdhva,
n.,
Sdmmu,
Same,
to
n.,
meet with.
Tc/Jl.
Sdmo,
tr. v.,
to provide, to supply.
intr.,
Sdmu,
en
tr.
and
what belongs
to the finder.
mutum
sina so
si Jean ce,
;
sdmu ahin da ni he so ; sdmu sauki, to find ddma, sdmu Idfia, sdmu rongome, getting better, being
convalescent, improving in health; to overtake
;
ha zdni
sdmiinsu ha.
head,
i.e.
Ta sdmu kdnta,
Meet
with,
Ka
dorinai.
Sdmu and
attainment
acquisition, acquiring.
stork.
(pi.
sandnhardi),
n.,
sd^ii,
make known
Sdnda,
n.,
Ikmi/ca asana-
Na
da sdnda alkdmura hokoi da turdre kadaii. Sandukin doka, n., the Ark of the Testimony.
Sane, adv., videlicet
;
to wit
namely.
Sanene sanena,
Sdni,
tr.,
(pi.
sanenu), known.
to
know.
;
Sini
is
provinces
as,
ha ka sini {sdni)
Sdni
ciki,
u.,
conscience.
13G
Sdni,
n,,
knowledge.
sdna and sdnua),
Prov., tScinia ta hi
n.,
Sdnia
(pi,
cow.
cows.
mnun
Sdnia tuaca,
n.,
Bdnkara,
Sdnko,
n.,
intr., to
n.,
SanJcurumi,
stumbling in a horse.
Santamhul,
trust.
Ki
zdJci
mdni
santu, hurdi
you."
it
In plain language,
Sap
(?),
25.
(Bennett.)
Nl
tasi
da sdpho
Sdra,
n.,
defamation, blasphemy
v.,
to
speak insolently,
reproach, slander.
Sdra
tuga,
misdra tUga,
n.,
a person
of
Sardkin kirma,
n.,
Sarakwoa
Sardri
Sdrdri,
(pi.
(?).
(Kr.)
n.,
Saramhaidu,
sardrai),
curt.
q.
sdrka
(pi.
u,,
fine
weather
=^sda maikydu.
Saraunia
(pi.
n.,
queen.
to disease,
down
to strike
down, applied
as leprosy.
Sarcre, sarera
(pi.
137
Sarf'gi
(pi,
sanyuna), a
loop.
(Gen.
vi. 16.)
Sclri, n.,
a bay horse.
Sari,
n.,
a motb.
n.,
Sdrtkinfdwciy
headman
of butchers.
Da
I
sim sarhife na
Jciutcrsit,
while they
were suspended
loosened them.
Sdrma,
Scu-fu
n., gall.
and
Sdsa=fufuJie,
sclsa,
wing
of a house.
on either
tv.,
side
was
one.
Sasdpta,
to slacken.
(pi.
Sasahiba, sasahehiya
sasahehu),
If-tdji
n.,
cleared ground.
Sasabdwa.
See fds%ra
na Hafisa.
ArSadan
AllaJiu
Sdo data, ko
ivota
rdna.
Sii
duka data
ne.
Saulo,
n.,
a very large
bag
in
which
rice is kept.
kiirdi alfin ?
Saulu, to entrust.
Saumdko,
n.,
Prov.,
Kaydn
The load which is to be saumdko da mareci akan taken up early in the morning [da sazlran dufu) ought to
be tied up the evening before."
Sdicwarivare or sauwarwore^=sububua=-zancv.gga, n., the
of the zauwai or cuggi
(?).
tail
Sdiiwaratu,
Satiya,
to
first
change
one^s
scheme.
Sauwaratu,
u.,
Lesson
in
Second Lesson.
(Baikie.)
1=38
Sdwa
Kfirua maudica,
Sdward and
gareka.
Ni
Saivdya,
n., steps,
paths.
Sdwu,
in Hkausdiv'iij it
Sayeye stiyeya
(pi. saySyii),
Sdzada and
yi sazada, to worship, to
make obeisance
alloli diika.
yi aho,
obedience.
Ku
yi
sdzada guresa, ku
Segin
IS eke,
sdrilci (?).
to preserve.
Ka
sfike
ydydn
vti'dna
to cast
off,
away.
Kadd ka
St^kij^ n.,
the refuse of
g .ro
after fiira
is
made.
a careless
JIaise/cke, n.,
person.
f.
(pi.
off.
off.
Seko,
tr.
and
;
come down,
ya
seko.
to
descend ; to
neke.
fall
down
as
rain.
riian
mma
Also
Kal ka
seke
mar-
Se/iu=:guinki.
I^clbi, n.,
Serajim,
malaiku.
8eren,
n.,
field.
Serkoki,
n.,
fine fresh-leaved
;
bush.
Scrtu,
n.,
n.,
saw
steel to
sharpen knives.
Seru,
cypress.
:
Sideku
Sifa,
(?)
Kr.
n.,
form, shape.
fix,
Sika, to insert,
attach.
139
Siko and
Silzi, n.,
fllko, n.,
a pin.
snow.
n.,
Simaungpro,
8in, pr.
n.,
a species of hornbill.
China.
Sinaderi,
8in(-e, to
n., tin.
break, to lose.
intr., to alight.
Sirka
= s7da,
Sirh'ikiya,
n.,
a certain tree.
Sitira or
parts.
Sitirta,
fiiffira,
n.,
covering, clothing.
Private
or
secret
tr. v.,
to clothe.
Ka
sitirta
kdnha.
Situri,
n.,
a sign or wonder.
So=sdd,
Sohei,
n.,
adv., so
daia or sdo
Br., against.
Sofdni
8ogga,
(pi.
sofanai),
n.,
n..
demon,
evil spirit.
8oinya=giydre,
8pke,
tr. v.,
n.,
a cricket.
to toss.
8dnia tana
so ta soke
harre da kdfo.
8pkesph',
n.,
bruises, scars.
adj., light,
i.e.,
8okoi or sokai,
and
Slice
Oari kdrarni
duka.
si
ke,
omma
dahino
8nna
da
cihir/kinkini
da kahiewa
fa
daydwa.
8' ma,
tr. v.,
Don ya soma
(Ps. xxix. 1).
Lisa ga
/rpgi,
8pmata, founded.
Soraiyi uku, three stories
;
house of three
stories.
Sorghum, an Indian
millet.
I'iO
Soro
toro,
Una da
ananawa
Spsa or
the sosa.
Sponge.
adj.,
8osdi n. and
upright,
uprightness
straight
crooked.
Sdndana ya
Barao
8osaiya,
Soffo, n.,
yi sosdi,
ndka ya tonkwase.
Gdskia da
right in heart.
ke
sosdi, truth
and uprightness.
thief.
nan
sosdi, this is
an accomplished
;
tr. v.,
also suseya.
hyssop.
Soto,
n.,
a cake of bean-flour.
to fish with hand-nets.
Su, V.
tr.,
Masusii sun
;
tafi.
Suabdni,
n.,
variance, breaking
up
of friendship.
Suahdhe,
suohdhia
(pi.
Lokatai
Suahuna,
n.,
transgression.
white stripes.
Sudna or suwdna and swdna, n., cast-off Snhdn Alia! (exclamation), Good God
!
Silbde, tr.
v.,
to cast-off as a load.
Subuta
(pi.
subutdi),
n.,
a small turban,
light pieces.
Suda, n., a small brownish plumaged bii'd whose call is said to be ominous of good or evil. Sildi, n., what is left; meals for children and servants.
Sudiisi, a portional part, the sixth.
to hire, to engage.
Sufurce.
tr.,
Na
sufurce ga aiki.
Suguna,
North
(in
Kabbi).
141
Sitlfa
Sulkuvii,
Suhdora,
ii.,
fish
fin.
8uma,
n.,
i.
horror.
Suma ya
rnfeni.
Suma,
S/imuni,
form, statute.
Sumiia (pi. suipJae and .smnziuyi), 8una (pi. sunpni), n., traditions.
Snndnce,
intr., to
n,,
an awl,
%l)[t.
Sungurure,
pr. n. of
(pi.
.nmkuyeyu),
bowed down.
Sunna,
n., rites,
ordinances.
n.
Sup23a or supa,
fashion.
form,
likenes'=!.
Ka
;
8urd = suma,
lock of hair.
Sura
Sure,
(pi, sui'pri
n.,
and surarika),
n,,
n.,
chapter.
and
sivQki, son-
and
father-in-law.
Surukvm and
Sntura,
sirikwa,
n.,
n., glory,
pomp
Allegiance.
Suwa,
intr., to
n.,
grunt.
clipping or
Snynsiya,
sosdye.
Swahi
serua,
tr,,
Swdho, wickedness.
yin swdbo
cause.
" I
Siina
halm
are
trespassing without a
Also sndho
as,
Kadd
en yi
Sd,
tr. v.,
to circumcise.
Anyi mnsa sd
to
measure a piece of
ddki.
Ansa
Sa, to
142
drink;
.v'a
nono, to suck.
Ya
muni kai da
ti'tmluhja^
Saalhlrmim,
n.,
purple cloth.
n.,
Sdnwa
(pi.
saawowi),
is
desire.
Sma
goninfa
.sdavjowin
knrudsa, he
8uyi mugn
sdawa cildn
ddzi.
,
n,,
n.,
line.
(?).
reconciliation
(Kr.)
^f'ka
SaeTia
and
and Su-ho
intr., to flee.
(pi. sn,f<'ifii),
Safafe, Safnfa
and safafia
to
anointed.
Safafensa,
His Anointed.
(SVJ/*e,
tr. v.,
to anoint
rub
to blot out.
Sdfewa,
n.,
blotting out,
destruction.
Isaiah
i.
28.
(Ben-
nett.)
/SV(/
page
of
a book.
Sdfo,
n.,
a kite.
tr. v.,
Sagdlce,
to ravish.
Sogpra,
n.,
a stick, cane.
a witness.
n., mai-k.
i.e.
8a saida ga
it.
laiya, to
paper,
to seal
he
is
putting his
saidodi),
name
n.,
Saida
(pi.
testimony.
Snidan
dtlnin
.v/
tie
kiycima.
Sainye, sainyeya
Saltan,
n,,
(pi.
Sankirdre
Sdka,
n.,
doubt;
v.,
yi kika
to doubt.
Sakka; as, hdhu sakka, without doubt. Savi ka sdnni, drink me to know me; mdgani that is, a bad medicine.
Sdnsani
(pi.
is
the
name
of a mifgn
moi^dnv),
n.,
a centipede.
H3
Sdre,
tr. v.,
to sweep.
Haiiiyaii.sit a^are, to
peck
at.
Suka
gabling* of a house.
Sarkap,
adv.,
completely.
Akaia
nanta
ndde
ddiva
nan
sai'Tcap.
Sasandtty
n.,
long ridge
;
left in
^i
iSamsa,
n., idiot
^a^dsa
ke ha
^vdwa ha, he
is
an
idiot,
not
fool.
white calico.
n.,
Saura-=saura,
remainder.
Mansdmi ya
his
yi
mdsa
aski,
kdnsa
diika, the
barber shaved
all over.
ija
Sdwa,
i.
sdaica, desire.
Ya goni idwdnsa
n.,
makidnsa.
Ah in
Sdwara
(pi.
imagination, plan,
idona,
consultation.
Na
yi
mdka sdwara da
" I
will
Sawoyi,
pi.
kan
sdwti,
it
trdllfen.
Sa
n.,
laziness
mischief.
Bdbu
bastard.
Ddn
Segulgula,
pi.
pi.
q.
form, a sycamore, or
fig,
or
of tree.
gumki.
i.e.
n.,
notice,
144
Seme,
n.,
See also
(jauiba,
^abira
and kura.
a misfortune, accident.
Seria,
n.,
judgment, statutes.
Serinya,
n.,
n.,
name
of a tree.
Sewatd,
a pipe, whistle.
iSia, adj.,
(John.)
of tool.
Sihoblija
(pi.
sibchit),
Bdkun
sihe, n.,
Siblii, n.,
bow
thatched roof.
lodge one.
(Br.)
Stcka Sidfnnu
ga
ciJcln
gida.
Siehu,
n.,
Sifddu
(pi.
ISiga (pi.
display.
Sigan
jlki,
conception.
ga slgan
Jalo, let
me go
to see
Sige, to pass
by
gamo ya Hge,
the opportunity
is lost.
Slka,
n.,
Si
Ice
nan,
n.,
it is
that, so it is
Sihdna,
baggage.
si ne,
thereupon.
tare
sii
da mu.
swinging.
Simawd,
n.,
little
while.
Slnige
tiirere,
broken hedge.
another
name
n.,
hawk.
knowledge.
on or against.
Sinl, adj., silent, motionless, taciturn.
afi
m sdmu sinkai
H5
Sinnaddri,,
iHipJwki, pi.
n.,
f.,
sal
ammoniac.
plants.
GmiSran
tdiiha
da angdma da ddhi ;
siina
lonrin
da mdtcl
siina
gdma da rdna
dhduya
led
suna sauce.
to pass
to charge,
demand
as money.
Ya yi laiji ansirga mdsa Jcurdi. Ydo na gdni sirgdn kdya. Magdnganu nd nan sirge, words piled together. Stria, to guide, to lead. Ya iiriasu cihin ddzi kamd gdrike. Siriya, in Zaria in Kano it is Sirinya, n., a certain tree.
dayclwa.
;
Siriye,
tr. v.,
Ya
siriyesic
da hdnhali da hdnudnsa.
Mai
slriya, n., a
guide, director.
Sirliii, n.,
silence, calm.
Aha
yi bahd
sirii.
Sirwa,
n.,
a hawk.
to cover
him
from
sice, to cover.
JSiwdka,
n.,
a bitter herb.
Sty a,
n.,
share
= r'i6&a.
= unwa.
merry.
Ya sdmu
of a towu.
Sua, to be
Sudki,
jolly,
flein, farriert.
(Kr.)
Subuka,
n.,
scruple, doubtfulness
/('o/i;ft>i^a.
Sugdba,
n..
Supa=kamd==sura,
T.
Td, v., to be,
f.
gender in some
dialects,
corresponding to c^
u
HC
;
(tse) in
hence
ita td
mace
Tdba,
td, it is
a woman.
me some
gero.
injury.
to touch.
Tahda tdkdrda,
Tabdria,
n.,
n., table of
index of a book.
of course, verily.
;
to prove, to establish
;
fixed, settled
to
make
evident, to try
Tabatdci, tabatacia
Magd-
nan
Tabri
(pi.
Ubangiz, tabatacia
approved.
Tdda
Ya
messenger.
Tadawal Alia,
Tdde,
n.,
ink.
also
baiigo, loose
Tddi, intr.
tddi
v.,
Mai-
(pi.
bark of which
is
Madan
tafarihM),
n.,
a way, road.
Tafarnua,
n., garlic.
Tafasdk, tafasdsiyi
(pi.
tafasdsu), participial
n., boiled.
name given
da rdna. Tdfin glwa, n., an oblong or oval mat only used for men of high rank all may use mdlafa or gobri.
Also
tdJi
;
on horseback.
U7
a road.
Tagdma,
Tagho,
tr. v.,
to knead.
n., scar.
Tagergade,
n.,
Tdgia dogna,
en ya
n.,
Tagivarma,
yi ^dka,
Taimdke,
(pi.
tr. v.,
same
as taiyo, to help.
masu-), one
who
helps.
Taiyi,
tr. v.,
Tdji, n.,
a crown, turban.
n.,
TaTca sdrlhi,
Tdha
(pi.
tdkawa), a step
v.
tdka
ciki, to
step
in.
Tdkaha,n., mourning.
and Sokoto.
Takahoddo,
n.,
common
Takdma,
like
n.,
Ta/bama, to boast
n., pride.
To triumph;
fah ami.
a horse whose right hind-foot
is
Takan
Takas,
hariji, n,,
n., seal
n.,
;
white.
Tdkawa,
Tdki,
n.,
steps.
Sunafdko tdkawdna.
measure of eighteen inches, a cubit ; sometimes a foot. Itdce nan hahd si ke ; mu auna guzmisa kewoyensa ya yi Maitaki daia,
n.,
back.
Maitdkin
hiri, n.,
short toes.
Da mi
n., a will,
(j-mai)
n.,
spread or
Taklrdal gddo,
flat foot.
testament.
us
Tahrufa,
n.,
(Br.)
;
Tahnm
Tdlaba,
kihni,
also
/akum
kmni, aud
tahunaknvii, yokes.
tr. v.,
prop up.
attend
to,
Tdlafa and
wait upon,
Tdlaf, assist
in
in rearing or bringing
Mai
mdsutdlafi)
a guardian, steward.
Tdlata,
n.,
Tuesday,
i.e.
Taldta,
n.,
three thousand.
Wonda
ha
si
alheri a dunia, a
n.,
poverty.
At
talauci ta fl gdzia
fatigue.
;
zdfi,
verily poverty
Talihdmham,
power of distending its belly like a globe fish of a toad kind. n., anything created.
eine
OblUU'
UOU
S^alumancn ju
Tdlla,
tr. v.,
(Kr.)
hawk.
(Kr.)
Ya
tdfi
sina
tdlla hd'wa.
Taloci.
Prov., TalOci ha za
n.,
dakaud
genci.
Tdma,
ore of iron
n.,
to taunt, to harm.
Tdmdha,
hope, expectation.
hdna
unexpectedly.
Jininsu ya yi tdmdni a
precious in
shall
be
His sight.
Hope, trust. Tdmdidn, numeral eighty. Tdmdnin da goma, ninety. Tamargal, n., some kind of sword.
Tamase,
n,,
resolution.
Tdmhari, maiidmhari.
(Kr.)
149
Tdmce,
tr. v.,
Tdmce, tdmcecia
tamcecu), tacked.
si Jean liosi,
while the
chewer
Tamrdrai,
pi.
form, stars.
n.,
Tancini ga hanga,
in children
its
to the side.
a skin-bottle
flagon, cup.
to stumble.
Ya
Tdhganay
tr. v.
and ddngana.
Mutum
Tdngardm,
n.,
,
Tdngara
{^)
Tani^ya
ce,
he
said.
roof.
Roof,
framework covered.
^oro or soro, that
is,
Tdnkare^
int.,
Kdma
Jcarierem
Tdnkawa, reproofs,
Tanked, as
Tdnkerke,
kamd
n.,
lamin ddzi.
Tdnkia,
n., strife.
strife of tongues.
:
Idrisa Ibrahim
mura Mulga tie TJbamu sdliki Makadd tdnku mu diajdnsa ne Sdliki Maladd Jiburum wdmu ne, TJwamu Aria, i. e.
:
Av:a, Haiva=:lEi^re.
Tankivasa or tankwaza,
to be humble.
tr.,
to submit, to
bend
Tdntsiya or tdncia,
to
n,,
some arrow
poison.
1-^0
Tardra,
int. v., to
leak o\x.t-=goyo.
Ta tarda sdrihin
hofa, she
Tardya
ott
^Cit
nid()t
leic^en.
Tarhi, tarba
and
meet with.
Abduga
tarfdsa,
Tdreya
yi,
have fellowship.
fellowship with
Tdrji, n.,
them ; Communion.
Tdrfa mai,
tr. v.,
to drop
oil,
to mollify.
Tdria,
n.,
heap.
Ku
yi tdria
da su or ku
yi tillo
da
su,
make
a heap of them.
the
Tdriya,
line,
to
collect
oneself, for
si ?
one's
benefit.
Minene
aiifdndi
TdrTco
(pi.
da munatdrlyasu na
Yajasi cikin
tdrhosa.
Tdrko da harse,
and
last.
Tdrsa,
tr. v.,
to overtake.
Tdrsari,
n.,
little star in
the west.
In Kano,
it is tarsoa.
tarsdsu), assembled.
Mutdne
tarsasu.
sparks.
Tarsdse,
tarsasia
(pi.
tarsdsu),
assembled,
collected, gathered.
Taru.
Exodua
xxvii.,
aikiii taru,
chequer-work
grating of
net-work.
Taruriia, n., black ants.
151
Tdrije, to overtake.
Tdsa,
n.,
En
Tea
siga birnin
Kano ha
yi
hdfiTcali
da
JcaydnJca
kdnand , don su
mu
ydwo da
Tasawa,
ita.
Tasdlima, to defend.
pr. n., a
(pi.
Ta iya tasdlima
in Hausa.
haria.
town
spro.
Tdsha
storehouse.
See Sigifa
(pi.
iigifai),
and
to
come on the
surface,
;
as
mai ya
sprout, as plants
to
Tdso
(pi. tasgsi),
an earthen
Tdmikai,
n.,
pride.
crown.
of pure gold.
Tdta, pron., her own.
Tatahha,
its
n.,
food,
(pi.
tr., i.q.
Ta^unia
Taurdra,
Taurdru,
tamrdru,
(pi.
n.,
a star.
Taurere, taureriya
Tauri,
n.,
cut sheep.
int. v., to boil.
Tausa^=tafdsa,
Tause,
tr. v.,
to press upon.
wotlha.
Tausi,
n.,
Tatitmi, n.,
Tdwa,
my
Wonan ddnha
(pi.
ne
(?)
Tawdsa
Tawdya,
or taivafa
n.,
tawa^ai),
name
of a tree.
rebellion.
Yi taicdye or tawai,
a rebellion.
152
Taydmma,
Tai/csda,
T(iyi,
n.,
tr. v.,
to
lift
up.
., a bid or
Ka
fdije
mfigun
idiji.
Ti'izabin, rosary.
Mutum ya
light
dauici tdzahinsa,
ya
jiiiyina
ya
sa hardsa.
TazawanJcal,
Tazi,
n.,
n.,
kind of sandals.
kaskdsta tazinsa ya
a merchant.
Ka
h.'isa.
V.,
Ka
tazi
sekdra da nagertdnka,
Thou crownest
of
goodness.
Tdziui = tdmhdri,
n.,
some kind
drum.
kiiniumi tdziri, he
Ya zdma
became
a rich merchant.
Ti'ibki (pi.
tepkuna),
n.,
a pond, pool.
Terkpsi,
n.,
lameness = ^i<;ami.
a horse with one fore
Ternaki,
n.,
sirbace.
an oppressor, oppressed.
heap of stones
j
Tilan diidsu,
n.,
pile.
TiUalahiya,
Tiinzera
n., soft
and tumzera
n.,
u.,
venereal sore.
Tlndumi,
Tintiba
T('rka
TlrkpH,
a knock.
n.,
Tlrmdni=cirnaka or cirmaka,
Toba
To/a,
a wasp.
even
so.
Kr.
a shoot, plant, sprout.
n.,
153
bud.
offer or
sale.
Maitoiyi
mdsu-), one
pi.
who
Tdkuha,
ToJidra,
form, swords.
to uphold, to establish, to insist
tr. v.,
upon a
price.
Tokdreri.
Toloiolo, n., a
turkey cock.
Tona, add
reveal,
Miitiim
komi faddnka ha tgnesi ? If a man with you, however quarrelsome you may seeks a quarrel
hai tone faddnJia ba,
be, will
a quarrel.
Tunkia,
Torde,
n.,
contention, strife.
n.,
Town
giwa,
tordyen glwa
n.,
bull
elephant.
Tozali=hjli or
koali,
n.,
antimony.
powdered
antimony.
Toziti galena,
Tdndun
Toze,
tr.,
tozali,
to burn.
Tudsa
Tube,
maitiidsa
Ina
so en tura tiidsa
sdnua
(?).
humble
v.,
to take off
as garments.
dagd Kdnem.
pour
out.
?
Tuburka,
Tuda,
tr.
and
intr.,
?
to spill, to
IFa ya
iiidn
mai
a
a wilri nan
Tiie,
i.
Who
v.,
q.
tifye,
tr.
Hence sddukan
zdH.
tuya, n.,
burnt-offering.
TukHnia,
n.,
a pot.
you give to
Ti'ikwa, n., a
Whatever
mushroom
a tuft of hair.
154
Tahwasaiino,
n.,
a channel.
Tululu-=ra.tatd,
abundance, plenty.
Tumhi,
n.,
tripe.
n.,
Tumhi'irhumo ,
= iagdla.
Large
intestine next
to the tripe
pumpkin, ine\on=1mhiewa.
Tumiija,
n.,
deep
Tumiiliu,
well,
n.,
30 to 40 fathoms deep.
Arrow
poison.
wild potato.
Tun and
Tuna,
Tundni,
and
long before.
to oneself.
tr. v.,
think
of.
Si tun da
come
n.,
remembrance, conscience
a naked person.
:
repentance.
Bdha
la'ifi
hdha tundni.
Tunhar,
n.,
Tunda.
Additional examples
Mu
si
tCisi
ha ta fita ha.
rlgdsa.
Titnda ha
wdnhe ha fusJcdnsa ya sd
Tunda
mu
en ha
hdre
cln tiloniu
ga
yenlce
ndma
mu
iya ha
mu
da hdyun
zinJca.
Tnnzuruo,
n.,
n.,
yaws
syphilis.
to bend,
bend down.
size.
Tdnku,
n.,
Tunliuhe
= tintiha,
hi
hf'ri
stumbling, tripping.
slip, to
stumble.
Tdsi, hi tdf,
hadd
zUcidta ta ttmsara.
Tuniuhi,
yi, to
stumble
(pi.
tnntumdwa) , a native of
to grunt.
155
n.,
Tup
(pi.
food,
Tami
(?).
allSa, n.,
supper.
Tunn hula
da sai
agd
of fiira
da sai tuo
but tuo
tuo.
and tuo
gero.
(to
g'.('Jro
= Nothing
seller
made of
Tuplca,
i.
q. hipJca.
put together.
ceda mace
to a
maija ddkin
tultunia.
Enda ha
ringo (ungo)
tacila
tura
When
it
you say
put
in the pot.
n.,
To push
see turani.
(J.)
Tura,
Turdnci mai-
diili'ia
ne Abba.
Turha,
n,,
way, road.
Anasdha
hi
so,
turha.
Turban sdmu ho
fdtauci,
different
ways or methods
t'urddiva),
n,_,
baturdiya, a snake-charmer
gerdi.
Tiire or
turi=ha-ture
(pi,
rich
man,
to roll together.
(pi. tiireru),
Ture,
tr. v.,
Turere, tureria
broken
semege, a
broken fence.
Turgunuiva,
n.,
an edible herb.
da anadamire
bdiva.
is tied,
Tur/d, maiturhi,
n.,
a stake for
Tunni,
n.,
the
Turubal
riia, n.,
TurtuH=hilbudi=bilbidi,
Tusui, one-ninth,
Tuii, n., root, origin,
Tiiso, tr, v., to repeat,
fragments, crumbs.
Tuton tdna,
n.,
dross of iron,
[iir
K6
dusa
Tutututu, adv.,
unb
fiir,
for ever
and
ever.
Tuwon
rough
flour.
156
Tui/e
= t(Jije=tue,
(pi.
something.
in forests,
Tuzi
walking bird
next in
eats grass
s
f,
^.
The
for the
modified by a small
substituted
compound
ts,
more
in
harmony with
;
the
as
Td = tsd = tsdnu
'I'dha, pr. n.
(pi.
^dmi
= fara),
n.,
companion, equal.
of a
town not
n.,
1Y(here
'^\2jin
= tsdhere,
;
a reed.
to
haunt tama-
rind-trees
[[dfagdsi, to
comb
image
the hair.
;
drizzling rain.
fafuna,
n.,
to grind roughly.
,
to establish.
'^at^nya,
tr. v.,
to stop one.
^\iiiia, n.,
(aka hai yi
dilili,
It does
half
way.
^fcUla, n.,
mass, lump
Ya
in
He
in
nothing
only
money.
solid, or
pure gold.
handle.
'^(dleta, n.,
a small finishing
^Vdza,
n.,
Tdma and
I^dmia,
n.,
(am?,
tr. v.,
to deliver, to save.
Ya ^dmesi a mu-
g/mian rdna.
a tamarind-tree.
Tdinii, n., cramp.
J'amiiki,
v.,
to pinch, to gripe.
157
^andni,
n.,
Kowa ya
yi \andni
ya
ga wdyeiva.
and ^andce,
Abu
^andnif
Ahu fandni ya
sdmesa.
"Cane
tr.,
to torment.
^^aninta, torments.
^aniya,
n.,
Tdnfana,
tr. v.,
Ama
^dra,
n.,
a moth.
than farno.
'^('ardna,
my equal.
n.,
^dranci,
^^Yirno, n.,
a long-mouthed frog.
lover in a
;
Tdrdri
bad
lave,
sense.
besiege
ydJci
ya
'^dri
and
screen, veil.
Curd
of milk, if soft
gun^dri,
if
hard.
Tdri,
tr. v.,
sustain.
to deliver, to save.
^d(a,
Tdrua,
J'attrere,
n.,
Ai Boguliri ^aurere
ne,
Bogobiri
is
holy
n.,
fata lua^arya.
to compass, suiTOund, deliver.
'^dssafa,
light rain.
Tdrse,
tr. v.,
Kai ka Idrsemu.
Eansom.
Td^afa,
I^dwa,
tr.,
to sift
tr. v., to
to rebuke.
^dyawa,
n.,
adversity.
158
'Cefe
or
tlie
ear as
for eatino-.
T'^gge, n.,
some kind
to dry
feggi,
tr. v.,
also of animals,
'l^egiya, n.,
a giraffe's
a necklace
made
tail
liira,
consider
atten-
tively.
^ehJdja = kw6tana,
J'erei, n.,
n.,
a race.
Ka
mil
iji ^('rei.
^erere, ^eroriya
'I'ereriya, n.,
(pi. fereru),
escaped.
I^ialia,
fibia=hirni,
^17716 or
town.
(Bennett.)
fume,
tr. v.,
to preserve
any
fluid or syrup, to
preserve
Kano,
to
be used after
some
fiml-a,
days.
to pick leaves
tr. v.,
threads.
'J'imlidke,
pmkdlciya
(pi.
fimhoTcai),
one by
one.
J'inta, tr. v., to
pick up.
(pi.
^intate, ^infaciya
^intdtn),
^intuwa,
tr. v.,
to find
something belonging
sdmu means
^inciyal giro,
^ira, intr.
v.,
to find
what belongs
seeds.
to the finder.
n.,
to spring
up as
Clra, to pluck.
Ba
su gdni ha na uhdnsu.
to fasten to as to a spit
lire
on which meat
is
roasted.
Suna
gaiwa ga
up
itdce
159
1'pmawa,
n..
Manifestation
= Epiphany.
Several
words are
lisafta, fonnjenta,
^oron
rampart.
'^6\e, to wither.
I^o^i,
to kiss.
I^o^o, n.,
^uho,
tr. v.,
charms
luaip'iha
(pi.
mvsu-), one
who
zunu-
writes charms.
J^uTce,
tr.,
to
bind, to
tie.
Anp'ikemu
da
sarlighin
fefdu.
J^ula, n.,
monkey with
tr. v.,
reddish skin
or culo.
'^umlie, to give a
blow=il/ri.
^unkuyi,
J'urfa, n.,
to push.
work, profession.
n.,
'^utvrha
= It'ngi,
a bag for
salt,
twenty-two
a silkworm.
to
twenty-four
n.,
^fiza
(pi.
pUdri),
n.,
a maggot, larva.
c.
C,
c,
stand for
in
'
t^,
as formerly used,
cis.
and
is
pronounced
like
ch
cheese,' as
p. n.,
Cdha or ^aha,
Caca=UdtSa,
of nuts.
parts.
n.,
town not far from Raba. gambling Dan gucia, n., a gambler
;
literally,
gambling
is
is
carried on
by means
The
practice
Cdda,
adj.,
v.,
Ze,
mu
yi cddansa,
Come
160
Cddv, pr,
n.,
Ishad
Cdgua,
n.,
split
sore.
Ka
bird,
worl:e
cdgudnta, heal
thou the
sores thereof.
Cahdgi,
n.,
large
wading
Cakan
6V?mo,
made
of brass or iron.
CaJiasdhra,
tr. v.,
Cdrse,
tr. v.,
to deliver, to reserve.
Caimya,
n.,
Cdwardya,
ophthalmia
cataract.
Ce, subst.
v., f.,
to be.
(she)
In some parts
is
it
is
ta
as,
mace
ta
=
a
mace
girl.
cc,
it
woman;
;
ita
yarlna
ce
= ta,
it is
Ce, to say,
to
name, to
ceda.
call
to
Second form,
the reason
said,
Ahin da ya sd alcacedasi
called a saint.
why he was
liar
Ba
aceha,
not
thought or supposed.
ydnzu,
Mulca
ce
herinsii
akayi
amd
set
ba ta bd^esu ba
free,
now.
light-blue colour.
oii
spite.
Cchiya,
n.,
opening an abscess
scarifying.
CeliU or cuhu
and culcumdra,
n.,
cheese.
Cera,
n.,
whose leg
run
fast, to
outrun one; ya
cerCTxO
da gndii,
some kind of
bird.
Cerma,
n.,
Ctrtuwa,
Ci'ii, n.,
u.,
a musical instrument.
ICI
Ceru,
n.,
Cewa,
Cewa,
n.,
i.
that
is
to say
namely.
q. Jiamdjiu, n.,
;
to cheat, to defraud,
is
to destroy.
unlawful or unsai
just.
Kadd
hwdce ahu da
hdrtji
hun bddi
kurdi.
ruler.
fraudulent
oneself.
to cause to eat.
Fourth form,
hdsua, to
clijesda, to
Pass., anaclyesda.
Clii
at.
da Alia.
market
sai
profitable, to
be successful
jm
Nufanci
ne,
successfully at Ganda.
German
'
as,
hakiimta,
gelncten,
halici, efi^opf.
Tdlaka, poor
talaiici,
poverty, 2(rmutf;.
Haiika,
mad
haukaci, madness.
Cia,
n.,
calamity
doii
poor.
Cidwa,
n.,
grass
plant
fruit
grapo.
orugu
kabiewa.
Cihiya
(pi.
cihiyoyi),
the
navel.
;
in the
form of a
ball
Clda,
n.,
distant thunder.
Cidaceto, ci
da
ceto, n.,
a bribe.
Kaddn zakdra ya
da nl en
tdfi
yi ciera ki tdfo ki
giddna.
16:2
c'lga.
Cihadi=jihadi,
n.,
a reformer.
fulness; filled; complete, perfect.
full,
Ear
cikdhu),
Maicika fiisi,
Cikawa,
n.,
n.,
an avenger.
of rain, as in
heavy
fall
mdlha;
i.e.
flood, overflow.
Clhaumn
CiJii,
hand,
the consecration of
the priest.
n.,
inside,
hence used
with
prepositions.
Ga
cikin,
England.
Swia
tdfia cikin
ddH.
salt.
Cikrufa,
n.,
Cilakgwa,
n.,
Nan
cili-
nan
?
jizia.
Em
?
;
kovm
kill
who would
the cilikpwa
n.,
dimdka,
Cimdyi,
food,
meat
cimdka = barantika.
Alia ba
cimbd^i,
intr., to
wait
for.
si
amd
kuliim sdji
Mam
n.,
bdH.
Cimma,
Cimumi,
to
meet with.
Ya cimma makdfo.
Da
cimumi
da dubdramu
Ci?7, excl.,
not our
own
a broom.
to
dingini,
tr. v.,
pawn.
n.,
point.
trade, business.
Prov.,
Kmva ya
yi ciniki kdria,
ya
Cinge,
yi bia gdskia.
to devour.
163
Cinlx'dya, io
Ci filed ya lata
gdma
6a, to
forsee.
Cinlce (pi. cineJcc), n., a nail, pin.
Cinlcira.
(Kr.)
CTo,
tlie male part of it is eaten by Namlzin cio wonda hiroyi ke cm yasdnsa, kamd hpakpa Atagara, The male clo, whose fruit monkeys eat, is like the cocoa-nut. Ya ctobi, he destroyed him (tlie meaning is doubtful).
n.,
monkeys.
CHrUy intr,
v.,
to sprout, to bud.
Cirdnse, to deliver.
Cirdra,
n.,
nudity.
oh kai
cluJca.
Jca
mutua.
Cire, ir.Y., to root out;
off.
Si
cire
lehuna lalase
Ahin da ke
ciroiva kdsa
duk ya
mouth
me
tangere,
some
sort of pepper.
Citafo,
n.,
ginger.
n.,
(jitdka=gatdri,
Citta,
n.,
an axe.
following
the
next
day of
to-
morrow.
Cicero
ciciru, n.,
alkawal.
Cinciya mahalbi,
n.,
dici,
1G4
to propitiate the harvest deities,
corn
offer
is
ripe.
The Nupis,
them a great many of the heads. hakori, toothache, Ai c'lwon halcori na Chvo7i
Ciworwota,
Clwuhi,
n., n.,
\ofofi ne.
Ciya=^iya,
poverty.
to strive, to stir
up
strife.
Cua and
cfnua, to
become angry.
called tgrde,
The milk
is
from Fulde.
Ciina
(pi.
a gusset.
Cvta,
i.
q.
ciwiita
(pi.
sorrow, pain.
;
Ya
da su ke cikin mutdne
and molestation.
Ba
ni da woni
am
quite well.
Ci'ici, tr. v.,
to injure, to
u.
Ubd
(pi. nhdne and uhdndi), n., father, master, lord. Ubdn gidd and nhdngizi, master of the house while Vbdii gizimu Alia is, Our Lord God and Uhdngizhnulsa Kristu Ubdn rdna (pi. iibdnen rana). is, Our Lord Jesus Christ.
or old
Godfather.
(Not
suitable.)
Vhdmiy
Vena,
fatherly.
n.,
bread.
;
yi ilha rdha,
make a
joyful noise.
Vmburum, n., a wild tribe in Bai'ici. Umorni (?), order. Ya dmsa umorni. Ungo (?), in the sentence Ina bdka na hdka
it
duJc
nngo (perhaps
a vilhige,
tdfi yafi.
(John.)
n.,
Ufigua
ungual and
uiigioii
and unguwa),
hamlet.
165
Un = wuri,
Vska,
n.,
n.,
place.
tafi
Grin
OamdrL
I)auri=^dawuri, of old.
Bishop.
pr.
Vsmdni,
name.
n,,
U^an, Lbdngizi,
Usali, n., origin.
Limn
ne.
JJhdncjizi.
Usulin Barebari
Larahdwa
Umri, one-tenth.
Uwd
(pi.
data, si
uwdne and uwdye), n., mother; ina sonsa kamdn uwd kud Una spna kivdrai.
n.,
Vwdn magunguna,
mother.
roots used
as an alternative
odorous root.
Wa
Vwal
dei, n.,
poison.
Uiudn rdna,
n.,
Godmother.
Uworigidd and worigida, or uiuoriglSia and iiwalgidd, mistress of the house the former used by the husband, the ktter
by
slaves.
Uyatdso.
Brd.'s sentence
p. 61.
w.
Wa
(pi.
sua
(?),
inter, prou.,
; as,
Wa sundnsa
ke ?
What
?
is
his
name
Nwa
whose
?
In whose house
sheep are they
?
a wa
Wa,
tr. v.,
does he live
Tiimdkinwa su
Whose
come
?
ya
z6 ?
With whom
Wa
Hna
ai
iva makoiddsi,
Wa-
as,
na
sine
ya wd.
Domi kana
ga kmika
kasa'ita ?
? Wa, to reprove, wafadd. Wa fadd da Ibrahimo ya wa da Abimeleh fadd domi rlzian rua. Ni ke wa tdbi, I am clapping
Why
or
hands.
1<5<3
Wdbi,
n.,
miscarrying
abortion.
See agtUa.
mdsn-), a
Tana
ivdhi
Jcilkim, ^iiia so
Maiwdhi
(pi.
woman whose
ydydn
ivdhi),
first is
JDdn ivdbi
birth.
(pi.
children
who
(The
John's,
Wada, waddta, n., riches^ fertility, increase. Wadda, n., stage for sleeping in travelling.
koto = ivaddnnn.
Waddan,
in So-
Waddrl
I
(?),
entreaty, supplication.
Don
;
am
vexed.
riches.
Waddta and waddta, yi woddta, to get rich accamulate Wdga, n., skin hamper for donkey or ox load.
Wahdlla,
n., trouble.
Kmva
own
Waliami,
trouble.
Wahdlla
black trouble).
n.,
inspiration
(?).
John.
after.
Wain,
Wai,
n.,
wine.
ne,
Wai, as da wai
conj.,
because, that.
;
'?(;fti
Tana fadd da
that.
ni,
luurinta
= saying = because
Ba
(the
su
tdji
dazi
yau ha
gnrPJca.
ivai,
(saying) because
Odokodo
A/izi
brook called
carefulness
da
ivainla
kuna cm
said.
gfirut>a
da
loainia.
Waiwai, as na ji waiwai,
waiiuayi, I
have heard
it
Zdni em ma'ida
am
going to return a
visit.
Wdka bdnza (pi. wakoki banzdyi)^ secular song. Wdka adlni (pi. ivakoki adinayi) or adlnci, a Wdka gasieria, a short song.
Wakdki
(pi.
religious song.
occurring in Isaiah
witkakc.
15).
It
may be
the
same as
"
icr
Wahdli,
i.
q. walclll, n.,
a steward, treasurer.
;
fdrimvdke, white
jan
ivdke, red.
Walga
wilccwa da jaiigaiva?
ivolki, n.,
Walki or
wrapper.
riga
maikyail,
wrapper, but in
fine clothes.
Walla,
intr., to
be free at home
to refresh oneself.
Wallahi mallam
heard
it.
mun jl
haka, certainly.
yi,
Mallam, we have
I
am
Waliki,
(pi.
icalukhna)
;
n.,
a dove.
!
Walls
an oath
as,
''
By God
WdUin
Walwdce,
Walwazi,
to scatter.
n.,
gathering.
Wdma
and dawdma, to continue, to abide; d'lmku su dawdma. Wdndp (pi. wandodi and wdnduna), n., trousers. Sima da ydyanydki dagd nan, duka Larahdiva, wdndonsu kanidn zlka, ammd fardren wdnduna sit ke. Ra da wdndo ya tcldi
kankdnta arzikin
not the
vjalki.
(Kr.)
ba, the likeness of a
man
is
man
himself.
Wang a,
n.,
town-bell.
Some
en ya z6 buy a
komkdna azo
i/a tdfi
abuga wdnga.
Wdnka and
v)dnka.
yi lodnka, to
wash
oneself, or to bathe;
nan.
Ya tdfi ga riian Udda, don hi yi wdnka dagd Ni wdnJco means " I will wash the thing and return
is
with
it."
Wdnko, imperat.,
"
Wash
n.,
it
and bring
it
back."
tdfo
Wansdmi
or wanzdml,
a barber.
Wanznmi ya
ya
108
yi
is
nuUa
(pi.
dski.
who
Wdrdmi
wdrdmai),
n.,
ring of bit
if
twisted
anything
twisted.
Md/e na
and such
na
wdrin rdna.
Wance,
n.,
woman
such
a person
a certain
friend.
Wdnye,
Waraka,
Wardi,
tr. v.,
wanyiya
f.;
and
pi.
wan-
yeyu, finished.
n.,
a leaf of a book.
n.,
scent.
and
pi.
wareru=rahdhe, separated,
War
Warhaka
Warna,
Wdrzi,
n.,
TFar^a/ta, to
n.,
be convalescent.
Sira,
and not
far
from
Fakan.
Wdsa and
with.
Mi'ddne
nga ha awdsa ha da
be played
Hdka
n,,
awclsam.u, In this
Muna wdsa
Wdsamhuki,
ne.
Wdsa
'mi
a feasting or
wasawdsa daham. Wdsali (pi. wdsulla and wasalloU) n., book markers. Wasantdka and da wakantdka are said to differ a little from
tdsinkai,
i.e.
Wdsoso,
n.,
scrambling.
(pi.
Wa.^dce, wa^aciya
waf^d^u), scattered.
Wa^dsda
goat^
Wa^apia and
akwia, a
vicious, good-for-nothing
169
Wauta,
Wazagi,
n., folly,
n.,
foolishness.
Wdtvan
to
ddzi, n., a
ti'ee
Wdye, to explain.
Nibar sdniha, Imddn kai Jca sclni ivdije mdni, become clear, to dawn. Prov., Komi nlsa na ddrl gari ya wdye, However dark the night may be, the day will
dawn
Wdyo,
n,,
again.
cunningness.
K6
;
sdrihi ha si fl
mdce da
tvdyo.
ne.
Wazihu,
it is
becoming
what ought
to be.
Wazibu garemu
Wazeri
Windi,
(pi.
Wei and
i.
mdlafa,
n.,
a round mat.
Wo
(Dictionary, p. 254).
John adds
yiwo,
tr.
and
intr., to
make,
to
do
ya
yiwo
magdna, he
made word=lie
fear, terror.
Woddta,
n.,
riches.
goods. See
and poor.
Wddanan, demonstrative
anha'ifemii
Mu wodanan
uhu
ga garl daia.
Wofi,
n.,
vanity,
empty show.
is
ne, the
but vanity.
Wohdlda (second form), to punish, to trouble. Garimvohdlda masuyin mmgu. Woiwoiamdganimdntud. Prov.,S5Scrnid^t 6innf)atl;at <5u. Woiwoyeni ba,as ha tawoiwoyeni ha, shedid not inquire after me.
Wolkia, to shine, to
Ya wdsa takohlnsa ya Wolli, n., a saint; also wolla, and wolldhi. Woi, in the sentence yafadd rlzia woiH.
glitter.
yi wolkia.
Woiwoye, to inquire
ha ta woiwoyeni
ha.
Wonan, Wondo,
this
n.,
da wonan da woncan,
this
and
that.
a pair of trousers.
Z
I'O
Woni ;
Woni
ahin worn na
?
wa
ivoni ? Is
what
is
good
for
one good
for another
WonH,
brook.
Mdtd en sun
iufi rdji
da
tufdji garin
wun-
kdnsu
IV u ilka
H ne
ammd
en sun tdfl su yi
Wonzu,
to prolong.
(?).
Wovj
prep., about
Wor
Wosie or
Data
ga. tvo^ie
ndn,daia ga w6b"iecdn.
Wossawossa,
species of caterpillar.
Wotta or watta,
this
n.,
;
month
month
\cutta
nan,
month
month.
to
Wuce,
to pass
by so as not to notice or
lotii
of.
Kadd
ya
wilce.
Wi/kan sdnkl,
n.,
name given
to a grass-
= whidi.
intr. v., to
Wuni,
= ylni.
Wuni-=zdnia,
n., state,
Wilni, to abuse.
this
Wura
Wiiri, n.
and adv.; ya
yi kitsa
da
wf/ri
enda
mu
ke.
Zunufdinsu
na da wiiri, their former sins. Wuruisu, their dwellings. Wurinsa zohe, n., the large notch in the upper corner of a door in the zobe. Worlnsa turmi, the notch in the lower corner of a door to work in tiirmi.
Wurno,
m..,
a species of tree-frog.
ivilrus {p\.
Wurus, or ayi
farusai
?).
Wubi=:fciH, anger.
WuHj
n.,
171
Wi/yi,
n.,
neck.
Wnydn
W'Jya,
hdnii,
n.,
arm from
ii
En
aiifdni
ha
zama.
Magdnasu da
amdri, It
is
difficult to fall in
Y.
Ya, he, expressing conditional mood.
Si ne su he
JSi
!
ce,
kaddn
Jciirdi,
!
ya
:dJca,
so
ya tdra
!
doH yasdye
Ya
interj.,
n.,
Ya Ari
O AH
Yd and
ii/a
yanuwa mdta,
daughter.
Ydn Tdnra,
Idha da,
to approve.
Cf.
Ina da
icdni,
han ydha da si ha
praise a
ne, to
man
in his
to insult him.
;
self-exaltation,
(?).
Yahuwdia,
n.,
comparison
;
Idda, to tread
Yadardra,
Yddiya,
u.,
n.,
to throw, to lay.
Ba
da ivnrin ydda
hoi.
a small shrub.
Ydfe, yd/a
(pi. yclfii),
;
Yafu, to confirm
Da mu zdmu
ydfu
jiklmu
(?),
Tdga
(?)
to smash.
Yaiyefi, as riia
na yaiyef, It is raining very much. orugu gives ydyafa, and Earth yinyiffe and ^asafa, for light rain. Yakl, yaka, yako, tr. v., to war
n.,
Ydko,
vessels.
Ydkiina
(pi.
form), hosts.
JJhangizi
of
Hosts.
Ydkwa,
n.,
sour-sour
= s?fr6.
172
ydloli
plant.
Yaltawaye, pr.
n.
f.,
literally, child
born among
;
rebels.
Yalwdta,
n.,
intr.,
to flourish, to extend
to prosper, to sprout
prosperity,
Ydmce = hauce,
tr. v.,
to
mix
as food.
Yamhon
Ydmusa,
YamSe^e, yamSesiya
pr. n.
yamsem), withered,
faded.
m. and of place.
Ydmydm,
the
the
inhabiting
lower part
the
Niger
it
is
also
used for
cannibals.
Yanda
(?)
Komi yanda ha
n.,
rfife Jcofa,
dkiuia
nan
sai ta bude.
Yanhankdka^
young ravens.
n.,
a lamb.
Ydnkan kdmmd,
kamma,!
anger
;
cut the
brow
frown at thee
in
displeasure,
am
ofi*ended at
late,
out of time.
n., prisoners.
Yanuha mdza,
Yanuwdta,
now.
n.,
brethren.
her companions.
Ydnzu nga,
Ydo, p. n. of a town.
Tunda muka
heri
day, to-day.
173
yonth= i/dreiita. Kano name for yellow colour. Yareiya ^drM, n., Holy Communion.
Ydranci, n.,
Yaranni, the
Ydri: see y a
AU=ydri= yd,
for Ari.
(Kr.)
Yarn da ddria,
Yaruha,
Jcdsan
literally,
name given
to
a sweet ground-nut.
Yoruba country. Ba Ydruha (pi. ydrubdioa), native. Cf. Word ha Ydruhe da anlatdmhdyesi, ya ce ; ni ban ci ddwa daydwa tukuna, en tdfl en sdre itdtua nan en mutu.
Yortiha, the
tr.
v.,
Ydse,
to cast out.
ha, hai
off.
ai
sani
fuH
san ydzi ha
he
is
insensible to anger
and wrath.
small.
to cast
away
to beat
Yayada, as
Na
my
clothes
away.
Ya^a,
n.j finger.
Yaudon suri=alkdma7i
with a
sauce.
lilac
suri
= alkdman
flower, with
YaiiM,
n.,
fins.
Yauyau^
Yauci,
adv., just
now,
lately.
;
n.,
lateness,
backwardness
ya yi
yailci,
he
is late.
Ydwo,
n.,
a walk.
K6 ta tdji dogon
a long walk.
Na
ydydda
zdne.
Ydron
ga.
yi lya
ydydda mutdne.
Yenko na lausin
Yenci,
woti/ca, the
engravings of a signet.
mugun
Yenci, ha yenci, to
make
free.
si
hdJcu yenci.
make,
to be.
Nayi
na
gdzi, I did
174
till
=1
was
tired.
Ka
/cai,
gani ina
yl
mdni
;
tdadi.
Yi da
doing the
q.
heart
determination.
better
than words
with me.
Yirdazi, faithful.
Yoji,
open
mouth).
(?)
ain
hdlci
yofi
{ayin, letter
with
an open
Yuia,
iv.,
Yuka
(pi.
= wuka'),
n.,
a knife.
Ta
yukiikura.
z.
Zcl,
See Hausa
Grammar, page 72. Example I) a Fiddni suka gdni ha zCisu sdmun nascira siika ce ha zdsu su yi fadii ha. When the Fulah saw they were not going to have the victory
they said they were not going to fight.
Zdana,
(pi.
as sudna,
the slough
of a
snake.
Zdhantdka,
n,,
a selection.
choice, preference.
;
Na
preference
I leave
n.,
it
to
your choice.
medicinally used in
Kamuku.
vine.
Zahia
Zahih
(pi.
(pi.
and
Zahlya,
n.,
singing
woman.
Zahlya
(pi.
Zahlya
ne, m.,
zablya
cj?,
f,
brown
thrush.
zabunii),
n.,
a psalm.
175
intr.,
to bounce, to
jump.
Zahida,
n.,
zdji,
herhmo
da
Zdggu,
zdji,
hot pepper.
the dried root of which
n.,
Zdgozdf,
a plant,
is
an active
purgative.
Zai=zd)ji=zdsi, neut.,
it
will
do; he
is
going
to.
aherglzi ha bdhu ha ?
his house ? is
zd^i
cl,
What is
eat.
there to cause a
is
it
nothing in
Zdi
he was going to
;
ZaUcu and
maizaita, olive-oil.
Zdkan
ciJci, n.,
Alia
si yi
mdka zdkan
!
ciki !
May God
;
i.e.
health of
ZaTcdra maisirdi,
mark on
its
back.
Zdhuda,
intr.,
to
move
little,
to
give
little.
en fa idonhaya
zdma
Zalhu and
Zdlumci,
tdsa,
some kind
n.,
of onion.
Zallantdha^ didnci,
chastity.
n., violence,
calamity, aggression.
Zam, n., beetle. Zdnci nika ho zam da ha taflta ha, as to the knowledge of grinding, not even a beetle surpasses her. Zdma, n,, an old private name for hyena. Zdma, to be, to have. Zdma duhdra yafi karifi, ha don duhdra
miituvi
si
sdida
doki
da rdkicmi,
to
be possessed of
sense
is
if it
were not
for sense, a
yi
;
zdma
that
now
or,
Ka
yi zdmdnka,
show or
exhibit thyself
Zanidni,
n.,
reign, time,
Zamdnin
Annahi Musa da Farainia. Zamdrke, n., a leguminous species of plant which attracts locusts.
176
to injure.
Kpwa ya
of
Zambdta, to deceive,
to cheat, to take
undue advantage
ouc
maizdmha pi. Zdmbu, n., a sort of corn-pudding. Zamhul, n., some kind of incense.
Zdna, anzdna
bd
si ha,
;
(?)
eri
never
mdtum ya siga zdna Sina fpma, mind seeing a man vainly glorying of his
gani
dress
it is
Zarga,
tr. v.,
hence
Mazdrge,
Zdnce, saying.
men
or animals.
gari.
tr.,
Kadd
yi zdto hu
n.,
n.,
ce,
Zoude,
Zaiire,
to betray, expose
ne
anawuce kdna azo Sihin gidd. J^n rdna ta yi mainya mutdne suna tdru cikin zaure suna bdtu sunamn hiska wurin da
anakira zaure ke nan.
Zauren
sdjiu, n.,
pi.
a cow-shed.
Zauruka
Zauwai,
form, tribes.
n.,
Zdwa, coming.
Zawai
Zawre,
pi.,
zawaie,
n., n.,
a cvib=zalore.
fever
n.,
;
Zdzahi,
Zazagdwa,
Zazair,
n.,
a ramrod.
Algiers.
tr.,
Zazala, v.
to tread
down.
Da karse ka
kaShi kafdfumu.
Zehlle, n., vine, raisin.
Zf'gizi'gi, n.,
177
Zetba,
u.,
quicksilver.
Zekka,
Zenne,
n. pr.,
n.,
of a town.
a shawl
n.,
Zergi
= hme,
envy.
Zidra.
See Jewdija.
n.,
Ziaza, maiziasa,
Zibhe, n.,
one
who
visits.
Zxdsa zunufe.
lines.
In the west
called Zuhe.
Zlr,
n.,
nakedness.
Muhim
zir.
Zira,
tr. v.,
to lower, let
down.
Nlzlrdri,
n.,
spout on the
top of a house.
Zirdra, to lower into
a pit.
Mai-irdra
(pi,
masu-), one
who
lowers.
Zirawa,
n.,
lowering.
article
Zirafi, n.,
an
as needles.
Zirta=dirta,
Zp, intr.
n.,
a.
saw.
;
v., to
come
zowa, coming.
Ga
si
he
Zpbe,
is
coming.
n.,
the ring of
wood used
Zoggu,
n.,
Z6kwa = zdJcua,
Zprp,
n.,
Kadzina coming.
kwurareke
covetousness
;
a tower.
n.,
Zowdri,
ravening;
indsuzowdri,
lust.
raveninty
\7o\ves
=Zudri,
n.,
Ama
zudrmsu
(John.)
Zozan,
name given
tr.,
to Zaria
Zudga, to speak
Zudge,
evil, curse,
draw out, as mazi^ speak bad words, language. Anyi ondsu zudgeziidge.
abusive
Zudri gareka,
Ziibabe gdmki,
You
n.,
are covetous.
Lusts.
Zuhabawdnsu na
molton image
tr. v.^
(?).
;
to unload
to
throw away
sun zubda
A A
178
kdyn sun gudu, they threw away their loads and van
a,vfSbj.
= 8ubde.
Ziihdbe zuhdba (pi. suhdhu), moulded.
to
Zuho,
tr. v.,
pour down.
Ya
He
cast
Zuga,
n.,
burial-cloth.
Cmi da
eati.e.,
zugu, eat
me
with burial
cloth = prepare
to die
when
ing
me
(that is the
name given
to the fig-nut,
nux
vomica).
zukurma
load.
is
a large bird,
who can
its
Zulumi, to doubt, be
in doubt.
Zuma,
Zilma,
n., faintness
n.,
zi
zuma, to
feel faint.
honey.
(?).
Zuma da dddigd
Ice).
the sting
Zumajia
(pi.
zumejin,
Zu7ndkai^=gumdkui,
n.,
an
idol.
Zumu,
Zumuata,
to derive.
Zunkurma,
n.,
and sternum.
Zuntu=ddkiy a house,
Zurfdye,
n.,
in
Kanu.
deep, depth.
Rami na
to
shake.
Ka
zusaga
mdganl,
shake
the
medicine.
Zi'iria, n.,
seed, posterity.
Zurma,
Zuwagoge, zuwagdgiya
in large
numbers
Zucia=zutsia
at a time.
Mai
(pi.
numbers.
zukdta and zflkgci), heart.
179
;
zf/cui
biu,
double-hearted.
z
Za=Ja, adj., red; za hurijl, Zdn rjiilhi, the Red Sea.
Zdha,
n,,
literally,
a black ass.
Zdha (pi. zdbdye), n,, a shrew-mouse, stinking mouse. Bake gudna tdre da zaha, zuhasu a sddda ha su aiye
wdrmsa.
Zaha dmi,
Zdhehi,
(pi.
Ya
gbdta
zahihlnsu
da
kdfi-
Zdfe,
tr. v.,
Ka
zd,fe
da dhadd.
Zagdna, cikin
once.
slavery.
It
hauta
ke
nan;
zdga, or
^dga, occurs
may be
commencement
a blind
Zaggra na makdfo,
is led.
a stick or cane
by which
man
Zdgu,
n.,
accouchement.
lo I'da
Zahimi, and
zahhni,
Zdka
ov jdka,
tr. v.,
n.,
Zakiida,
int.,
move
little
Zakui mdtd,
Zdlwdmi,
n.,
a female donkey.
n., creeper.
some kind
of silk.
;
Zdma,
f'u
u.,
state,
condition
estate.
;
Zdman
ainrc, state
of
matrimony.
Zdman
dunia
ka yi nidga don
(Kr.)
kd/'/ka.
Znmuna.
180
Zdnai,
n.,
windpipe.
Zangunzu,
n.,
a wild hog.
;
Zanydro,
n.,
also called
sdina kamdre.
Zdrizirri,
n.,
monkey
skins
the patron
Zardhe,
Zardhi,
Zati,
Zilto,
n.,
tr. v.,
to
tempt
;
n.,
offence
yi zardbi, to transgress.
Majesty.
to think.
Kadd ku
en
yi zdto ku
wonaii,
ce,
ina
zdto
sdni
when
thought
to
know
Zailna,
this.
i.q.
n.,
Zayaki,
fishing vulture.
Zdza,
n.,
Zazebisa,
n., vigil.
Zdzi, Zdzi,
n., title
of
Madugu.
staining
of
thread.
in
Kanu,
Ei'okka
of
Boruu,
of
chronic disease
the
Zema,
Zenta,
n.,
to be incapable of
Zcra,
Zergi,
reproach, revile.
Zewage
sa, relieve
him.
visit.
Zawdyi and
visited.
zewoyi, to
Mutum da
Zi,
n., i*ed
tr.,
round ground-nut.
to visit, to punish
;
Ziara,
Zibi,
i.q.
Hara.
n., abinciii
n.,
rdna, meal
Zibola,
round ground-nut.
181
pr. n.
granddaughter.
Zihi
Ziho,
(pi.
zihuna),
n.,
body.
n.,
beam
in the eye.
n.,
Zimma
Zimimi,
or zuma,
n.,
moderate or
fair quantity.
a pelican.
Zimrau,
n.,
old private
name
for ass.
zingdnu), pledged.
leans, inclines.
ya zihgina,
Zlnin
Tcdferi, n.,
Zinka,
n., grace,
commiseration, condolence.
Z inzimdka,
Zirai
Zlrda,
(pi.
n.,
and white
plumage.
form), gum.
Ya
took some
n.,
gum and
as of the death of
name
of a water- tortoise.
Z irnaniya = gindria,
ZtrOj
n.,
Zirta^dirta,
Zitau, pr. n.
a sow.
Zihi, to agree.
adversary.
Ka
zitii
Ztwaya,
Zizi,
n.,
tr. v.,
visiting a farm.
Rdkuma ya
bowstring.
zdka zlwaya.
Zlzia
kimru,
n.,
Zuhi.
See Suhi.
Ztinahiu, to be pregnant.
Zuni,
adj., blue.
12
ZunJca,
tr. v.,
to take
Zurarmoa,
n.,
lowering anything, as a
man
or
bucket,
into water.
Z fiyamagdna,
hc'niu
tr.,
to interpret.
To turn
to.
Don
nl zmja ga
Ydnzu da ya zUya haha, na ddma ho ga hauni. now as it turned out so. Ydnzu, n., ydnzu nga, this very
moment.
183
L. John.
Wonda
ya
ha
si ciniJci,
ha si da dahdra, en
{ufa^
ya
{ta^
sdmrsa,
{si) laldce.
Ya
ce,
yause
zdiii
muni
Maddla da
Sdriici
da ya
Itlsa
rdina
da ya
hdlici rdina.
si
Makan yi
!
Ase onutum
Alia
si
kankdnta makiyinka
ne.
Komi ka
yi sai
Wnrinka ha si kwona gareni. Ayi da kyau don gohe. Da na sdn zdni dmre da han zdka dunia ha. Mdganl na da mdganl mutua ? Wdta mace mlzlnta ya yi mdta aiherin zdne,
mdni
duka.
:
ta iskeni,
tafadd
ta yi
Na
ce,
Alia
si
:
Da
id'ijikud
na jl kuka
Ya
yi
mdta aiherin
Muka
ce herinsu akayi.
:
Ba
ta hdsPsu
?
ha har ydnzii.
nilna ha, ydnzu,
?
doya ya nUna
Kai, hai
Na
sd doya
ddminka
Ni
en
kud, ni ci
Mu
yi cdddnsa.
Kdza maiydya
da ya
{ta)
soma
ya
zp.
Ba
ta ce-
ddmand ya kusa, en ya {ta) yi ydma ddmanct The mother of chickeBS, name of a constellation. mdni mdrahd, ni ko han gaiscta ha Oa ran .cp
fitd,
;
daidai ha
l-'^^
Midum hai tone faddnka ha, JcOmifaddnka, lea tonesi? Kdnda Alia yaka kai miUum si ^dya nana. Wdnda ya rcna iydyPnsa, komi si ke, si laldce. Loma rjuda ka ha mutum dunid, kwdna arham ka cui a Idhira. Wonda ha si alheri a dunid, a Idhira ya siga tdlata, one who
'
come he
3000 (condemnations).
En
Bdki
da
si.
Bdld ya
iddnu ya yi kumid.
igia,
Mugum hdki na ddkin dunia nan diika na tare da azunii. Da hdka si ke, ha enda sdmu sake, had it been so, we should
not have found out
how
to
change
it.
Ka
ce
enayi
?
mdkafadd
zi
ne, ha ayi
mdka
/add
l^n ka ce
mutum
zamna
ya
ki,
ha heri nn'i
Da
dd
si
hdnza
ne.
miitdne.
Ba mu
ne wc'dd mdsukdri.
Ba
amhdki nifpro ne. En kun ga mutum siru slru, ku nan amaisesi kamd maicl
da hdgu. Gazimdre, ko gazimdri
;
Ke da
tuo
rn
kana da gazimdre, ha ka
ka ghdta zucidnsa,
yi tdlauci.
si
ka yi nidsa tuo
en
hadeka.
Wonda si
ke gazimdre ha si
Sddakd duka
Tail
ga gahdn Vhdnglzi.
uwdta suka daneta suka roka sdronta. Mutum hai yi mdka komi ka gudgesi, ka dauki kdya maiydwa.
Ku
hdki si ke,
si
ke
musulanci ha dagd
Awia ya
(ta)
burne ddki da ki ke
180
aike.
Alin
da
^l
ha
Ba
si
da
ya kdniasi.
gaha.
ya gd
ke yi.
ivd ind.
dagd kdha.rJnsa.
Da
kardlvka ka kwdna da
si
fdfi.
mdza ; anarike&i anahdna-n ya tdfi, ya fdda ; ama mdza ya koma, woni hai rokf'si ha. Kacindiva ho snfadd ha rdsin gdskia. JJwdna kin gd ivdnan ahu ha kyaim gdni ? Ai ha ni ha hhxi da
dere
!
Akace en
zo en yi
mdta
dfi,
kd
na. yi
mdta
Idifi.
NE.
;
noma
ya,
cfi kuna so minene Zdku ena ? 8uka ce, muna nema wpzen zdma ! Ya ce, to! Ya dauka sdnda, ya zdga, ya keiooye kumd, san ddka ; si ke nan, ya ce, kdka wftrin nan ya iseku ? 8uka cCy ya isa. Ya ce, to. Od si nan, ku zdmna kaddn kuii
:
zdmna rdnda kun clkasi, kd ha yaki ha komijaro ha yd cikiv, kiid waja da kdnku, zdmdnin sdriki Galerima, si no Borno ya, Da ya ivdce ; doh da ya zvfa ya dauka sdraida ya hd ddnsa. hd ddnsa su waydnsa da kdnensa, suka gdmu suka ce mumuna nan, ka, hd sdrauta ga dd)tka mu rusnna a gahdnsa ? Sika
: ;
ce,
dd,
s^i
hasu ydrda
ha.
gidd., 6i
1G
K6 ijnnzn
ha
taji
arntdi/e.
Anaiko
ya fdskara dauka, Akoi turl-in tdfi dghi goma m hid na dzurfa da anadamre dohin sdreki da su cikin aicln wo nan mdsiUdJia yanzu sun gd ahii Kalanfdda.
dagd Sokoto a
mana a
kofa na
akarnana
ciki
si
na
nan har ydnzu. Rdnda zdla yin dmre fnetin zamhar ankai Banl ci mumuna koda ne ke gohro.
Maildo ha
nidto
gudumua.
ne ha si da mdganl.
gazera,
mutum
ha
si
da mdganl.
Hdllin miltiim.
J^n
Nahiu
citta
sma niugun
si
hdlli
hdlli
nan
sdke hdlli
Naiiku
Cuwon
dzali, ko miitud.
Ba
Nafudu
ydro.
{Hfo^
mutum ya
yi pifa ha ayi
Gama
Knji enda su ke, sufiidu ciita, da ha ayi mdsu mdganl. Mutum ne ya dauko mdni rogo, ha dkivia ba.
^n
tdfi
gona sdanda ni ke so
en tdsi sdanda ni ke so
ha
mai yi mdni htlsankdfo nan na hdnza. Bdki ya sdn ahin da Hna fadi, ha
mdsi.
si
Izdn ka sdmu
ahit
Kin sdn hdllina, klwiya gareni. Sdada Alia ya Jiallta Annahi Adania, ya fidd kdsin liakarkdrlnsa guda ya cUse ya yi hallta ya nesdnta hallta nan, yai nesdnta Adama kud. Sda nan hallta nan da ya yi, tazo tana To ! Annahi Adama ya kirdyeia, ta zo. Annahi toHceiua. Adama ya tdmhdyeta Kdka silndnki ? [ma ismdki ?) Ta ce isimi, sundta, Imuraata sundna, wonda akajitas dagd cikin wonij ya koreto ; ta hdda bdya. Ya kirdta kumd, ta zp, ta tdya ; ya Anisaal ce, ma isrnihki ? Kaka stlndnkitake? Isimi, siinana.
:
17
maimacewa alhdrai, ya /,'or<Ha kumd j ta tdjl. Ya hhiia hirdnta kumd ; ta kpmo ta tdya. Ya ce, ma isminki ? Mi sundnki ? Ta ce, Isimi, sundna Hawaii. Annahi Adama ya Usidin dmre ke nan; lidka ankakawodi cikin davfareta.
hairdti
Aweval.
Rdna dak
ddr$ dak
MiUum ya pdsi
Abu
hai
tillu,
at sina
ydga katanga.
^i
nawdya
ha,
mutam
nawdyesi.
En yafadi asirin
ina fadi
arba'in.
Komi daudan rua sina ludnke ficska. Kdrumin aiki khvli/a si kan hcini. Wonda ya miitu ya mutu ko, hai sdn abin da ka
dunid ba.
ke yi a
Bdni goro na gdma nika. Ina nan gdton ice. Diika hai base ha; dickagidra gdni. ka yi mdni fdri, ka yi indni bdki, duka azesa. Ya tdso mdni hup ! kamd wuta ya kdma huka. Na sdmu itdce a kofan Uhanddwaki tdni. Kina anasua, ina cewa ko kin kdrba kaddii.
ne.
Beri
Hdnkall na nmtum hiu ko kdka ya fl na mutum data. Ku ke nan ku mdta ! kamdn kdza, ku cl ka goge hdki kclza
mdsukdlo
Zdnce
nan na Earkadoni, maikdfo daia, a description of tlie unicorn. Giwakdraml si ke da maikdfo daia ; si da torimdnsa ya fi
giiva
;
na
si
kan soka,
si
En ya dauka glwa
clnsa a rasa gdnlnsa
sdanan gdslnsa
si fito,
sdmu
yi si
ciki,
clkiiita
En tdmdtdn ta En mareci ya ;
si
kan
cl hdki,
da dare
(the
kan klwo.
si
head only)
kan fito da si ia kan wlya sina cln hdki, sua da sekdra hekoi
yacl ka sdanan akehdifesi
En
dei
188
Hdi nc
aiiaj'dta
ba
dilJcla ba.
Malum ya
sclha
da ruan dumi
ban ndni dunia {duniia ?) blu ta ke. Fadi enfadi, Arne na hdseha. Bakvdn Alia ne. Baka awnani ka gdni ? Turban sdmu kofdtauci da kowa ya r'tke. Koddin ya ha.ukdta ko ya yi rohgoma ?
Ka
Mdtum
nan ba
mil gdni
wonda ya
da
Enkana cim bdure, kadd ka toni cikdn>sa. Maid Mdlami, kin gdni ba ? Ni fa liar ydnzn ban
Anasdra a ctkina
ba.
rigdii,
Wdta goma ia biu, alama, sekdra kc nan. Nufawa na kird dunia yi.:e, obit inaizuyatva, doii dunid na ziiyawa. Don a cikin dfmia mai dUkia yau na zama
tdhilca gohe.
gdH
{gdzi).
Ka
h[:ra
taadi.
Komi
Batitre.
Mama
yal
Anagdnlnku arene, kit kud kiina gani icuni Ddkdre bdbu abin da garesa sai scuida.
Malialbi data data ne ya yi rnazakuta, ya
arcne.
zdma
namizi, baba
maloroci
kamd
maJialbi j bd
si
so klbia si tdbasi.
Kfiwa ya zalumiyni ko zambaceni Alia ya rdma. Alia si yi mdka zdkdn ciki ; wonanne zdkan ciki
dn kai
yi sddakd da si
rn ka yi
zdkdnciki.
Koi ya
yi ivdyo bere
ddn
cidko.
haiftidn.
ha
189
taScta
;
Isa
ya
ya tomhayeta
ce, td tdsi, ta
he
ce
mi ya
ya
IcaScni
Isa ya
?
natdsl
da
hi
ta tasi
ya
ce
mdta, mi ya sdmeki
en Ida hnna giddn mtzlnlci, hOma dilnia, ki tdsi dagd Ldhira ; Ta ce, en donta koma giddn mtzmta ne la muta, gouma ta homa Ldhira; Isa ya ce, to
Tace, uahi mlzina ne.
Ya
ce, to
hwantdsta hwdnta.
si he,
ndsa
sifddo.
Woni ALdllami
hwdnahi ya yi, ya nan yahai Gadai.
si
Liman Ydmusa, ya
Gahaz.
yi hird
tdsi
mutane ya
c;?,
tdsi zdsi
Bay a
ya tdra miitdne
Sdanan sdnhin Kano ya yi mdsa mdnzo, Ya tdda mutdne, ya ce ya cf, ya zo anafuza da ya samu. hwdnahi ga yi. Can gahaz ha ta mo^a ha ydma ha tamo^a ha hahasiya ce hwanahe ya yi (?). Mu ho nan ha mu da iko, sai aMii da sunha mo^a de mujl. Ya ! akayi hirdnsa ya hi zila. Monzpnah uhu hae zo ha. Da nan a hdsa sdrihin Gaiya gahaz da hirnin Kano si ya ce ya ciosi ahahdwosi Birni Kano damdtane, dajdhi,
da sdnu da
taJcarhdri,
ce
da alasafta ha
:
sai
zamiar
tasi
hdmsin.
Sdr/hi
?
Kano ya
da
ha.
si
ha yi humia, da ka
tdda diinid
imid
ha ta tdsi
hin Muzulmi da si. Ba ahaisi Mdllam Yamusa, ena ha sdmufiiza da zdha tdda dilnia, ha mu sdmu lahdri ha. ? Yace, Mutdne'n Tiire sunzo da sdrthin Musulmin Ydma hasu ce muna hOmimu hud muna da lahdrin Ydma
da gahaz.
dufa.
Ba ni
Ya
sdse ddkin
Dagd
na leha
yi
ghdna
gama (amd
.'')
('nna zn
lyo
Em
hiri
ya
yi
yhdna
6-i
Ka mutu
he
dei, lea
midu
nan.
Yau alzlma
tokos
nhdusa, he resembles
his father.
Yau
who
dies
= dies happy.
TYPICAL STORIES.
Annahi Musa ya
ce,
mu
zo
mu
Maliudu
Siika zo
mu
gdmi.
suka iska tunkia tana gusunrdkumi tana son nonon rdkuioi nan ta sa, rdkumi ya hdna ; Ita ko hata heri ta tdji ta nemi cid
iva la ci {ha) tana kodain
nono
ta sa
na rdkumi^ rdkumi
kiid
yohdna;
Baicin
nemi cidwa
ta kdsesi ta mutu.
wonan
akaivuce
akaiske
rdkumi
sina
gusun
tumkia sina sa nonon tumkia, ya yi Idha. Akace 16 ! Ddn tumkia nan gdsun rdkumi tana kodain nono rdkumi ta sd.
Minene
kia
wonan da Alia ya kdwo Anndhi Musa ? Tumnako nan sa 7ipnon rdkumi rdkumi ya hdnata liar ytinwa
!
ta kaseta
<tzdsi her
Akace Maidilkia na
ko ha zdsu ha
cdliiral
in dilkia
nan
su,
si
ha har
yumva
ta kdse si
da
ya
sa
fdlduci si mutu.
rdkumi
miitu.
si
Anndhi
Musa ya
ce, I.
Ya
si
ce to
Wonan rdkmi da ya
?
;
ko
me nan
Akace sdrdki ne
ahin tdlaka
zdmani
Ase
si
{zdmani na kdrse
kankand da
Da
ndsu maiydwa.
si
mafdrni rdkumi
si
zo gusun
tumkia
sa nnndnso ?
191
TRANSLATION.
Moses, the prophet, said one day, " Let us go around the river
Hural Mahubu, and see what new or strange things God has
sent
down
sheep under a camel longing for the camel's milk to drink, but
the camel refused
it.
It did
not leave
still
;
still it
and go away
to
died of hunger.
:
it
drank of the sheep's milk and got fat of it. They said, " Now the lamb that was underneath the camel desiring to drink of the camel's milk, what is the meaning of this which God
has sent us. Prophet Moses
of the milk of the camel,
?
Here
is
died
of
hunger
They
said,
"
man
whom
slay
come
;
to
on account of cupidity or lusting after his riches but he (the rich man) will never give him anything until he
perishes with hunger
and he
It is
an
lamb going under a camel to drink of its milk, and the camel refused it ; and so it died, Prophet, is it not?" Moses said, ''Yes." He said, "Well, this other
intimation of this
in the
fact of the
we have
There days who will seize upon what belongs to a poor man, which he (the poor man) was despisino-^
it ? it ?
on
What
the interpretation of
last
It
was said
will
is
their power (sovereignty); they will seize upon his (the poor
is plentiful.
0, I see, this
is
the reason
of its milk,
why
is it
a camel should
not
"
11)2
Mtitiim ya
ilaiilci
; hdmu lafia m.u kudmu hdki hljUi. Mutum, yn jl humidnku (respect) ba kuji kfimidn im'Uuni ? Miitum ya wa na woni rnvgiinta, aindsi ne ya iva. Ai em baka da bdwa, ka sdmi, ddn dikinka ka kdre sdniii m
Kadil hi ^anancemii fa
hdwa.
Alia ba hiaba ?
Aidakawa
amd
knico,
ya
ce baii dtlka ai
bukatdnsa ba
Si
zo
mn
yi inaydna.
En kana
ka mlka ga
clnluo, en ivoni
ivoni.
ya
ce loane
Wdsa
ivdsa
abu ya zdnia
jihkiri.
Ta ha'ifi ydya bin kyanwdwa. Mdllam zdka ko, are you, or is that, or must you, go ? Ankwdce sdbiia kwui Gobe kusa ta cc, yi ya fl cewa ga
;
lidnudna.
Ba
da wurin ydda
kivoi.
Bdkinda ya
yi kilda, su yi
ce si gpde,
em
;
fi.^!.
:
Kurdi ba su so tdlakd
en ya yi gabdz, sn yi
ydma
ni ya
drawa
si
Tdlakd bai
dddi ba.
si
ke
ndsa
si
fado.
ci
Ya dmsa
umorni.
Wane
magdna.
ba ni
Ka
zo
mu
yi
Amd
wcnda ya
h(ir Idhira.
Mdsususun
Sola
:
tdfi.
Bdydn gaisud
;
kiid
ya
ce
Bdwa ya
hhva ya
Abin da
is'i
Kaiid
Jci
{andncevfiu fa
hd
mu
Idfia,
Idfia.
Ba
Ai
azila buJci
Mdtumen
dilnia
da
Tea
yirda da
si, walalii,
Komi ha
sdha
ma
ydro si zdsiyi.
Koraka ndka ya
iviice
gabd da koma.
Mdza maza
ka kird
mani Mdllami,
vidni.
si
'nidtd
mdsa
slru,
daia, klziata ta ce
kwdnta
slrii
kamdka
liar
rautu)
ya kwdnta
kawdi kumd
ce
:
Ya sd hdnH ya kdmasi, Una rike dasi ahdru ; ya ce, Ay a, y a mutu ! Si kud ya yifirip ya tdsi ya sami kanitdce ya zdmna kumd
Ay a/ gd
tdrkona, ya
kdma
kurcia
ya
inutu.
sina cewa
'indtd hid
da dddi sa
ke.
TRANSLATION.
A pigeon
them said
dead,
bird.
lie
in a trap
one of
to
Make pupupu
if
man "
;
as
if
you were
dead
said,
as
He
it
lay
still
as a
who
on his arrival
is
"
see,
my
dead.'^
He
took
hold of
is
it
;
dead
and loosened it and held it in his hands, he said, ^'0 it " but the bird made {sirup) a sudden effort and flew
saying,
is
''
away and got upon a tree again and was good it is to have two wives, how good it
wives \"
How
two
to have
Na yi
maki kunkum.
?
Ai girima maigari
c c
ne.
194
:
Mallam ya
vmhaldnsa.
so r(nva,y(t ce
wahdla wahaldtu
hJwa
ce
ha hen zucidta
ta tunsura.
Sikurum magdna ne
{ce),
ame. Kana
na sayeswa
cealjin,
;
enyatdfo da ahmsa
;
ce
arha
si
don maisdye
sdya da cddo.
kdrfi,
ame.
Sduda
en Icana
en na kdwo na yi
kdr/fi,
kai
ka yi
kdr/fi.
Bai sanifusi ha, hai san yazi ha. Komi na duni maikdrewa ne ; girhna da drziki hai kdreba. Na yi maki songomen metin dagd talata, I take 200 less than
3000 from you.
Ke maiddynrin kdza
Ona vi
vnce
Maso
haldyitana kdza.
hiri.
Ka
rlke
you
bear malice in your heart against any one, and you forgive him,
you thus unloose the bands of wickedness. Guzurin dUnia si ne na lahira ; the provision of this world What you lay up on earth you will is the same for the next.
have in heaven.
ahin
Ita ta guzuri na dunia niaikyau, en kana
so,
U yi mdka
kdiika,
en ka yi
mugu don
Amd
tuha.
dunia hajiyeya
:
Tuhana MuzUrn
Ku heri
Kdzana hdkinsada hai sako ha, ya ce, ina tHhan Muzuru Kdza na hdki hai sake ankdmasi,
cio
na tvha, ha ni kcira gghe. K6 ka yifadd da midum kadd ka rikesiazUdi. Namizin wonda hisoyi ke cinyasansa kamd kpakpa Atdgara.
ya
^e,
Maikodai sina
hdsi.
ce).
Duklnsaen ya
yi
wonda ya
li^5
Ah in da ya
r'ujiaiji
ya Hga hdklnka
ne da
ita.
iia ndJca.
Kowa ya
ci
kdza
si
Ba
ama
sai all
Maliama,
si
woni
ha.
Rigun Ayhahpa do
^ufa,
amd
olzifinsa
da
sdho.
si
homa
gari
kusa,
da
Sa'i,
Bahon
sdnkmsa Amira. Halan sdriklnsa duka ; hauri kamdn kdsa, ddwakai, sdnu da tUmakai, Aladi na yi sdbon ddki, sdbon cincia, sdhon mucia
:
En
ka yi sdhon ddki
sdhon
?
din<^ia
sdhon
kiirdi
!
Bldi
haiji
ydya
Ahin da ya
gigiceni.
Kamdn
tdsi en ^unika
ne,
mdtta mdri.
hausi
? ceiua
Gdskia
Benu ya
ni ke
Una yln
had.
ne.
Dd ka komo dag a ddzi ka kwdnta ? ko; ka yi herci kaddn Dd na sdn zdni dmre, dd ban zdka dUnia ha.
Ni, zdka
ce,
na ackeka ; ka ce, na ce, si Arme ne. Nasdra ya sdyi hdwa, kada ka tdmhdyi gatdri da ya kdriye hdki, wliosoever does the Anasara work
ni
Kpwa ya
yi aikin
till
he buys a slave, does not ask for the axe with a broken edge
(he
Jiri (dzirl)
sai si
tdji
da
si.
Bardwon doki da bardwon bdwa hainyansti was punishment. Woiida ya tdfi hdzi, mi zdsi yi da dukia ? Kiliva bai kdreioa, gudumud ba si kdrewa. Kinzo nan ? Wanene kina gpye da H ?
daia,
i.e.
in guilt
H)G
Da Mda
eri
Im zo
lea
sa
rf/a,
da
<}nda
ha
lea
sd rua duk
na
sdni.
si siga
musu.
hi
de acdluma.
hai,
Rdnan-Gohc
ardma.
Zua da
ya
ji sdho,
taken by the
kite.
Anuri na Bdwan
Jcaharinsa,
Alia, woli,
Bdwan
da hyau ne anuri.
si
Maidareza
ne wonda ya clJcafuska.
Maihurdi ha
Kiid hdki,
si lean
da Imrdinka
ka kwdna da ydnwa.
mud ydn
gidd.
zo,
sun
maikyad.
/
Yause
zilcia
mutum ka kwunta
ivilri
nan
kidum sdta
Uwdna
da
defe.
kin gd
wonan
ahu, ha
kydun gdnl
At ba
ni herci
sal ta hilde.
zakdrana
koi.
8ai zakdrana
en yaso ya
The
clock.
da kdnsi
Rokdken rua na ddfa wake ? Kin sdni ha ni ivdsa da si. Komi daudau rua Sina wanke fics/ca.
Wonda ya
dunia
ha.
miihi,
ya mutu
ko, hai
sdn ahin da ka ke yi a
Yau
bani yin
wdkam
bonza-,
wdkam
107
Na
tlie
liar
ga
sdze.
DaiiJca
wuya
sense
not clear.
I suppose,
What
it
is
neck
on
and does not know what distance he is travelling." Mahdfo bai sdn rdna da dddi (ha) ; da mardt/a bai san uwd da dddi ; bai san ubd da dddi.
foot,
Mardya bai uwa da dddi Bai san ubd da dddi Akoi Alia
:
Diinia
{beri,
ba ha sdnhdnda
Alia ya yisi ba. Beri gdni ha yi mdni fdri, ha yi mdni bdhi duh suna dze
!
Kundinsa yafl tdlatawa hamamia, 3500 cowries. Futawan zdhi da hdya a ha.
Ydn
goma mdganin
!
berci rdna.
Na
K6
yi
mdhi hunhuru,
with you^
i.
e.
ha yifadd da mittmn hadd ha rihesi a zficia. Bahi zdmna hdwai ? han hanuanhi, da he. Canst thou not
thing as thou art
?
Mu
108
Don
that
is,
dei 6(l(jumi.
Mututn ya yi mla
as salt
rasa
set
gisiri ?
Ga
may be had
si
for a cowrie.
dcldi.
Ba En
Ni
mla ha
kdre
;
ha bd
malum
ha ydhankai
en ko hdka ha,
si kdre.
Ahin da
ni kesi
ga cikin dUnia en na
da
si
Alia (ne)
En mutum
rdna.
ya
hdka
Ydnzu ha ni da alheri, roica gareni. Ydnuwanta suka daneta suka r'lka sdranta.
Ka
coy a.
jl
{dzi)
7ndsukirdnki ?
Ka cindwa
ne,
ha su
wdsa da
Kin
jl iconan gdtanci
kdsi.
mutum
bd,
kdda zdne.
Kadd
ki ^ananceniu
fa
bdmu
miltum
Idjia,
miikud
Milium ya jl kiimidnku, ha
kit jl k/'imian
own orthography.
sa hiu
da icata,
Ribicillawal, 1885.
Mulam
Sugaba,
Yi mani gafera da gigiioana da na kaivo gareka da na rubutu maka wonda watsika da Howsa, ha don gigixoa ta resin kumia
ba,
na
wodanda
sunka anfani da aiyuka da ka yi, ba ni kadai ha, akoi wonda su ko fini ia ruhuta Hoivsa tsikin tsikin iconda suka koya ga
letatdflnka, don ka sani
kayansu aikhika na
yi
a/'ifanenui
masu-
aiyukan
gii
masuyaica.
Ko
lf9
yatizu
wodansu yayan Haivsmcawo danda ha'ifuntudan icodanda suna yi aikltare damusun gnni suna saida tsaJcanin adini tsa thristi da Mahamadia, su don halsu, su saidamu ydnamu
Su
su
yanzu ha haka
ha,
Uin da
leta tafainka
hiu
{Gramaca and
goma
Godia
aike
hisa
da ka
mdni
Rahie
ya
siga
hanuna ga
13tli
ranan
Lahadi
hiar
da wdta
illawal
Dec.
1885.
Na
sameta a
Low
toikin kassan
Hamarua
iirigi
hissa
ta tsdya.
8ekanan da
da fara hawd
wa
mdsu
tsikin
Annahantsi
Yesaias
kai nafari,
amma
gasi tatare
serari.
na Yesaya Anahi,
Kai Nafare.
1.
Goduata Yesaya, ddn Amos wonda ya gdni, Sahada Yuda da Agudusa ga kwanakin TJsia, Yothan, Ahas, Yesikia sardkunan Yuda.
2.
Ku
dzi
Aldzana
ada
Don
kunenki, ke dunia,
Ohangisi yafadd Yaya da na goya na yi kiwonsu, Da sunka kawo kaafi sun yi mani
tavai.
200
[si)
3.
Jiisinii
ya
saiii
mai
ita.
\.
5.
Dan mki ya sani zaiore Obanguisa, Amnia Israelii ha si liula ha ; Mutane na bu (ha) su yi tuiiane ha. Tri masHzunuJl mutdre lahtSe da kieta Sunka yi heri da Obaiujifi, Sun rena macidtnin Israelu. Domi zdaJcomi huyunlcu, zdkit kura yin
Kai duka da Uiwo, zuUia
ta karia.
tawai,
G.
Dagd
toffin
Idfia.
Ba Ba
7.
masu mai
ha.
Kasanka
ta lalatso,
haki.
diata
Zion
tata
Kaman Kaman
9.
da yaki ya
l^u dzi magana Ohangisi, Sarakai Sodom Bada kunenku ga dokan Allamu, ku na Gomora.
Ohangisi ya /add
ke gareni ?
sa
dakan ku
si
Na Da
kosi
klse
da saddkan raguna,
kiayaytm maruka.
kula da sini hisimai da yayan tumaki da hun-
Ni ban
surai
12.
ga.reue
13.
Wa ya nema ahuhua nan gareku ku tdka farfadana da su? Kada ku kara yi mani tuwon sadaka ta hanza. Turarenka sun zdma ahin tsore gareni.
-201
14.
Da Su
dahiaawan sallanku.
gasiHeni ha ni
no.
15.
Sua da kunka tada kahnra, Ni mija niaka baya, Komi yawan sallankn, mi ni lose kunena, Don kuna da Daioda hanunku da sini.
10.
Ku An
yi alwallanku,
heri yi
ku gerta kanku.
chilis,
aiyakauku na
Ku
17.
Ku
kakan marajee,
ku, Ohangisi ya
tie.
19.
Koda zunujiiika sun yi sa kamaii vifilufi Su kjmo ferifat kamada nono. Em ha ku kl ha, ka ku koma yin tawai ha.
20.
tauxii
Gama
21.
bakin Ohangisi
birni mihicata
tse ta
fadesi.
Kaka
Da
22.
Amma
yanzu sa masukasin
23.
Kowa Ba su
21.
na karba
tosi
kula da marayu ha
ta
Kukan makasari ha
sigga kunensu ba
Mai
ikae
najamua
20,2
25.
Ni Ni
iniko h annua ta
'/.o
a garcsn,
20.
Ni kaivasda karafanku duka. Ni maida alkalainku kamada da/ate Da fadawanku kamada mafari Bya (baya) ga wodanan zdkiranki Birni adlni
Birni alkaivalli.
27.
Zion zdafanreta da
seria,
Da
28.
masutuhanta
(or
masuluha) ga adlni
ta tareni
Obangisi zd akonese.
29.
Za akumi
8n
yi
[wuren)
tsafi
da sunka
sare.
30.
Zd
ku zdma na kamada
itse
zuha,
Da komada
81.
Da maikarji ya zdma kaman ranoma, Da gudumowan masukariji kaman ivutan. Da su duka zdsu kone tare.
Mr.
kestu
TRANSLATION OF
Rev.
Sir,
URIAH
H.
BENNET'S LETTER,
Page
I hope
198.
you
it
presumptuous on
It is to let
my
part
to write to
you
this letter in
Hausa.
results
among
;
the
many and
I
am
who now
;
there are many others who can write it better than among those who have studied your books from this you may see and know how much you have helped those amoug because it was to beuefit the black people who used them us that you have made and written so many books. At the present time there are many of those born in the Sudan, i.e.
Hausa
myself
natives
oi'
the
country
(as
distinguished
from
strangers
203
Mahomed
is
and they of
too,
their
own accord
doctrine
and profane
from
swearing.
Those
who
whom
our religion comes (referring, of course, by reading the translations of the Sacred Scriptures), but formerly
the traders
when we preached to them said we were inconsistent, because we made some of them drink ardent spirits till their heads
were
affected.
Yes,
it
is
true
that
for
some committed
preached.
this sin,
so far as to
;
is
now
(Grammar
From them
now
they are
They
are
none to be had.
Many
came
to
at
It
Low
in the country of
the steamer.
began to
Nupe very
soon.
There
I read to
them the
1st chapter
and for
I have sent
you the transcription with this letter, in order to I have put in a few different words, as they
use
tlu'iii
liore.
must close
this letter
now.
Eev.
Sir, may-
God
may God give you strength equal to He may preserve you and bless you, is the
is
who
He
is
the
man whom
the
Hausa people
call
Bannata.
H.
URIA.H
Continuation
118.
1
BENNETT.
10).
op
Proverbs
Ixosi
(see
Miitmn hai
ya yi saura
19.
Da mugHnia
gohe.
23.
Hawainia ha
En
67
zdma.
12G. Maganaftii
da louya amdri.
Komi
Wvrmka
kwdna
gareni.
130.
131.
ceftu
Namlzi da
sdra.
Loma guda
Idhira.
ka hd mictum
dilnid,
kicdnaki arha'in ka
.sv7
Idi/u.
ZUcia da kasi
Bdki ya
ci,
ta kdse
maiddnsn.
134.
idunu ya yi kfnnia.
136.
137. 138.
ne.
Kpwa ya
yi ^andni,
ya sa ivdyewa.
Uhd mardya
Alia.
koi.
zakdrana ya hjnh-se
?
Ahn
mntum
-si
naw/'fj/rsi.
205
42.
Fjii
dan
ciCilco !
At
hclria
145.
14G.
14:1 .
Em
Ka
Yi,
btri
148.
hai gnde
ha.,
hdhin wuta
yafUi.
149. Ahin hardo
ahamdta
sihe,
zdsi
dauho
ya
na
ivoni, sai
ndsa
si
fado.
na hdhinsa, hai sdko
zdsi.
ha,
ce
:
150. Tiiha
na
miiziira: hdza
na tuba
151. 152.
Komi ha
hdsi
mdtd tukHnia
153. 154.
ci tUo
a n
nesa.
hiu.
hiin
ga
mutum
sai
kamd mai-
da hagu.
155.
Sddahd duha
hwdna arhdin
si
he
hai ga qahdn
Vhdngizi.
156. 8ai
157.
dki
si
tan ha kdnda
zdaTndidasi.
158. Izan ka
159. 160.
sdmu
ivUri,
Zua da
Ka
161.
inyi,
cikin maisa-
162.
Ka
Una
si
noma.
163.
164.
Rigan Agbakpa da
pifa,
amd
?
alz>~/funsa sdho.
That
it
165.
Ahokin
lalatdci, lalatdce.
.>(IG
Ills.
Zi'niuin
(Iroila
ni
ha
iji
lea
yi
Wonda Una
Ahu
hal
da
dart.
170.
171.
1
Mutinn ya pdie
ai
nawdya
ha,
mutuni
nawayesi
7-.
Kumi
17'i.
1 7J-.
75.
Alia ha si cimhasi,
omd kUlvm
!
safe si
ie.
hiom hdU.
76.
gohe kima ta
177.
178.
1 7'.
inai ?
dumbe bdbu
daffa tcdke
lidnu.
?
180.
Rokdken
rtia
na
kwanta
ha.
182.
Hankali na milium
hiu ko
183- Ciniki
goma mdgani
herein rdna.
184.
185.
asdmu mdsukdlo
ba
si
snnidHnia bin ta
Zdman
don kdnka.
What
man soweth
Kdza na
188.
^e
lM}a na Muzura.
;
na
tffha
ha ni kdra yi ha gohe.
(Jilliert 4c
ClerkenwcU
llDod,
London, Enjjlnnd.
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