User:Erutuon/lists/Hausa multi headwords


 * akasidan

Etymology
From (first pronunciation) and  (second pronunciation).

Noun
or


 * 1) automobile accident


 * Amina

Etymology
From.

Proper noun
or




 * baba

Noun

 * 1) father

Noun

 * 1) eunuch
 * 2) impotent man

Etymology 3
Probably an early borrowing from.

Noun

 * 1) paternal aunt

Noun

 * 1) indigo the plant, or the dye from it


 * baka

Noun

 * 1) bow
 * 2) hacksaw
 * 3) catch of a lock

Etymology 2
From.

Adverb

 * 1) in the mouth


 * Balarabe

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) Arab

Etymology 2
From, with conflation from etymology 1.

Proper noun

 * 1)  given to a boy born on a Wednesday.

Related terms



 * bara

Noun

 * 1) servant
 * 2) A young person who out of respect volunteers to work for someone from time to time.

Noun

 * 1) begging for alms

Noun

 * 1) one's focus e.g., in aiming at or attempting to catch something

Noun

 * 1) last year

Adverb

 * 1) last year


 * baya

Noun

 * 1) back
 * 2) outside surface

Adverb

 * 1) behind, backwards


 * caka

Noun

 * 1)  clubs

Verb

 * 1) stab, pierce


 * cali

Noun

 * 1) mesh bag
 * 2)  a person full of excuses

Noun

 * 1) someone who clowns around; the humorous character in a film

Noun

 * 1)  spoon

Noun

 * 1)  swollen protruding navel; umbilical hernia


 * ciki

Noun

 * 1) stomach
 * 2)  pregnancy

Adverb

 * 1) inside


 * citta

Noun

 * 1) ginger root
 * 2)  chili, 
 * 1)  chili, 

Adverb

 * 1) four days from today


 * daga

Noun

 * 1) bangle-charm (worn on the upper arm or wrist)

Noun

 * 1) struggle, battle


 * dala

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) Any of various currencies known as dollars or thalers.
 * 2)  25 kobo.
 * 3)  5 francs.
 * 4)  2 shillings.

Noun

 * 1) cardinal bird


 * dawa

Noun

 * 1) sorghum

Noun

 * 1) the bush, the woods


 * duma

Noun

 * 1) calabash, gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

Verb

 * 1) To put one's mouth deeply into something
 * 2)  To strike a person with something


 * gada

Noun

 * 1) bridge

Noun

 * 1) crested duiker
 * 2)  Interested in or ostentatiously showing off something


 * halaka

Verb

 * 1) destroy

Verb

 * 1) perish, be destroyed

Noun

 * 1) destruction, perishing


 * hanci

Noun

 * 1) nose
 * 2) bribe

Adverb

 * 1) in the nose


 * huhu

Etymology 1
An areal word found in both Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan, cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) lung

Noun

 * 1) wrapping used to store kola nuts


 * jami'a

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) university

Noun



 * kafa

Noun

 * 1) small hole, opening
 * 2) means of escape, loophole

Verb

 * 1) to erect, to put up
 * 2) To stick something into
 * 3) to form, to establish
 * 4) to proclaim, to issue a law


 * kanta

Noun

 * 1) callus

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) counter, shelf


 * kare

Etymology 1
An areal word, perhaps from 🇨🇬; compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dog

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  quarter


 * kofi

Noun

 * 1) cup

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) coffee


 * koko

Noun

 * 1) a porridge made from soaked durra flour

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) cocoa


 * kunne

Noun

 * 1)  ear
 * 2)  leaf of a plant

Adverb

 * 1) in or on the ear


 * kunya

Noun

 * 1) shame, embarrassment
 * 2) modesty

Noun

 * 1)  row (between ridges)


 * kwaɗo

Etymology 1
An areal word, found in both 🇨🇬 (e.g. 🇨🇬) and 🇨🇬 (e.g. 🇨🇬). The ultimate origin may be ideophonic.

Noun

 * 1) frog, toad
 * 2) padlock
 * 3) embroidery design in the shape of a half moon

Noun

 * 1) a kind of sauce, usually made with peanuts


 * laka

Noun

 * 1)  spinal cord

Noun

 * 1) Pond mud or clay (used for building houses)


 * latsa

Verb

 * 1) to squeeze, to squash
 * 2) to pressure someone regarding a difficult matter


 * 1) to squeeze

Related terms

 * lātsḕ


 * makama

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) handle
 * 2) reason, excuse

Noun

 * 1) a traditional title for an advisor to the emir


 * makaɗi

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) drummer
 * 2) musician

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) drumstick
 * 2) spindle


 * masaya

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) A place for buying things.

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) A place for hiding things.


 * mata

Noun

 * 1) woman
 * 2) wife

Noun



 * murza

Noun

 * 1) massage

Verb

 * 1) to roll strands of cotton between the palms to make thread
 * 2) to rub with palms, to massage


 * nasara

Etymology 1
From

Noun

 * 1) victory, success

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) Christians

Alternative forms



 * rama

Noun

 * 1) hemp, jute

Noun

 * 1) emaciation


 * rana

Noun

 * 1) sun
 * 2) heat of the sun
 * 3) day

Adverb

 * 1) in the daytime


 * riba

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) bank interest, usury

Noun

 * 1) profit
 * 2) benefit, gain, advantage


 * sa'a

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) hour
 * 2) lucky moment, good luck
 * 1) lucky moment, good luck

Noun

 * 1) agemate


 * safa

Noun

 * 1) large, intercity bus

Noun

 * 1) socks, stockings


 * sannu

Interjection

 * 1) hello
 * 2) sorry

Noun

 * 1) carefulness, slowness

Derived terms



 * sau

Noun

 * 1) foot
 * 2) footprint, trace
 * 3) time
 * 4) trip travel

Noun

 * 1) times multiplication

Verb



 * saye

Noun

 * 1) A purchase; buying

Noun

 * 1) Speaking in a way such as to hide the meaning from a listener.


 * shadda

Noun

 * 1) cotton brocade

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  gemination diacritic in Arabic script

Noun

 * 1) pit latrine


 * shayi

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) tea

Noun



 * sura

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  sura

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) image, picture, form, appearance

Verb

 * 1) swoop down to grab something


 * taguwa

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) a kind of gown worn by men

Noun

 * 1) female camel

Hypernyms



 * tara

Etymology 1
Considered by Blench to be likely derived from a Plateau language; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1) nine

Verb

 * 1) collect, gather
 * 2) add up

Verb

 * 1) go to meet or welcome someone
 * 2) buy up something to resell later

Noun

 * 1) fine

Noun

 * 1) being mindful, caring about something


 * tsaka

Noun

 * 1) a kind of gecko
 * 2)  someone who is unpopular

Adverb

 * 1) in the middle, in the midst

Related terms



 * wada

Noun

 * 1) wealth

Noun

 * 1) dwarf
 * 2) pygmy


 * wala

Noun

 * 1) turtledove

Verb

 * 1) to relax


 * wanka

Noun

 * 1) bathing

Verb

 * 1) to wash


 * wata

Noun

 * 1) moon
 * 2) month

Pronoun



 * wuski

Noun

 * 1) destitute person
 * 2) thief

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) whiskey


 * wuya

Noun

 * 1) neck
 * 2) neck narrow part of a bottle

Noun

 * 1) trouble, difficulty


 * yalo

Etymology
From ; the noun is likely derived from the adjective.

Adjective

 * 1) yellow

Noun

 * 1) thorn apple,


 * zamani

Etymology
From and.

Noun
or


 * 1) age, epoch, period, times


 * zara

Noun

 * 1) vacillation moving from side to side

Noun

 * 1) red-bellied tree starling

Verb

 * 1) to snatch, to grab


 * zare

Noun

 * 1) thread, string

Noun

 * 1) Goods rejected because of poor quality.
 * 2) outcast person

Verb

 * 1)  to snatch from

Verb

 * 1) to pull out, to unsheathe, to disengage
 * 2) to withdraw from, to be unconcerned with


 * ƙasa

Noun

 * 1) soil, earth
 * 2) ground
 * 3) land, country, nation

Adverb

 * 1) on the ground

Alternative forms



 * ɗari

Numeral

 * 1) hundred

Noun

 * 1)  half-penny

Noun

 * 1) coldness due to wind or illness