kafa

See also ƙafa

Verb

1. declared, establish, appoint, form.
   • Synonym: saita
   
   
   
   1. Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ya kafa dokar ta ɓaci ga watan Octoba na dubu biyu da shida
      President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria declared a state of emergency in October 2006. --UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/61_State_of_Emergency
      
      
   2. Interim president Bah Ndaw appointed a 25-member government on Monday in which members of the military occupy key posts, according to a decree broadcast live on state television.
      Shugaban rik'on k'waryan k'asar, Bah Ndaw, ya kafa gwamnati mai membobi ashirin da biyar. Mafi sojoji ne suka samu mafi yawan muhimman mak'amai. --voa60/2020-10-06
      
      
   3. It forms the basis for a balanced, productive life, with all aspects of conduct being affected for good.
      Sun kafa tushen daidaitaciyar rayuwa mai ma’ana, da ta amfani dukan fasalolin halaye.

Noun

Tilo kafa

Jam'i kafaifai or kafofi or kafafe

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1. ƙaramar ƙofa. <> a small door, entry.
2. dama ko sarari ko lokaci na yin abu.
3. arha. <> affordablity.
4. taifi ko lahani.
5. raini.
6. rashi.

Bargery's definition of kafa

kafa.

I. [kafa/] {n.f.; pls. kafa/"fe/+; kafo/fi/; kafa"ifa+i}.

1. A small orifice. e.g.

(a) kafar allura, the eye of a needle.

(b) kafar hanci, a nostril.

2. Opportunity, leisure. e.g.

(a) ban sami kafar zuwa ba, I had no opportunity to come.

(b) ba/ ni da k. ko 'i ta allura, I have no spare time, no leisure at all. (= dama II; zarafi.)

3. rigan nan tana da k., this gown is cheap. (Vide araha.)

4. (a) nna ganin kafar wa/ne, I hold so-and-so in contempt.

(b) ya/ ga kafa tasa, don haka ya raina shi, it was perceiving his shortcoming that made him despise him.

II. [kafa"] {v.tr.2c; ka+fo/+ (2e ii); ka"fu+ (3a.ii)}.

1. Erect; establish; set up;fix. e.g.

(a) ya/ k. gemu, he has started to grow a beard.

(b) ya/ kafa gindi, he laid a founda tion.

(c) ya/ k. goshi, he put his forehead on the ground in devotions.

(d) ya/ k. kai, (i) he drank from the vessel without using a ladle; (ii) he set to work with a will.

(e) ya/ k. laima, he erected a tent.

(f) bari n (in) kafa maka, ka cire, let me show you how it is done; let me set a copy for you to imitate.

2. {only plus dative}. Launch a blow at. e.g. na/ k. masa ma/ri, I gave him a resounding slap. (= kafe I.2(j).)

III. [ka+fa"] {4d kafa II}.

IV. [ka/fa"] {n.f.}. A blancmange-like food sold wrapped in leaves. It is made of the cereal most common in the district. In Kano, until recently, it was used mainly by leather-workers as an adhesive. (Vide zambu.)