kunama

Etymology

Along with Gwandara kurami, borrowed from Benue-Congo.

Noun

Tilo kunama

Jam'i kunamu or kunamai

Singular scorpion

Plural scorpions

Heterometrus bengalensis, laboratory specimen

kùnāmā̀ f (plural kùnā̀mū, possessed form kùnāmàr̃)

1. scorpion
   • Synonym: duwu

   ga kunama nan tayi lamo a jikin wandon inda ace da tsautsai ya saka [1]

   Ko kuwa idan ya roƙi ƙwai, ya ba shi kunama? <> Or if he also asks for an egg, will hand him a scorpion? [2]

   A nan Nicaragua, za ka ga laƙabin mahaukatan direbobi a rubuce a gilashin mota, kamar su: Mai Nasara, Kunama, Mesa, ko kuma, Maharbi. <> Here in Nicaragua, you can see clearly marked on bus windshields the nickname of the aggressive driver: Conqueror, Scorpion, Python, or Hunter. [3]

2. trigger [4]

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