alkama: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:09, 26 March 2022

Borrowed from Arabic قَمْحَة‎ (qamḥa).

àlkamā̀ f (possessed form àlkamàr̃)

wheat <> wani irin tsiro dangin shinkafa, wanda ake shukawa a fadama ana yi mata bayi, ƙwayoyinta girman kusan ɗaya da na shinkafa sai dai launinta ƙasa-ƙasa ne; ana abinci iri-iri da ita kamar su alkaki, alkubus, da funkaso. Da ita ake fulawa.
- Synonym: alƙama
Sarki ya ce, na yi mafarki na ga shanu ramammu bakwai suna cinye wasu shanu bakwai masu qiba, da zangarniyar hatsi masu ruwan kore bakwai (na alkama) <> The king said, "i saw seven fat cows being devoured by seven skinny cows, and seven green spikes (of wheat), --Quran 12:43
Slightly staining the teeth with kola-nut. (Vide gawange.)

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+<big>[[wheat]]</big>
+[[File:Wheat close-up.JPG|thumb|'''Wheat''' close-up]]
+====Etymology====
+Borrowed from [[Category:Hausa_terms_derived_from_Arabic]][[:Category:Hausa_terms_derived_from_Arabic| Arabic]] قَمْحَة‎ (qamḥa).
+===Noun===
+àlkamā̀ <abbr title="feminine gender">''f''</abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]] (possessed form àlkamàr̃)
+# [[wheat]] <> wani irin tsiro dangin shinkafa, wanda ake shukawa a fadama ana yi mata bayi, ƙwayoyinta girman kusan ɗaya da na shinkafa sai dai launinta ƙasa-ƙasa ne; ana abinci iri-iri da ita kamar su [[alkaki]], [[alkubus]], da [[funkaso]]. Da ita ake fulawa. {{syn|alƙama}}
+#:''Sarki ya ce, na yi mafarki na ga shanu ramammu bakwai suna cinye wasu shanu bakwai masu qiba, da zangarniyar hatsi masu ruwan kore bakwai (na '''[[alkama]]''')'' <> The king said, "i saw seven fat cows being devoured by seven skinny cows, and seven green spikes (of '''[[wheat]]'''), --[[Quran/12/43#Quran.2F12.2F43_.2843.29|Quran 12:43]]
+# Slightly staining the teeth with kola-nut. (Vide [[gawange]].)
+[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alkama#Hausa] [[Category:English Wiktionary Import]]
+[[Category:Hausa lemmas]]