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== Verb == | == Verb == | ||
# [[cinkisa]]. <> [[stuff]], force something into a tight space. | # [[cinkisa]]. <> [[stuff]], force something into a tight space. Stuff something into something. | ||
# [[tura]] musamman ra'ayi. <> [[nag]], [[urge]]. | # [[tura]] musamman ra'ayi. <> [[nag]], [[urge]]. Coerce someone. | ||
==Noun== | ==Noun== | ||
<abbr title="feminine gender">''f''</abbr> | <abbr title="feminine gender">''f''</abbr> | ||
[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]] | [[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]] | ||
# ɗura wa doki dunƙulalliyar dusa. {{syn|cushe}} | # ɗura wa [[doki]] dunƙulalliyar dusa. <> The cake (made of baobab, bran, and potash) that one force-feeds a [[horse]]. {{syn|cushe}} | ||
==Bargery's definition of cusa== | ==Bargery's definition of cusa== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:46, 9 December 2020
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Bargery's definition of cusa
I. [cu/sa"] {v.tr.2c}.
1. Stuff thing or things into anything. e.g na/ c. tsumma a rami, I stuffed rags into the hole. ya/ cusa kai a rami, it put its head into the hole. ya/ cusa kai ya shiga, he entered uninvited.
2. {plus dative}. Force upon p. that which he does not want but cannot refuse. e.g. an cusa masa wannan riga.
II. [cu/+sa"] {4d of cusa I}.
III. [cu/"sa/+] {n.f.}. Forcible feeding of a horse. (= (S.) cushe; (N.) cikka.)