Category:English Wiktionary Import/table

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underPOS1

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-anci

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-anci

ancī m

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# Used to form the names of languages or attributes.

Suffix

anini

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anini

Borrowed from Yoruba onini.

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# button

# stars or ribbons worn by a military officer

# (obsolete) tenth of a penny

Etymology

ànīnī m (plural ànī̀nai, possessed form ànīnin)

Noun

Ankara

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ankara

Hyphenation: An‧kà‧r̃à

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# Accra (capital city of Ghana)

Pronunciation

Ankàr̃à f

Proper noun

anta

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anta

antā̀ f (possessed form antàr̃)

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# Alternative spelling of hanta

Noun

ar

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ar

Hyphenation: ar̃

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# damn it

Pronunciation

ar

Interjection

arabiyya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arabiyya

Borrowing from Arabic عَرَبِيَّة‎ (ʿarabiyya).

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# Arabic language

Etymology

àr̃àbiyyā̀ f (possessed form àr̃àbiyyàr̃)

Noun

arba'in

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arba%27in

Borrowed from Arabic أربعين‏‎‎.

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# forty

# the forty-day period after a woman gives birth

Etymology

àr̃bà'in f

Numeral

ashana

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ashana

Borrowed from Yoruba iṣáná.

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# match (device to make fire)

Etymology

àshānā f (plural àshānā, possessed form àshānar̃)

Noun

ashirin

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ashirin

Borrowed from Arabic عِشْرِينَ‎ (ʿišrīna).

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# twenty

Etymology

àshìr̃in f

Numeral

Asiya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Asiya

Āsiyà f

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# Asia

Proper noun

asubahi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asubahi

asuba

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# (Islam) fajr, the dawn prayer

Alternative forms

Borrowed from Arabic الصُبْح‎ (aṣ-ṣubḥ, “the morning”).

Etymology

Attaura

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Attaura

Borrowed from Arabic تَوْرَاة‎ (tawrāh).

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# Old Testament, Torah, Pentateuch

Etymology

Àttaur̃ā f

Proper noun

awa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/awa

Borrowed from English hour.

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# hour Synonyms: sa'a

Etymology

Pronunciation

awaza

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/awaza

àwazā̀ f (plural àwàzū, possessed form àwazàr̃)

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# rib

Noun

ayaba

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ayaba

Borrowed from Nupe yaba.

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# banana

Etymology

àyàbà f (plural àyàbà, possessed form àyàbàn)

Noun

azahar

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/azahar

azahariyya

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# (Islam) dhuhr, the noon prayer

Alternative forms

Borrowed from Arabic ظُهْر‎ (ẓuhr).

Etymology

azahariyya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/azahariyya

àzàhàr̃iyyā̀ f (possessed form àzàhàr̃iyyàr̃)

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# Alternative form of azahar

Noun

B

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/B

ba-

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ba-

bà-

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# A prefix indicating ethnic or geographical origin or, less often, someone's trade.

Prefix

babur

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/babur

bā̀bur̃ m (plural bābur̃ā̀)

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# motorcycle Synonyms: mashin

Noun

bado

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bado

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# water lily

Badun

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Badun

Bā̀dùn f

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# Ibadan

Proper noun

bahar

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bahar

bahàr̃ f

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# sea

Noun

Bahaushe

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bahaushe

From ba- +‎ Hausa.

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# Hausa person

Etymology

Bàhaushḕ m (feminine Bàhaushìyā, plural Hausāwā, possessed form Bàhaushèn)

Noun

baibai

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baibai

bàibâi

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# inside-out

Adverb

bajau

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bajau

bajau m (possessed form bajan)

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# (card games) A cloth which card players play on.

# reddened

Noun

bajau

Adverb

bajo

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bajo

bājṑ m

def1

# badge

Noun

baka

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baka

Pronunciation

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# bow

# hacksaw

# catch of a lock

# in the mouth

Etymology 1

From baki.

Etymology 2

bal

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bal

Borrowing from English ball.

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# ball

Etymology

bâl f (plural bàlā̀bàlai)

Noun

Balarabe

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Balarabe

From ba- +‎ Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab).

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# Arab

Etymology

Bàlār̃abḕ m (feminine Bàlār̃abìyā, plural Lār̃abāwā, possessed form Bàlār̃abèn)

Noun

banda

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banda

bàndā f (possessed form bàndar̃)

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# meat or fish dried over a fire

Noun

banga

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banga

bàngā f (plural banguna, possessed form bàngar̃)

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# A small, bowl-shaped drum, played with fingers.

Noun

Barbarci

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Barbarci

From the same root as Babarbare (“Kanuri person”) +‎ -anci.

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# Kanuri language

Etymology

Barbarcī m (possessed form Barbarcin)

Noun

barewa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barewa

bàrēwā f (plural bàrḕyī, possessed form bàrēwar̃)

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# dorcas gazelle

Noun

bargo

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bargo

Borrowed from Dazaga bòrkó.

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# blanket

Etymology

bàr̃gō m (plural bar̃gunā̀, possessed form bàr̃gon)

Noun

Barno

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Barno

Bàr̃no f

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# Borno State

Proper noun

bas

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bas

Borrowing from English bus.

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# bus

Etymology

bâs f (plural bâs-bâs)

Noun

Basakkwace

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Basakkwace

From ba- +‎ Sakkwato.

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# someone from Sokoto

Etymology

Bàsakkwacḕ m (feminine Bàsakkwacìyā, plural Sakkwatāwā, possessed form Bàsakkwacèn)

Noun

basukur

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/basukur

Borrowing from English bicycle.

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# bicycle

Etymology

bāsukùr̃ m (plural bāsukur̃ōr̃ī)

Noun

batir

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/batir

Borrowing from English battery.

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# battery (for a car or flashlight)

Etymology

bātìr̃ m (plural bātur̃ā̀)

Noun

batta

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/batta

battā̀ f (plural battōcī, possessed form battàr̃)

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# leather pouch (e.g., for tobacco)

# small metal container (e.g., of tiger balm)

Noun

Bature

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bature

From ba- +‎ Turai.

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# European

Etymology

Bàtūr̃ḕ m (feminine Bàtūr̃ìyā, plural Tūr̃āwā, possessed form Bàtūr̃èn)

Noun

bedi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bedi

Borrowed from English bed.

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# flowerbed

Etymology

bēdī̀ m (possessed form bēdìn)

Noun

bel

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bel

Borrowing from English belt.

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# belt

# seatbelt

Etymology

bêl m

Noun

bika

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bika

bìkā m (plural bìkā, possessed form bìkan)

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# baboon

Noun

bil

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bil

Borrowing from English bill.

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# bill, invoice

Etymology

bîl m

Noun

bindi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bindi

bindī̀ m (possessed form bindìn)

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# tail

# (euphemistic) penis

Noun

Binuwai

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Binuwai

Binuwài f

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# Benue River

Proper noun

bisimilla

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bisimilla

Borrowed from Arabic بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه‏‎ (bismi llāh, “in the name of Allah”).

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# Used to invite someone to eat or do something.

Etymology

bìsimillā̀

Interjection

bisimillahi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bisimillahi

From an extended form of Arabic بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه‎ (bismi llāh).

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# Said when one is about to start eating or doing something.

Etymology

bìsimìllāhī̀

Interjection

biyu biyu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biyu_biyu

A reduplication of biyu (“double, two”).

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# double loss

Etymology

bìyù bìyû m

Noun

biza

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biza

bīzā̀ f

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# visa

Noun

boca

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boca

Borrowing from English voucher.

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# financial voucher

Etymology

bōcā̀ f (plural bōcōcī, possessed form bōcàr̃)

Noun

boko

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boko

Often stated to be borrowed from English book, but Paul Newman disputes this.

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# fraud, deceit, trick

# a mock or imitation version of something real

# Western education

# Boko alphabet (Latin script used to write Hausa)

Etymology

bōkṑ m (possessed form bōkòn)

Noun

bori

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bori

bṑrī m (possessed form bṑrin)

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# animistic spirit possession religion

Noun

budurwa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/budurwa

A suffixed adaptation of Arabic بَتُول‎ (batūl, “virgin”).

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# marriageable girl

# girlfriend (unmarried female partner)

Etymology

bùdurwā f (plural budurwōyī, possessed form bùdurwar̃)

Noun

bukka

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bukka

bukkā̀ f (plural bukkoki, possessed form bukkàr̃)

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# grass hut

Noun

buroka

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buroka

Borrowing from English broken (English).

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# Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

bùr̃ōkā̀ m (possessed form bùr̃ōkàn)

Noun

ɓakutu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%93akutu

ɓākutu m (possessed form ɓākutun)

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# A clay pot without a neck

# A nickname for a child with big buttocks

Noun

ɓaure

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%93aure

Borrowed from Dazaga borke.

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# fig

# fig tree

Etymology

ɓaurē m (possessed form ɓauren)

Noun

ɓulla

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%93ulla

ɓùlla (grade 3)

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# to appear suddenly

Verb

ɓurma

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%93urma

ɓurma f (plural ɓurā̀mē, possessed form ɓurmar̃)

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# box trap (for rats)

Noun

Calawa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Calawa

Cālāwā f

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# Challawa River

Proper noun

canko

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canko

cànkō m (possessed form cànkon)

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# (fishing) A type of fish trap.

# An apparatus for winding thread.

Noun

cata

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cata

Borrowing from English charter.

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# charter

Etymology

cātā̀ f (possessed form cātàr̃)

Noun

ciroma

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciroma

Borrowing from Kanuri [Term?].

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# a traditional title held by the son of an emir

Etymology

cir̃ṑmà m (possessed form cir̃ṑmàn)

Noun

coci

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coci

Borrowed from English church.

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# church

Etymology

cōcì m (plural cōcì-cōcì, possessed form cōcìn)

Noun

name

url

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underPOS2

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cuna

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cuna

cūnā̀ f (plural cūnōnī, possessed form cūnàr̃)

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# A side seam joining the lower ends of a gown.

# (with an indirect object) to set a person or animal to catch or attack someone

cūnā̀ (grade 1)

Noun

Verb

cura

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cura

cūrā̀ (grade 1)

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# to knead into balls

Verb

curi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curi

cūrī̀ m (possessed form cūrìn)

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# ball of food

# verbal noun of cura

Noun

D

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/D

daimon

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/daimon

daimòn m

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# diamond

Noun

daina

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/daina

dainā̀ (grade 1)

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# to quit doing, to cease

Verb

dala

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dala

Borrowed from English dollar.

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# Any of various currencies known as dollars or thalers.

# (colloquial, Nigeria) 25 kobo.

# (Niger) 5 francs.

# (obsolete) 2 shillings.

# cardinal (bird)

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

danda

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/danda

dànda m

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# piebald horse

Noun

danga

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/danga

dangā f (plural dangōgī, possessed form dangar̃)

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# cornstalk fence Synonyms: darni

Noun

darni

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/darni

dàr̃nī m (plural dar̃nukā̀, possessed form dàr̃nin)

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# cornstalk fence Synonyms: danga

Noun

datti

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/datti

dàtti m (possessed form dàttin)

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# dirt, filth, waste

Noun

dattijo

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dattijo

Borrowed from Fula ndottiijo.

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# an older, respected person; gentleman

dattījò m (feminine dattījìyā, plural dàttā̀wā or dàttī̀jai, possessed form dattījòn)

Etymology

Noun

Dauda

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dauda

Borrowing from Arabic دَاوُود‎ (dāwūd).

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# David (biblical character)

# A male given name: David

Daudā̀ m

Etymology

Proper noun

Daura

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Daura

Daùrā f

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# Daura (city in Nigeria)

Proper noun

dawa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dawa

dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)

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# sorghum

# the bush, the woods

dawà m (possessed form dawàn)

Noun

diflomasiyya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diflomasiyya

Seemingly from English diplomacy +‎ -iyya.

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# diplomacy

dìflṑmàsiyyā̀ f (possessed form dìflṑmàsiyyàr̃)

Etymology

Noun

diga

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diga

digā̀ f (plural digōgī, possessed form digàr̃)

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# pickaxe

Noun

dimokuraɗiyya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dimokura%C9%97iyya

Borrowed from Arabic دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة‎ (dīmuqrāṭiyya).

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# democracy

dìmòkùràɗiyyā̀ f (possessed form dìmòkùràɗiyyàr̃)

Etymology

Noun

Disamba

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Disamba

Borrowed from English December.

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# December

Dìsambā̀ m

Etymology

Proper noun

diwani

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diwani

Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان‎ (dīwān).

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# register, account book

# anthology

dīwānī̀ m (plural dī̀wā̀nai, possessed form dīwānìn)

Etymology

Noun

Dogon Dutsi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dogon_Dutsi

From dogo + dutsi, literally "high outcrop".

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# Dogondoutchi

Dōgon Dūtsì f

Etymology

Proper noun

duma

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/duma

dumā m (plural dumā̀mē, possessed form duman)

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# calabash, gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

# To put one's mouth deeply into something

# (with an indirect object) To strike a person with something

dumā̀ (grade 1)

Noun

Verb

dumɓu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dum%C9%93u

dumɓū m (plural dumɓā̀yē, possessed form dumɓun)

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# worn-out tool

# (figuratively) dimwit

Noun

duna

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/duna

dūnā̀ m (possessed form dūnàn)

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# very black person or thing

Noun

duros

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/duros

dùr̃ôs m

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# underpants

Noun

ɗ

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%97

ɗ (upper case Ɗ)

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# The sixth letter of the Hausa alphabet, written in the Latin script. Preceded by D and followed by E, and representing /ɗ/.

Letter

ɗan shayi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%97an_shayi

ɗan shā̀yī m (plural 'yan shā̀yī)

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# circumcised boy

Noun

ɗefi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C9%97efi

ɗḕfī m (possessed form ɗḕfin)

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# edge, tip

Noun

en'e

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en%27e

Borrowing from English NA.

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# (historical) A Native Authority; a local government system run by native peoples but ultimately answerable to the British colonial government.

en'ḕ f (plural en'ḕ-en'ḕ, possessed form en'èn)

Etymology

Noun

F

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/F

Faɗimatu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fa%C9%97imatu

Borrowing from Arabic فَاطِمَة‎ (fāṭima).

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# Fatima (daughter of Muhammad)

# A female given name: Fatima

Fāɗìmatù f

Etymology

Proper noun

fahami

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fahami

Borrowing from Arabic فَهْم‎ (fahm).

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# intelligence

# a charm believed to give the wearer intelligence

fahàmī m (possessed form fahàmin)

Etymology

Noun

falsafa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/falsafa

Borrowed from Arabic فَلْسَفَة‎ (falsafa).

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# philosophy

falsafā̀ f

Etymology

Noun

fam

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fam

Borrowed from English pound.

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# pound (currency used in the UK, obsolete in Nigeria)

# (colloquial) 2 naira.

fâm m (plural fàmā̀fàmai or fàmfàmai)

Etymology

Noun

Faransa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Faransa

Borrowed from French France.

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# France

Fàr̃ansà f

Etymology

Proper noun

farce

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/farce

farcḕ m (plural farā̀tā, possessed form farcèn)

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# fingernail Synonyms: ƙumba

Noun

Farisa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Farisa

Fār̃isà f

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# Persia

Proper noun

fasa'ofis

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fasa%27ofis

Borrowing from English post office,

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# post office

fasà'ōfìs m

Etymology

Noun

fasfo

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fasfo

Borrowed from English passport.

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# passport

fàsfô m (plural fasfunā̀, possessed form fàsfôn)

Etymology

Noun

fashe

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fashe

fashe m (possessed form fashen)

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# A children's game involving hitting eggs together to try to break the other person's egg

Noun

Fatakwal

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fatakwal

Fatākwàl f

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# Port Harcourt

Proper noun

fatsa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fatsa

fatsa f (possessed form fatsar̃)

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# fishhook

Noun

fiƙihu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fi%C6%99ihu

Borrowed from Arabic فِقْه‎ (fiqh).

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# (Islam) fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence

fiƙihù m (possessed form fiƙihùn)

Etymology

Noun

filas

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filas

fìlâs m

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# thermos, flask

Noun

Filato

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Filato

Borrowed from English plateau.

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# Plateau State

Fìlā̀tô f

Etymology

Proper noun

firamare

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/firamare

Borrowing from English primary.

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# primary school

fir̃āmàr̃ḕ f (possessed form fir̃āmàr̃èn)

Etymology

Noun

fis

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fis

fîs m

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# fuse

Noun

fom

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fom

fôm m

def1

# form

Noun

funkaso

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/funkaso

fùnkā̀sō m (possessed form fùnkā̀son)

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# a dish composed of wheat flour that is soaked and then fried

Noun

fura

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fura

furā f (possessed form furar̃)

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# Balls of cooked millet in cultured milk.

# Gruel made by mixing the aforementioned balls with sour milk or, less often, with water and tamarind.

Noun

G

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/G

gada

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gada

Noun

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# bridge

# crested duiker

# (figuratively) Interested in or ostentatiously showing off something

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

gadu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gadu

An areal word; compare Kanuri gòdú.

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# warthog

gàdū m (possessed form gàdun)

Etymology

Noun

gagai

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gagai

gagài m (possessed form gagàin)

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# (medicine) aphrodisiac

Noun

gaiwa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gaiwa

gâiwā f (plural gaiwōyī, possessed form gâiwar̃)

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# lungfish

Noun

gam

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gam

Borrowing from English gum.

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# glue, paste

gâm m

Etymology

Noun

Gana

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gana

Gānà f

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# Ghana

Proper noun

gandu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gandu

From a Songhai word for "land".

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# big farm

gandū m (plural gandā̀yē, possessed form gandun)

Etymology

Noun

ganye

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ganye

ganyē m (plural ganyā̀yē, possessed form ganyen)

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# leaf Synonyms: warƙa

# cannabis

# counterfeit money

Noun

garkuwa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/garkuwa

gàrkuwā f (plural garkuwōyī or gàrkī, possessed form gàrkuwar̃)

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# shield

Noun

garu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/garu

Borrowed from Kanuri gàrú.

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# wall around a settlement or compound

gā̀r̃ū m (plural gār̃ukā̀, possessed form gā̀r̃un)

Etymology

Noun

garwashi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/garwashi

From Arabic جَمْرَة‎ (jamra) or similar, with metathesis.

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# embers

garwāshī m (possessed form garwāshin)

Etymology

Noun

gatari

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gatari

gā̀tarī m (plural gatura)

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# axe, ax

Noun

References

gaula

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gaula

gaulā m, f (plural gaulaye)

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# fool

Noun

gazet

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gazet

Hyphenation: gà‧zêt

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# gazette

gazet f

Pronunciation

Noun

gemu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gemu

gēmū̀ m (possessed form gēmùn)

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# beard

Noun

giris

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giris

Borrowing from English grease.

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# grease Synonyms: mai

gìr̃îs m

Etymology

Noun

girka

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/girka

girkā f (possessed form girkar̃)

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# initiation of a new practitioner into Hausa animistic religion

Noun

name

url

underPOS1

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underPOS2

POS1

POS2

goba

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goba

Borrowed from English guava.

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# guava

gōbā̀ f (possessed form gōbàr̃)

Etymology

Noun

gomiya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gomiya

From goma (“ten”).

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# Used to form multiples of ten.

gṑmiyā

Etymology

Numeral

gula

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gula

gulā̀ f (plural gulōlī, possessed form gulàr̃)

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# a kind of drumstick with a large head (for beating drums)

Noun

gulbi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gulbi

gulbī m (plural gulabe)

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# river, stream

Noun

guma

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guma

gumā̀ (grade 1)

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# to fill one's mouth with a liquid

Verb

Gumal

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gumal

Gumàl f

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# Gumel

Proper noun

guna

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guna

gunā̀ f (plural gunōnī, possessed form gunàr̃)

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# tsamma (a bitter melon, Citrullus lanatus)

# An epithet for someone who is not as strong as expected.

# (colloquial) A girl who is physically mature with developed breasts.

Noun

gunya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gunya

gunyā f (possessed form gunyar̃)

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# dun-colored horse

Noun

gurnet

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gurnet

gùr̃nêt f

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# hand grenade

Noun

guru

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guru

gūr̃ū m (plural gūr̃ā̀yē, possessed form gūr̃un)

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# A large leather belt, usually containing charms.

Noun

gusa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gusa

gusā̀ (grade 1)

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# to move aside

Verb

Gusau

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gusau

Gùsau f

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# Gusau

Proper noun

gwaggo

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gwaggo

Borrowed from Fula goggo.

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# paternal aunt

# old woman

gwaggò f (possessed form gwaggòn)

Etymology

Noun

gwal

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gwal

Borrowed from English gold.

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# gold Synonyms: zinari

gwâl m

Etymology

Noun

Gwalkwas

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gwalkwas

Borrowed from English Gold Coast.

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# (historical) Gold Coast (colonial name of modern Ghana)

Gwalkwàs f

Etymology

Proper noun

gwamna

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gwamna

Borrowed from English governor.

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# governor

gwamnā̀ m (plural gwamnōnī, possessed form gwamnàn)

Etymology

Noun

gwanda

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gwanda

gwandā̀ f (plural gwandōjī, possessed form gwandàr̃)

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# papaya

Noun

gwangwani

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gwangwani

Borrowed from Nupe gbamgbam.

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# small tin

gwangwanī m (plural gwangwanā̀yē, possessed form gwangwanin)

Etymology

Noun

gwaza

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gwaza

gwāzā f (possessed form gwāzar̃)

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# taro, old cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta)

Noun

gwiwa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gwiwa

gwīwā̀ f (plural gwīwōyī, possessed form gwīwàr̃)

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# knee

Noun

H

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/H

Habasha

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Habasha

Habashà f

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# Ethiopia

Proper noun

haɓa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ha%C9%93a

haɓā̀ f (plural haɓoɓi, possessed form haɓàr̃)

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# (anatomy) chin

Noun

Hadizatu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hadizatu

Borrowing from Arabic خديجة‎‎‎.

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# Khadija (Muhammad's wife)

# A female given name: Khadija

Hàdīzatù f

Etymology

Proper noun

Haɗeja

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ha%C9%97eja

Haɗējà f

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# Hadejia River

Proper noun

haila

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/haila

hailā̀ f

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# menstruation

Noun

haja

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/haja

hājā̀ f (plural hājōjī, possessed form hājàr̃)

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# goods, merchandise

Noun

haji

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/haji

hajì m (possessed form hajìn)

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# Alternative form of hajji

Noun

hajji

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hajji

haji

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# (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ‎ (ḥajj).

Alternative forms

Etymology

hakiya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hakiya

hakiyā̀ f (possessed form hakiyàr̃)

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# (pathology) leucoma

Noun

hama

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hama

Borrowing from English hammer.

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# hammer

hamā̀ f (plural hamōmī, possessed form hamàr̃)

Etymology

Noun

hamada

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hamada

Borrowed from Arabic حمادة‎.

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# desert

hàmādā̀ f (possessed form hàmādàr̃)

Etymology

Noun

hamayya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hamayya

hàmayyā̀ f (possessed form hàmayyàr̃)

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# rivalry

# (politics) political opposition

Noun

hamila

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hamila

hàmīlā̀ f (plural hàmī̀lū, possessed form hàmīlàr̃)

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# sword sling

Noun

hangum

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hangum

hàngum m

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# mumps

Noun

hani

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hani

hanī̀ m (possessed form hanìn)

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# prohibition

Noun

hanta

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hanta

antā̀

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# liver

hantā̀ f (plural hantōcī or hantunā̀, possessed form hantàr̃)

Alternative forms

Noun

haram

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/haram

Borrowed from Arabic حَرَام‎ (ḥarām).

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# (Islam) a sin or forbidden deed

hàr̃âm m (possessed form hàr̃āmùn)

Etymology

Noun

Haruna

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haruna

From Arabic هَارُون‎ (hārūn).

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# Aaron (biblical character)

# A male given name: Harun, Aaron.

Har̃ūnà m

Etymology

Proper noun

hasafi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hasafi

hasàfī m (plural hàsàfai, possessed form hasàfin)

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# small gift

Noun

Hasan

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hasan

Borrowing from Arabic حَسَن‎ (ḥasan).

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# A male given name: Hassan (traditionally given to a first-born twin)

Hasàn m

Etymology

Proper noun

hau

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hau

hâu m

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# misfortune, being bewitched

Noun

Hauwa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hauwa

Borrowing from Arabic حَوَّاء‎ (ḥawwāʾ).

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# Eve (biblical character)

# A female given name: Eve

Hàuwa f

Etymology

Proper noun

hijabi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hijabi

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب‎ (ḥijāb).

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# hijab (custom of wearing a veil)

# hijab (veil)

hìjābī̀ m (possessed form hìjābìn)

Etymology

Noun

hoda

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoda

hōdā̀ f (possessed form hōdàr̃)

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# powder

Noun

hole

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hole

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# to relax, to enjoy oneself

Etymology

Pronunciation

holo

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/holo

hōlṑ m

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# polo

Noun

homan

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/homan

hōmàn m

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# foreman

Noun

Husaini

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Husaini

Borrowing from Arabic حُسَيْن‎ (ḥusayn).

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# A male given name: Husayn, Hussein (traditionally given to a second-born twin)

Hùsainì m

Etymology

Proper noun

husufi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/husufi

Borrowed from Arabic خُسُوف‎ (ḵusūf).

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# eclipse (solar or lunar)

hùsūfī̀ m (possessed form hùsūfìn)

Etymology

Noun

Ikko

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ikko

Ìkko f

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# Lagos

Proper noun

Indiya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Indiya

Indiyà f

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# India

Proper noun

ingarma

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ingarma

Borrowed from Kanuri ngǝ́rmà.

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# stallion

# (by extension) large, burly person

ìngar̃mā̀ m (possessed form ìngar̃màn)

Etymology

Noun

Ingila

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ingila

Borrowed from English England.

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# England

Īngìlà f

Etymology

Proper noun

inna

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inna

innà f (possessed form innàn)

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# mother or maternal aunt

# a polite term of address for any older woman

# in Hausa animistic religion, the royal priestess

# polio

Noun

Isa

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Isa

Borrowing from Arabic عِيسَى‎ (ʿīsā).

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# Jesus (a prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of God in Christianity)

# A male given name: Jesus

Īsā m

Etymology

Proper noun

ishe

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ishe

ishḕ (grade 4)

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# to overtake

Verb

Isiyaku

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Isiyaku

Borrowing from Arabic إِسْحَاق‎ (ʾisḥāq).

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# Isaac (biblical character)

# A male given name: Isaac

Isiyākù m

Etymology

Proper noun

Isƙandariya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Is%C6%99andariya

Borrowed from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة‎ (al-ʾiskandariyya).

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# Alexandria (city in Egypt)

Ìsƙandàr̃iyà f

Etymology

Proper noun

Isma'ilu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Isma%27ilu

Borrowing from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل‎ (ʾismāʿīl).

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# Ishmael, Ismail (biblical character)

# A male given name: Ishmael, Ismail

Ìsmā'īlù m

Etymology

Proper noun

-iyya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-iyya

Borrowing from Arabic ـِيَّة‎ (-iyya).

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# Used as a nisba suffix to form abstract nouns, often for systems or periods of time.

-iyyā̀ f

Etymology

Suffix

J

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/J

jace

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jace

jā̀cē m

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# second-hand garment

Noun

jaka

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jaka

jàkā f (plural jakunkunā̀, possessed form jàkar̃)

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# bag

# (obsolete in Nigeria) 100 pounds (in the old currency).

# (Niger) 1000 francs.

Noun

jamhuriya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jamhuriya

Borrowed from Arabic جُمْهُورِيَّة‎ (jumhūriyya).

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# republic

jàmhūr̃iyā̀ f (possessed form jàmhūr̃iyàr̃)

Etymology

Noun

jami'i

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jami%27i

Borrowing from Arabic جَامِعِيّ‎ (jāmiʿiyy).

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# leader, head of a project or program

jāmì'ī m (feminine jāmi'ā̀, plural jā̀mì'ai, possessed form jāmì'in)

Etymology

Noun

jam'iyya

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jam%27iyya

Borrowing from Arabic جَمْعِيَّة‎ (jamʿiyya).

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# club, society

# political party

jàm'iyyā̀ f (plural jam'iyyōyī, possessed form jàm'iyyàr̃)

Etymology

Noun

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