Hausa-English / English-Hausa Dictionary

483 Pages·1996·53.566 MB·English

by  Nicholas Awde

HIPPOCRENE PRACTICAL DICTIONARY
HAUSA
HAUSA-ENGLISH
ENGLISH-HAUSA
DICTIONARY
Awde
Nicholas
HAUSA-ENGLISH
ENGLISH-HAUSA
DICTIONARY
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HIPPOCRENE PRACTICAL DICTIONARY
HAUSA-ENGLISH
ENGLISH-HAUSA
DICTIONARY
by
NICHOLAS AWDE
HIPPOCRENE BOOKS
New York
© 1996NicholasAwde
Forinformation, address:
HippocreneBooks, Inc.
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NewYork, NY 10016
ISBN0-7818-0426-4(pbk.)
Typesettingandfontdesignby Nicholas Awde/DesertVHearts
Printed in the United StatesofAmerica
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
iii
Abbreviations v
Notesonuse vi
HAUSA-ENGLISHDICTIONARY
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ENGLISH-HAUSADICTIONARY 181
Appendix 1: Englishirregularverbs 430
Appendix2: Hausaverbs 434
Appendix3: Hausapronouns 442
Appendix4: Usefulphrasesandvocabulary 446
Appendix5: Ajami 452
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Introduction
I hope this new dictionary will be a useful resource to all those
speakers of English and Hausa who wish to deepen their
knowledge and useofthese languages. Thedictionary is intended
to cover their needs with the most up-to-date entries in a handy
reference form, and it should especially prove to be an aid in
navigating the growing global vocabulary of politics,
telecommunications,computers,businessandtravel.
I would like to thank Malami Buba for his invaluable editorial
contributionsandsuggestionsinthefinalstagesofcompletingthis
volume.
Iwouldalsoliketothankthefollowingfortheircontributionsand
encouragement over the years: Graham Furniss, Barry Burgess,
Jack Carnochan, Tom Shea, Phil Sawyer, Hakim Baba-Ahmed,
Sa’iduBabura Ahmad, Sani Yusuf Sada, Tukur Ingawa, Sambo
Junaidu,AhmadAmfani,MaryMacintosh,FlaviaGrassi,Mzekala
Shanidze, Martin Orwin, Bayero University Kano, Ahmadu Bello
University Zaria, the School ofOriental and African Studies, the
HausaSectionoftheBBCWorldService,andallthosewhomade
achildhoodinZariasomemorable.
Special thanks go to Fred Hill (whose first sentences were in
Hausa) and Emma Hill, Michael Wylde, Emanuela Losi (who
helped typeset), Evie Arup, Laurence Chabert, Peter Davies,
Kevin Smith, Andrew Honey, Ian Carnochan, John Wright, Imad
Al-Assir,HughMulcahey,JanBarrington,RichardBrow,Saidiel-
Gheithy, Farouque Abdillah, Bruce Ingham, Anne Raufaste, and
most of all George Blagowidow, Paula Redes and all at
Hippocrene.
This dictionary is dedicated to Neil Skinner, in honour of a
lifetime’sworkfortheHausapeopleandtheirlanguage.
NicholasAwde
London
IV
Gabatarwa
Ina fatar wannan sabon £amus zai yi amfani gadukanjama’arda
ke magana da Hausa ko Turanci, wadanda kuma ke bukatar
zurfafa iliminsu cikin wadannan harsuna. An kuduri cewa sabon
kamus din zai biyabukatunsu tahanyarbadasabbin ma’anoni da
aka gabatar ta hanya mafi sauki. Haka kuma zai zamajagora ne
wajen fahimtar tarin kalmomin siyasa, na sadarwa, na kwamfuta,
na cinikayya, da na yawon shakatawa dake ta turarowa cikin
rayuwarjama’arduniya.
Wannan kamus din an buga shi ne da anniyar girmama Neil
Skinner, saboda tarin gudummawar da ya bayar wajen habaka
harshenHausadaal’adunHausawan.
Introduction
J’espere quece nouveau dictionnaire constituera un instrumentde
travail utilepourtousceuxqui pratiquent I’anglaisei lehaoussaet
qui souhaitent approfondir leur connaissance et leur maitrise de
ces langues. Ce dictionnaire cherche a repondre a leurs besoins
sous une forme pratique et en incluant les definitions les plus
modernes. II devrait en particulier permettre de mieux ulitiser le
vocabulaire sans cessecroissantdans lesdomainesde lapolitique,
des telecommunications, de I’informatique, des affaires ou des
voyages.
Ce dictionnaire est dedie a Neil Skinner, qui a consacre toute sa
vieaupeuplehaoussaetasalangue.
Abbreviations
acad. academic/najami'a
adj adjective/sijfa
adv adverb/bayanau
conj conjunction/harafinhadau
Chr. Christian/naKirista
ec. economic/natattalinarziki
ed. education/nailimi
f feminine/tamata
fin. finance/sha'aninkucfi
gen genitive/nasaba
Isl. Islamic/naMusulunci
leg. legal/nasharVa
m
masculine/namiji
med. medical/naaikinlikita
mil. military/nasoja
mus. music/nakicfa
n noun/suna
Nr NigerHausa/HausarNijar
pi plural/jam’/
pol. political/nasiyasa
prep preposition/harafinbigire
rel. religious/naaddini
si. slang/Sara
s.o. someone/want
spor. sporsts/wasanni
tel. telecommunications/sadarwata
wayariska
UK
BritishEnglish/Ingilishi
US AmericanEnglish/Turancin
Amirka
V verb//?’///