kishiya

Noun

Tilo kishiya

Jam'i kishiyoyi

Singular co-wife

Plural co-wives

f

1. opposite of, opponent <> akasin abu. abokin hamayya, abokin takara.

   ciki kishiyar waje ce <> the inside is the opposite of outside.

2. co-wife, a polygamist woman <> ɗaya daga cikin matan da suke auren mutum guda.

   Wata mata ta cire wa kishiyarta kunne da cizo [1] <> Wife bit-off her co-wife's ear.

3. antonym, antithesis.
4. harari kishiya: wata irin auduga mai duhu da ake kawo ta daga ƙasashen waje.

See also kishi

Bargery's definition of kishiya

[ki/shi"ya/+] {n.f.; pl. ki/shiyo/yi/}.

1. One of two or more rival wives of a poly gamist. [k. ba/" ha+ushi/+, a+na" ga+ni+nki". ka"n za/"gi+ mi+ji" !], rival wife, you cause of chagrin, when one sees you one reviles our common husband !

2. (a) A horse which has been obtained by a man who is not well off -for money will have to be spent on it which would otherwise have been spent on a rival wife.

(b) One given charge of a portion of the duties, &c., of another.

(c) Anything which be comes a rival to something else. e.g. on e market may become a rival of another market.

3. An antithesis. (Vide akasi.)

4. tsaiwa (zama) kishiyar tafiya, sitting down for a rest delays the speedy accomplishment of a journey.

5. cikin k.

(a) securing the near hind-leg of a horse to its off foreleg.

(b) any work scamped so as to deceive the one for whom it is done.

Google translation of kishiya

rival.

1. (adjective) rival <> kishiya, abokin hamayya;