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==Verb==

# [[declared]], [[establish]], [[appoint]], [[form]].

# [[declared]], [[establish]], [[appoint]], [[form]].{{syn|saita}}

##''Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ya '''kafa''' dokar ta ɓaci ga watan Octoba na dubu biyu da shida'' President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria '''declared''' a state of emergency in October 2006. --[[UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/61_State_of_Emergency]]

##''Interim president Bah Ndaw '''[[appointed]]''' a 25-member government on Monday in which members of the military occupy key posts, according to a decree broadcast live on state television.'' Shugaban rik'on k'waryan k'asar, Bah Ndaw, '''ya [[kafa]]''' gwamnati mai membobi ashirin da biyar. Mafi sojoji ne suka samu mafi yawan muhimman mak'amai. --[[voa60/2020-10-06]]

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==Noun==

<abbr title="feminine gender">''f''</abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]

[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]

# ƙaramar [[ƙofa]]. <> a small [[door]], [[entry]].

# [[dama]] ko [[sarari]] ko lokaci na yin abu.

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# [[rashi]].

==Bargery's definition of [[kafa]]==

'''kafa.'''

'''I.''' [kafa/] {n.f.; pls. kafa/"fe/+; kafo/fi/; kafa"ifa+i}.

1. ''A small orifice.'' e.g.

(a) kafar allura, ''the eye of a needle.''

(b) kafar hanci, ''a nostril.''

2. ''Opportunity, leisure.'' e.g.

(a) ban sami kafar zuwa ba, ''I had no opportunity to come.''

(b) ba/ ni da k. ko 'i ta allura, ''I have no spare time, no leisure at all.'' (= dama II; zarafi.)

3. rigan nan tana da k., ''this gown is cheap.'' (Vide araha.)

4. (a) nna ganin kafar wa/ne, ''I hold so-and-so in contempt.''

(b) ya/ ga kafa tasa, don haka ya raina shi, ''it was perceiving his shortcoming that made him despise him.''

'''II.''' [kafa"] {v.tr.2c; ka+fo/+ (2e ii); ka"fu+ (3a.ii)}.

1. ''Erect; establish; set up;fix.'' e.g.

(a) ya/ k. gemu, ''he has started to grow a beard.''

(b) ya/ kafa gindi, ''he laid a founda tion.''

(c) ya/ k. goshi, ''he put his forehead on the ground in devotions.''

(d) ya/ k. kai, (i) ''he drank from the vessel without using a ladle;'' (ii) ''he set to work with a will.''

(e) ya/ k. laima, ''he erected a tent.''

(f) bari n (in) kafa maka, ka cire, ''let me show you how it is done; let me set a copy for you to imitate.''

2. {only plus dative}. ''Launch a blow at.'' e.g. na/ k. masa ma/ri, ''I gave him a resounding slap.'' (= kafe I.2(j).)

'''III.''' [ka+fa"] {4d kafa II}.

'''IV.''' [ka/fa"] {n.f.}. ''A blancmange-like food sold wrapped in leaves.'' It is made of the cereal most common in the district. In Kano, until recently, it was used mainly by leather-workers as an adhesive. (Vide zambu.)

[[Category:Hausa lemmas]]

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 {{also|%C6%99afa}}
 ==Verb==
-# [[declared]], [[establish]], [[appoint]], [[form]].<br><br>
+# [[declared]], [[establish]], [[appoint]], [[form]].{{syn|saita}}<br><br>
 ##''Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ya '''kafa''' dokar ta ɓaci ga watan Octoba na dubu biyu da shida'' <br> President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria '''declared''' a state of emergency in October 2006. --[[UMD_NFLC_Hausa_Lessons/61_State_of_Emergency]]<br><br>
 ##''Interim president Bah Ndaw '''[[appointed]]''' a 25-member government on Monday in which members of the military occupy key posts, according to a decree broadcast live on state television.'' <br> Shugaban rik'on k'waryan k'asar, Bah Ndaw, '''ya [[kafa]]''' gwamnati mai membobi ashirin da biyar. Mafi sojoji ne suka samu mafi yawan muhimman mak'amai. --[[voa60/2020-10-06]]<br><br>
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 ==Noun==
 {{suna|kafa|kafaifai|kafofi|kafafe}}
-<abbr title="feminine gender">''f''</abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
+<abbr title="feminine gender">''f''</abbr>
+[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
 # ƙaramar [[ƙofa]]. <> a small [[door]], [[entry]].
 # [[dama]] ko [[sarari]] ko lokaci na yin abu.
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 # [[rashi]].
+==Bargery's definition of [[kafa]]==
+'''kafa.'''
+'''I.''' [kafa/] {n.f.; pls. kafa/"fe/+; kafo/fi/; kafa"ifa+i}.
+. ''A small orifice.'' e.g.
+(a) kafar allura, ''the eye of a needle.''
+(b) kafar hanci, ''a nostril.''
+. ''Opportunity, leisure.'' e.g.
+(a) ban sami kafar zuwa ba, ''I had no opportunity to come.''
+(b) ba/ ni da k. ko 'i ta allura, ''I have no spare time, no leisure at all.'' (= dama II; zarafi.)
+. rigan nan tana da k., ''this gown is cheap.'' (Vide araha.)
+. (a) nna ganin kafar wa/ne, ''I hold so-and-so in contempt.''
+(b) ya/ ga kafa tasa, don haka ya raina shi, ''it was perceiving his shortcoming that made him despise him.''
+'''II.''' [kafa"] {v.tr.2c; ka+fo/+ (2e ii); ka"fu+ (3a.ii)}.
+. ''Erect; establish; set up;fix.'' e.g.
+(a) ya/ k. gemu, ''he has started to grow a beard.''
+(b) ya/ kafa gindi, ''he laid a founda tion.''
+(c) ya/ k. goshi, ''he put his forehead on the ground in devotions.''
+(d) ya/ k. kai, (i) ''he drank from the vessel without using a ladle;'' (ii) ''he set to work with a will.''
+(e) ya/ k. laima, ''he erected a tent.''
+(f) bari n (in) kafa maka, ka cire, ''let me show you how it is done; let me set a copy for you to imitate.''
+. {only plus dative}. ''Launch a blow at.'' e.g. na/ k. masa ma/ri, ''I gave him a resounding slap.'' (= kafe I.2(j).)
+'''III.''' [ka+fa"] {4d kafa II}.
+'''IV.''' [ka/fa"] {n.f.}. ''A blancmange-like food sold wrapped in leaves.'' It is made of the cereal most common in the district. In Kano, until recently, it was used mainly by leather-workers as an adhesive. (Vide zambu.)
 [[Category:Hausa lemmas]]