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{{also|%C6%99afa}} | |||
==Verb== | |||
# [[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> | |||
##''It '''[[forms]]''' the basis for a balanced, productive life, with all aspects of conduct being affected for good.'' <br> Sun '''[[kafa]]''' tushen daidaitaciyar rayuwa mai ma’ana, da ta amfani dukan fasalolin halaye. | |||
==Noun== | |||
{{suna|kafa|kafaifai|kafofi|kafafe}} | |||
<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. | |||
# [[arha]]. <> [[affordablity]]. | |||
# [[taifi]] [[ko]] [[lahani]]. | |||
# [[raini]]. | |||
# [[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]] | |||