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==[[dagabi-dagabi]]==
<nowiki>== Noun ==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# wani irin [[wasa]]. <> a type of [[game]]. {{syn|gardo|gardo-gardo}}
==[[dafti]]==
<nowiki>== Noun ==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# [[ɗumamamme]]n [[tuwo]]. <> [[cooked]] [[tuwo]]. {{syn|ɗumame|zazafe}}
# {{other spelling of|dabti}}
==[[dafshe]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
# [[kuje]]. {{syn|dauje}}
==[[dafsasar]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
# [[kalma]] [[mai siffanta]] [[kauri]]n [[leɓɓa]]. <> [[big]]-[[lipped]], [[having]] [[thick]] [[lips]].
#: ''yana da baki '''dafsassar''', he is very thick-lipped. (= [[dausharere]]; [[dausassar]].)
# {{other spelling of|dafsassar}}
==[[dafu]], [[dafaffe]], a [[dafe]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
# [[cooked]]. <> [[dafu]], [[dafaffe]], a [[dafe]].
#: ''the food is '''cooked'''. <> abinci ya '''[[dafu]]''' = '''[[dafaffe]]n''' abinci ne = abincin '''a [[dafe]]''' yake.
==[[dafkau]]==
<nowiki>== Noun ==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# rashin [[kataɓus]] ko [[tasiri]]. <> [[ineffective]], [[inefficient]].
#: '' '''Dafkau''' macijin tsumma.''
==[[dafkaka]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
[[dafkaka]] | [[dafkaki]] | [[dafkako]] | [[dafkaku]]
# [[ziyara]] ko dimantar yin wani abu [[a-kai a-kai]]. <> to [[visit]] or do something [[consistently]].
#: ''hasara '''dafkaki''' mai-akwai, <> loss and misfortune are the companions of one who is well off.''
# kusanta dab da abu. <> to get near, close, nearby something.
#: ''ya '''dafkako''' gare ni.''
# {{other spelling of|dabkaka}}
==[[dafau]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
# wani irin nama mai tauri ko tantani da akan dafa ana sayar wa yara. {{syn|yaɗi|ragadada|ruguduma|fantsama-ido|runtsa-ido}}
# Meat cut into small pieces, cookcd and exposed for sale. (= [[fantsama ido]]; (Had.) [[lakwai]]; cf. [[rahuma]]; [[ragadada]]; a tagaji giwa; [[ganda]].)
# Dried monkey-nut [[soaked]] and [[boiled]]. (= [[damuna-kusa]]; [[dafai]].)
==[[dafale]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# Any [[dog]] with a [[white]] [[neck]]. <> [[kare]] da [[fari]]n [[wuya]].
==[[dafafa]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
# bin abu [[a guje]] don a kama. <> to [[rush]], [[hurry]]. {{syn|dirkaka}}
# tafiya ba tsaitsayawa.
==[[dafa'an]]==
# kalma mai nuna zaman abu daidai ko dindindin.
==[[daf]]==
# {{other spelling of|dab}}
# {{other spelling of|dab da}}
# right next to, right before...
#: '''''[[daf da]]''' cewa... = dab da haka... <> right when...''
==[[dadiya]]==
''Not to be confused with [[daɗiya]].''
# kyanwa. <> a [[cat]].
==[[daɗiya]]==
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# toshewar bakin tulu ko jaka bayan ya cika. {{syn|daɗe|daɗi}}
# [[da'da]]; [[toshiya]].
==[[dadi]]==
#REDIRECT [[daɗi]]
==[[daɗi]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
# [[ƙari]], {{cx|verbal noun of}} [[daɗa]].
# toshe wani abu kamar bakin tulu. {{syn|daɗiya}}
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# kyakkyawan ɗanɗanon abu na ci. <> [[delicious]], [[deliciousness]], [[tasty]].
# wani hali na fari ciki. <> a [[good]] feeling, [[goodness]], [[happiness]], [[pleasantness]], [[enjoyment]].
===Related words===
* [[daɗin-baki]]
==[[daɗe]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
# long lasting, long time <> tsawon lokaci.
# taking too long, delayed. <> [[jinkiri]], [[daɗewa]].
==[[daɗa-zangu]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# wani sashe na aikin wuyan riga.
==[[daɗawa]]==
# an [[increase]], [[addition]]. [[increasing]]. {{syn|daɗi|ƙari}}
# wata irin [[dawa]].
==[[daɗai]]==
<nowiki>== Adverb ==</nowiki>
# kalma mai nuna aukuwar abu koyaushe ko tutur. <> [[ever]], [[always]], [[anytime]].
#: '''''daɗai''' haka halinsa yake. <> He's '''always''' been like that.''
# kore yiwuwar abu. <> [[never]], [[ever]].
#: '''''daɗai''' ba za ayi haka ba!''
#: ''tace sararin sama da ƙasa zasu shuɗe, amma magana ta ba zata shuɗe ba '''daɗai'''!''
#: ''Never in a blue moon. <> '''daɗai''' duniya.''
==[[daduma]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
# kama ko damƙar abu da hannu biyu. <> accepting something with two hands. {{syn|ƙwaƙume}}
==[[dadubu]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# harin ba-zato-ba-tsammani. <> surprise [[attack]]. Night [[raiding]] in war. (= [[ritsi]]; cf. [[damamushe]].)
# Surrounding and [[raid]]ing a house, to effect an arrest.
# Going to a place where one knows one's debtor will receive a payment and insisting on the debt being paid.
==[[daddoka]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# wata irin agwagwar ruwa. {{syn|gwambaza}}
# [da>ddo/ka"] {n.f.; no pl.}. The Western water-buck (Kobus defassa). (= [[gwambaza]]; [[imbeci]]; [[yakumba]].)
==[[daddofa]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# rarrashi ko daɗin baki ko naci wajen Neman abu.
# {{other spelling of|doddofa}}
# [da"ddo/"fa/+] {n.f.}. (Kats. & Z.) Presentation of gifts, doing little kindnesses, saying sweet nothings or [[flattering]] speeches, to a person from whom one hopes to receive some definite advantage. (= [[fadanci]] q.v.)
==[[daddauna]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
# [da"dda+una/+] {adj. masc. and fem.; pl. [[dauna]]}. [[greasy|Greasy]] with perspiration. (Cf. [[dauni]].) <> abu [[mai danƙo]]-[[danƙo]] ko [[maiƙo-maiƙo]]. {{syn|mai maiƙo|maiƙo}}
==[[daddara]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
# [[horuwa]].  <> [[train]], [[practice]], [[prepare]]. {{syn|tanadi|shirya}}
# to [[amend]], [[mend]], [[change]] one's way. {{syn|dandara|sauyi}}
## ''ba ya '''daddara''' <> he does not '''mend''' his ways.''
## ''yina da wuyar '''daddara''' <> he is not likely to '''amend''' his ways.''
## ''Gaskiya mu '''daddara''' halin mu. <> We honestly have to '''change''' our ways.''
==[[daddale]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
# reach agreement. <> fayyace wata matsala. {{syn|yarjejeniya}}
# daddaɓe fura da tarɓarya.
# lailaye daɓe.
==[[daddaga]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# metal band at the end of a spear shaft.
# kunnen [[mashi]]. {{syn|daga-daga}}
# wuƙar jima.
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
[[daddaga]] | [[daddage]]* | [[daddagi]] | [[daddago]] | [[daddagu]]
# make repetitive strikes on a given spot with a needle in sewing.
## ''Ya '''daddaga''' hudar safa. <> He '''darned''' the socks. = He '''poked holes''' to the socks.''
# zuba kakkaurar miya kaɗan a tuwo. <> pouring a little bit of thick soup/stew on a porridge/tuwo meal.
# cin fure. {{syn|goga}}
## ''Yarinya ta '''daddaga''' fure a haƙorinta.''
# [[daɓa]] wa doki [[ƙaimi]].
# [[mutsuttsuka]] abu kamar ciyawa ko harawa.
==[[daddaɗa]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
# abu [[mai daɗi]] <> [[delicious]] or something very [[nice]]. (cf. / compare with [[daɗi]])
## ''[[daddaɗa]]n doki, a '''nice''' horse.''
## ''[[daddaɗa]]r magana <> a '''nice''' speech.''
==[[dadas]]==
<nowiki>==Interjection==</nowiki>
# kalma mai nuna yin daidai. <> [[good job|Good job!]]
==[[dadare]]==
''Not to be confused with '''da [[dare]]''' ko '''da [[daddare]]''' <> at [[night]] / [[nighttime]].''
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# wani irin [[waki]] da Fulani ke ratayawa.
==[[dadara]]==
# to cut with a blunt instrument. <> yanka wani abu da dakusasshiyar wuƙa. {{syn|dadala|gagara|dadira}}
==[[dadaboro]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
# maɓarnacin mutum ko lalataccen abu.
==[[dadagumaji]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# [[tsumma]] <> a [[rag]].
# wani irin [[wando]]. <> a type of [[trousers]].
# {{other spelling of|dadugumaji}}
==[[dadagorana]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# wani irin [[tsuntsu]] mai baƙaƙen fukafukai. <> a black-winged [[bird]]. Black-winged [[stilt]] (Himanotopus himanotopus).
# {{other spelling of|da-da-gorana}}
==[[daɓura]], [[dabura]], [[daburi]], [[dab'ura]], [[dab'uri]] ==
#REDIRECT [[daɓuri]]
==[[daɓu-gajera]]==
<nowiki>==Kirari==</nowiki>
# [[porcupine]] <> kirarin da ake yi wa [[beguwa]] <abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]. {{syn|daɓu}}
==[[dabu-gajera]], [[dabu gajera]]==
#REDIRECT [[daɓu-gajera]]
==[[daɓu]]==
{{also|daɓu-gajera|daɓa}}
==[[dabu]], [[dab'u]]==
#REDIRECT [[daɓu]]
==[[daɓosa]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>
# [[gajeruwa]]r [[mace]], [[kakkaura]]. <> a [[short]] [[thick]] [[woman]].
==[[dab'osa]], [[dabosa]]==
#REDIRECT [[daɓosa]]
==[[daɓas]]==
<nowiki>==Interjection==</nowiki>
# kalma mai bayyana gajarta da kyakkyawar sura. {{syn|daɓasɓas}}
## ''Yarinya ce '''daɓas''' da ita.''
## ''a haka Goggo da ta kasa ɗauke idanunta a kan Jay ta idasa shigowa, ta zauna '''daɓas''', a kujerar da ke gefen Farouq.'' [https://ilubiee.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/14916170]
==[[daɓaro]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# black loamy [[soil]]. ([[kwadakkwame]]; cf. [[daƙo]], [[duwa]]) baƙar laka. Kirari: '' '''daɓaro''' takin Allah.''
# a [[dull]] [[naive]] person.
# to sit down in [[protest]].
## ''wani mataimakin gwamna yayi '''zaman daɓaro''' yana jiran isowar Osinbajo jiharsa.''
==[[dabaro]], [[dab'aro]]==
#REDIRECT [[daɓaro]]
==[[daɓarɓasa]], [[dabarbasa]], [[dab'arb'ashi]], [[dabarbashi]]==
#REDIRECT [[daɓarɓashi]]
==[[daɓarɓashi]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
# [da"'bar'ba"shi/+] {adj. m.; fem. da"'bar'ba"sa/+ [[daɓarɓasa]]; pl. da"'ba"r'ba"sa+i ([[daɓarɓasai]])}. Squat (e.g. woman, animal, or thing; the essential idea is that the object strikes the observer as having a firm purchase on the ground and creates an impression of solidity and reliability). e.g. yarinya ce da'bar'basa, she is a dumpy girl. (= da'bas; dam'basa; dam'bar'basa; danda'basa; cf. tsololuwa.)
# gajeren mutum. <> a short person. squat, dumpy, stocky person or animal.
==[[daɓarɓar]]==
# kalma mai nuna kauri da gajerta <> expresses shortness and thickness.
# rashin tsarin zama.
## ''Ya zauna '''daɓarɓar''' = Yana zaman '''daɓarɓas'''.''
==[[dabarbar]], [[dab'arb'ar]], [[daɓarɓas]], [[dabarbas]]==
#REDIRECT [[daɓarɓar]]
==[[dabanniya]], [[dab'anniya]]==
#REDIRECT [[daɓanniya]]
==[[daɓanniya]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# yawan zirga-zirga. <> ample back and forth.
==[[dabuwa]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# [[busasshe]]n tuwo wanda aka ɓarza aka dafa aka ci da mai. <> a [[dry]] [[tuwo]] meal eaten with oil. tuwo dried, boken up, and cooked with oil.
==[[daburta]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
[[daburta]] | [[dabure]] | [[daburce]] | [[dibilce]]
# to [[confuse]] someone. <> ruɗar da mutum.
==[[dabure]], [[daburce]]==
# REDIRECT [[daburta]]
==[[dabur]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# jan daga. {{syn|dabur-dabur|dabur dabur|darakun-darakun}}
==[[dabur-dabur]], [[dabur dabur]]==
# REDIRECT [[dabur]]
==[[dabul-dabul]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# cakuɗaɗɗen wuri.
# cakuɗewar abu.
# rawar makafi.
==[[dabubu]]==
<nowiki>==Adverb==</nowiki>
# kalma mai nuna fitowar abu da yawa, musamman tsuntsaye ko fari. <> expresses a mass outpour of something such as birds.
# Crowding of large number of people into one place, e.g. mutane sun yi '''dabubu'''. (= [[tacucu]]; [[dafifi]].)
==[[dabshe]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
# ƙujewar baki a sakamakon faɗuwar da mutum ya yi. {{syn|dabsa}}
# mayar da wuri faƙo. <> to become grazed. {{syn|dauje|daushe}}
{{also|dabsa}}
==[[dabsa]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
[[dabsa]] | [[dabshe]] | [[dabshi]] | [[dabshu]]
# Said by a person who wishes to prevent any one colliding with him in a dark place.
# yin karo da wani abu har a yi rauni a baki. {{syn|karo}}
==[[dabilbila]]==
<nowiki>==Verb==</nowiki>
[[dabilbila]] | [[dabilbilo]] | [[dabilbile]] | [[dabilbilu]]
# bibbirkita ƙasa ko rikita aiki. {{syn|damalmala|dabulbula}}
==[[dabi]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# [[rumfa]]r da ake yi da itace da ciyawa mai kama da rufin kwano.
# [[farfajiya]]. {{syn|fafaranda|fage}}
==[[dabgaja]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# damaged or bad [[kolanut]] <> mummunan [[goro]] mai tsutsa.
# mutumin da bakinsa ya ɓaci saboda cin goro. <> a person whose mouth is messed up from eating kolanuts.
# abu mummuna kamar mara tsari. <> [[untidy]], [[messy]]. {{syn|damashere|kaca-kaca}}
==[[dabeniya]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# aikin da ya fi ƙarfin mutum. <> an overwhelming task or work. overrating one's abilities.
# {{other spelling of|dabanniya}} [[dabaniya]].
==[[dabanniya]]==
#REDIRECT [[dabeniya]]
==[[dabdala]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
{{noun|dabdala|dabdaloli}}
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# wata doguwar igiya da ake yi wa dabba talala da ita in tana kiwo. {{syn|darbeda|dabilbila|daddala}}
# [[zirga-zirga]]
## ''To amma dai ba da ni ba a wannan '''dabdala''' yanzu domin ni kam na sha ta a da. [http://www.bbc.com/hausa/vert_fut/2015/08/150813_vert_fut_why_we_want_food_so_much_it_hurts][http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150424-why-you-want-food-so-much-it-hurts]''
==[[dabbare-dabbare]]==
<nowiki>==Adjective==</nowiki>
# ratsi marar tsari na wani launi a cikin wani, yawanci za a gan shi ƙawanya-ƙawanya.
# Patchy; spotted; variegated (with spots or colours widely and irregularly separated. e.g. a cloth spotted with grease; an imperfectly plastered wall with old colour showing through, &c.; the word is not applied to a horse.)
{{also|baɗɗare-baɗɗare|dabule-dabule|dalla-dalla|danda-danda|ɗarabba-ɗarabba|fatte-fatte|rabbi-rabbi|tabbare-tabbare|waɗɗare-waɗɗare}}
==[[dabaza]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# ɓarjin hatsi sama-sama. {{syn|fantsara|dangartso|duski}}
# Coarse grinding.
# Flour coarsely ground. ([[ɓarzo]]; [[ganjara]]; [[ɓaras-ɓaras]].)
==[[dabar-dabar]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="masculine gender"><i>m</i></abbr>[[Category:Masculine gender Hausa nouns]]
# A sharp disagreement between people.
# Facing each other.
## ''sun yi '''dabar-dabar''' <> they are facing each other.
# Rising up of a number of people, out of respect, on the arrival of a superior.
# ''ya na '''dabar-dabar'''. <> he is making futile efforts to substantiate his claims to knowledge.''
# jan daga tsakanin abokan gaba, kowa na shayin kowa.
# {{other spelling of|dabur-dabur}}
==[[dabur-dabur]]==
#REDIRECT [[dabar-dabar]]
==[[dabara]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
{{suna|dabara|dabaru|dabarori|dabarbari|dabarce-dabarce}}
{{noun|plan}}
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# a [[plan]], [[scheme]], [[method]], [[idea]]. <> kyakkyawan [[shiri]] ko [[wayo]] ko hikima ko tsari.
## ''Abokan gabansu sun yi musu '''dabara'''. <> Their enemy '''outwitted''' them.''
==[[dabanya]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# Packing corn in bins, after untying the bundles, so that bin will hold more. (Vide [[cushe]]; [[daddaka]] III.)
# A strong, plaited mat used for strengthening the outside of the apex of a conical thatched roof. (Vide [[damutse]].) <> wata irin tabarma da ake [[ɗorawa]] a kan tsaiko.
==[[dabano]]==
<nowiki>==Noun==</nowiki>
<abbr title="feminine gender"><i>f</i></abbr>[[Category:Feminine gender Hausa nouns]]
# wani irin ruwa-ruwa mai zaki da ke fitowa daga findin furen dorawa. <> A sweet juice secreted in the blossom of locust-bean tree. {{syn|darɓa|badano}}
==[[daban]]==
<nowiki>==Adverb==</nowiki>
# [[different]], [[distinct]] <> kalma mai nuna bambanci tsakanin abu biyu ko fiye.
#: ''Gaskiya '''daban''' take daga ƙarya. <> The truth is '''different''' from falsehood.''
# {{other spelling of|dabam}}

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dagabi-dagabi

== Noun == m

  1. wani irin wasa. <> a type of game.

dafti

== Noun == m

  1. ɗumamammen tuwo. <> cooked tuwo.
  2. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dabti.

dafshe

==Verb==

  1. kuje.

dafsasar

==Adjective==

  1. kalma mai siffanta kaurin leɓɓa. <> big-lipped, having thick lips.
    yana da baki dafsassar, he is very thick-lipped. (= dausharere; dausassar.)
  2. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dafsassar.

dafu, dafaffe, a dafe

==Adjective==

  1. cooked. <> dafu, dafaffe, a dafe.
    the food is cooked. <> abinci ya dafu = dafaffen abinci ne = abincin a dafe yake.

dafkau

== Noun == m

  1. rashin kataɓus ko tasiri. <> ineffective, inefficient.
    Dafkau macijin tsumma.

dafkaka

==Verb== dafkaka | dafkaki | dafkako | dafkaku

  1. ziyara ko dimantar yin wani abu a-kai a-kai. <> to visit or do something consistently.
    hasara dafkaki mai-akwai, <> loss and misfortune are the companions of one who is well off.
  2. kusanta dab da abu. <> to get near, close, nearby something.
    ya dafkako gare ni.
  3. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dabkaka.

dafau

==Noun==

  1. wani irin nama mai tauri ko tantani da akan dafa ana sayar wa yara.
  2. Meat cut into small pieces, cookcd and exposed for sale. (= fantsama ido; (Had.) lakwai; cf. rahuma; ragadada; a tagaji giwa; ganda.)
  3. Dried monkey-nut soaked and boiled. (= damuna-kusa; dafai.)

dafale

==Noun== m

  1. Any dog with a white neck. <> kare da farin wuya.

dafafa

==Verb==

  1. bin abu a guje don a kama. <> to rush, hurry.
  2. tafiya ba tsaitsayawa.

dafa'an

  1. kalma mai nuna zaman abu daidai ko dindindin.

daf

  1. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dab.
  2. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dab da.
  3. right next to, right before...
    daf da cewa... = dab da haka... <> right when...

dadiya

Not to be confused with daɗiya.

  1. kyanwa. <> a cat.

daɗiya

f

  1. toshewar bakin tulu ko jaka bayan ya cika.
  2. da'da; toshiya.

dadi

  1. REDIRECT daɗi

daɗi

==Verb==

  1. ƙari, (verbal noun of) daɗa.
  2. toshe wani abu kamar bakin tulu.

==Noun== m

  1. kyakkyawan ɗanɗanon abu na ci. <> delicious, deliciousness, tasty.
  2. wani hali na fari ciki. <> a good feeling, goodness, happiness, pleasantness, enjoyment.

Related words

daɗe

==Adjective==

  1. long lasting, long time <> tsawon lokaci.
  2. taking too long, delayed. <> jinkiri, daɗewa.

daɗa-zangu

==Noun== m

  1. wani sashe na aikin wuyan riga.

daɗawa

  1. an increase, addition. increasing.
  2. wata irin dawa.

daɗai

== Adverb ==

  1. kalma mai nuna aukuwar abu koyaushe ko tutur. <> ever, always, anytime.
    daɗai haka halinsa yake. <> He's always been like that.
  2. kore yiwuwar abu. <> never, ever.
    daɗai ba za ayi haka ba!
    tace sararin sama da ƙasa zasu shuɗe, amma magana ta ba zata shuɗe ba daɗai!
    Never in a blue moon. <> daɗai duniya.

daduma

==Verb==

  1. kama ko damƙar abu da hannu biyu. <> accepting something with two hands.

dadubu

==Noun== m

  1. harin ba-zato-ba-tsammani. <> surprise attack. Night raiding in war. (= ritsi; cf. damamushe.)
  2. Surrounding and raiding a house, to effect an arrest.
  3. Going to a place where one knows one's debtor will receive a payment and insisting on the debt being paid.

daddoka

==Noun== f

  1. wata irin agwagwar ruwa.
  2. [da>ddo/ka"] {n.f.; no pl.}. The Western water-buck (Kobus defassa). (= gwambaza; imbeci; yakumba.)

daddofa

==Noun== f

  1. rarrashi ko daɗin baki ko naci wajen Neman abu.
  2. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling doddofa.
  3. [da"ddo/"fa/+] {n.f.}. (Kats. & Z.) Presentation of gifts, doing little kindnesses, saying sweet nothings or flattering speeches, to a person from whom one hopes to receive some definite advantage. (= fadanci q.v.)

daddauna

==Adjective==

  1. [da"dda+una/+] {adj. masc. and fem.; pl. dauna}. Greasy with perspiration. (Cf. dauni.) <> abu mai danƙo-danƙo ko maiƙo-maiƙo.

daddara

==Verb==

  1. horuwa. <> train, practice, prepare.
  2. to amend, mend, change one's way.
    1. ba ya daddara <> he does not mend his ways.
    2. yina da wuyar daddara <> he is not likely to amend his ways.
    3. Gaskiya mu daddara halin mu. <> We honestly have to change our ways.

daddale

==Verb==

  1. reach agreement. <> fayyace wata matsala.
  2. daddaɓe fura da tarɓarya.
  3. lailaye daɓe.


daddaga

==Noun== f

  1. metal band at the end of a spear shaft.
  2. kunnen mashi.
  3. wuƙar jima.

==Verb== daddaga | daddage* | daddagi | daddago | daddagu

  1. make repetitive strikes on a given spot with a needle in sewing.
    1. Ya daddaga hudar safa. <> He darned the socks. = He poked holes to the socks.
  2. zuba kakkaurar miya kaɗan a tuwo. <> pouring a little bit of thick soup/stew on a porridge/tuwo meal.
  3. cin fure.
    1. Yarinya ta daddaga fure a haƙorinta.
  4. daɓa wa doki ƙaimi.
  5. mutsuttsuka abu kamar ciyawa ko harawa.

daddaɗa

==Adjective==

  1. abu mai daɗi <> delicious or something very nice. (cf. / compare with daɗi)
    1. daddaɗan doki, a nice horse.
    2. daddaɗar magana <> a nice speech.

dadas

==Interjection==

  1. kalma mai nuna yin daidai. <> Good job!

dadare

Not to be confused with da dare ko da daddare <> at night / nighttime. ==Noun== m

  1. wani irin waki da Fulani ke ratayawa.

dadara

  1. to cut with a blunt instrument. <> yanka wani abu da dakusasshiyar wuƙa.

dadaboro

==Adjective==

  1. maɓarnacin mutum ko lalataccen abu.

dadagumaji

==Noun== m

  1. tsumma <> a rag.
  2. wani irin wando. <> a type of trousers.
  3. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dadugumaji.

dadagorana

==Noun== m

  1. wani irin tsuntsu mai baƙaƙen fukafukai. <> a black-winged bird. Black-winged stilt (Himanotopus himanotopus).
  2. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling da-da-gorana.

daɓura, dabura, daburi, dab'ura, dab'uri

  1. REDIRECT daɓuri

daɓu-gajera

==Kirari==

  1. porcupine <> kirarin da ake yi wa beguwa f.

dabu-gajera, dabu gajera

  1. REDIRECT daɓu-gajera

daɓu

See also daɓu-gajera, and daɓa

dabu, dab'u

  1. REDIRECT daɓu

daɓosa

==Adjective== f

  1. gajeruwar mace, kakkaura. <> a short thick woman.

dab'osa, dabosa

  1. REDIRECT daɓosa

daɓas

==Interjection==

  1. kalma mai bayyana gajarta da kyakkyawar sura.
    1. Yarinya ce daɓas da ita.
    2. a haka Goggo da ta kasa ɗauke idanunta a kan Jay ta idasa shigowa, ta zauna daɓas, a kujerar da ke gefen Farouq. [1]

daɓaro

==Noun== m

  1. black loamy soil. (kwadakkwame; cf. daƙo, duwa) baƙar laka. Kirari: daɓaro takin Allah.
  2. a dull naive person.
  3. to sit down in protest.
    1. wani mataimakin gwamna yayi zaman daɓaro yana jiran isowar Osinbajo jiharsa.

dabaro, dab'aro

  1. REDIRECT daɓaro

daɓarɓasa, dabarbasa, dab'arb'ashi, dabarbashi

  1. REDIRECT daɓarɓashi

daɓarɓashi

==Adjective==

  1. [da"'bar'ba"shi/+] {adj. m.; fem. da"'bar'ba"sa/+ daɓarɓasa; pl. da"'ba"r'ba"sa+i (daɓarɓasai)}. Squat (e.g. woman, animal, or thing; the essential idea is that the object strikes the observer as having a firm purchase on the ground and creates an impression of solidity and reliability). e.g. yarinya ce da'bar'basa, she is a dumpy girl. (= da'bas; dam'basa; dam'bar'basa; danda'basa; cf. tsololuwa.)
  2. gajeren mutum. <> a short person. squat, dumpy, stocky person or animal.

daɓarɓar

  1. kalma mai nuna kauri da gajerta <> expresses shortness and thickness.
  2. rashin tsarin zama.
    1. Ya zauna daɓarɓar = Yana zaman daɓarɓas.

dabarbar, dab'arb'ar, daɓarɓas, dabarbas

  1. REDIRECT daɓarɓar

dabanniya, dab'anniya

  1. REDIRECT daɓanniya

daɓanniya

==Noun== f

  1. yawan zirga-zirga. <> ample back and forth.

dabuwa

==Noun== f

  1. busasshen tuwo wanda aka ɓarza aka dafa aka ci da mai. <> a dry tuwo meal eaten with oil. tuwo dried, boken up, and cooked with oil.

daburta

==Verb== daburta | dabure | daburce | dibilce

  1. to confuse someone. <> ruɗar da mutum.

dabure, daburce

  1. REDIRECT daburta

dabur

==Noun== m

  1. jan daga.

dabur-dabur, dabur dabur

  1. REDIRECT dabur

dabul-dabul

==Noun== m

  1. cakuɗaɗɗen wuri.
  2. cakuɗewar abu.
  3. rawar makafi.

dabubu

==Adverb==

  1. kalma mai nuna fitowar abu da yawa, musamman tsuntsaye ko fari. <> expresses a mass outpour of something such as birds.
  2. Crowding of large number of people into one place, e.g. mutane sun yi dabubu. (= tacucu; dafifi.)

dabshe

==Verb==

  1. ƙujewar baki a sakamakon faɗuwar da mutum ya yi.
  2. mayar da wuri faƙo. <> to become grazed.
See also dabsa

dabsa

==Verb== dabsa | dabshe | dabshi | dabshu

  1. Said by a person who wishes to prevent any one colliding with him in a dark place.
  2. yin karo da wani abu har a yi rauni a baki.

dabilbila

==Verb== dabilbila | dabilbilo | dabilbile | dabilbilu

  1. bibbirkita ƙasa ko rikita aiki.

dabi

==Noun== m

  1. rumfar da ake yi da itace da ciyawa mai kama da rufin kwano.
  2. farfajiya.

dabgaja

==Noun== f

  1. damaged or bad kolanut <> mummunan goro mai tsutsa.
  2. mutumin da bakinsa ya ɓaci saboda cin goro. <> a person whose mouth is messed up from eating kolanuts.
  3. abu mummuna kamar mara tsari. <> untidy, messy.

dabeniya

==Noun== f

  1. aikin da ya fi ƙarfin mutum. <> an overwhelming task or work. overrating one's abilities.
  2. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dabanniya. dabaniya.

dabanniya

  1. REDIRECT dabeniya

dabdala

==Noun==

Singular
dabdala

Plural
dabdaloli

f

  1. wata doguwar igiya da ake yi wa dabba talala da ita in tana kiwo.
  2. zirga-zirga
    1. To amma dai ba da ni ba a wannan dabdala yanzu domin ni kam na sha ta a da. [2][3]

dabbare-dabbare

==Adjective==

  1. ratsi marar tsari na wani launi a cikin wani, yawanci za a gan shi ƙawanya-ƙawanya.
  2. Patchy; spotted; variegated (with spots or colours widely and irregularly separated. e.g. a cloth spotted with grease; an imperfectly plastered wall with old colour showing through, &c.; the word is not applied to a horse.)

dabaza

==Noun== f

  1. ɓarjin hatsi sama-sama.
  2. Coarse grinding.
  3. Flour coarsely ground. (ɓarzo; ganjara; ɓaras-ɓaras.)

dabar-dabar

==Noun== m

  1. A sharp disagreement between people.
  2. Facing each other.
    1. sun yi dabar-dabar <> they are facing each other.
  3. Rising up of a number of people, out of respect, on the arrival of a superior.
  4. ya na dabar-dabar. <> he is making futile efforts to substantiate his claims to knowledge.
  5. jan daga tsakanin abokan gaba, kowa na shayin kowa.
  6. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dabur-dabur.

dabur-dabur

  1. REDIRECT dabar-dabar

dabara

==Noun==

Tilo
dabara

Jam'i
dabaru or dabarori or dabarbari or dabarce-dabarce

Singular
plan

Plural
plans

f

  1. a plan, scheme, method, idea. <> kyakkyawan shiri ko wayo ko hikima ko tsari.
    1. Abokan gabansu sun yi musu dabara. <> Their enemy outwitted them.

dabanya

==Noun== f

  1. Packing corn in bins, after untying the bundles, so that bin will hold more. (Vide cushe; daddaka III.)
  2. A strong, plaited mat used for strengthening the outside of the apex of a conical thatched roof. (Vide damutse.) <> wata irin tabarma da ake ɗorawa a kan tsaiko.

dabano

==Noun== f

  1. wani irin ruwa-ruwa mai zaki da ke fitowa daga findin furen dorawa. <> A sweet juice secreted in the blossom of locust-bean tree.

daban

==Adverb==

  1. different, distinct <> kalma mai nuna bambanci tsakanin abu biyu ko fiye.
    Gaskiya daban take daga ƙarya. <> The truth is different from falsehood.
  2. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling dabam.