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Verb

1. dakushe, musamman kaifin wuƙa ko ruwan fartanya. <> Make edged tool (e.g. knife) notchy from use.
2. ya ca'ba magana <> (i) he spoke quickly and indistinctly. (ii) he confused the matter, conversation.
3. shanu sun ca'ba hanyan nan <> cattle have churned up this road.
4. ta caɓa ado <> she has put on much adornment.
   1. On the one hand, it is possible that ancient Egyptians were besotted with superficial appearance [1] <> Watakila ma daga wurin al'ummar Misrar ne muka samu tunanin mahimmancin caɓa ado. [2]
5. {With dative}
   1. ya ca'ba masa magana <> he spoke sarcastically, gibingly to him.
   2. ya ca'ba masa wuk'a (takobi) <> he slashed, cut him deeply with a knife (sword).

See also cafe

caba, cab'a, ca'ba

1. REDIRECT caɓa

caɓaɓa

1. In profusion (e.g., rashes on someone's body.)

caɓa-caɓa

1. pimpled, pock-marked, scarred.
   1. Fuskarsa ta yi caɓa-caɓa da kuraje. <> His face is covered with pimples.

ca'bal, cab'al

1. REDIRECT caɓal

caɓal

1. kalma mai nuna ƙazancewar wuri saboda ruwa da yawan taku. <> expresses a swampy, sloppy state.
   1. Hanya ta yi caɓal. <> The path has become swampy.
2. {n.m.}. Being in miry, sloppy state (road, place). e.g. hanyan nan ta yi c.
3. {adv.}.
   1. (a) In a miry or sloppy state. e.g. ya zub da miya caɓal, he threw away the soup, spattering the place with it.
   2. (b) Pointlessly. e.g. ya fa'di magana caɓal, he spoke at random.

See also carafke, and caɓalɓal

caɓalɓalo, cabalbalo, cab'alb'alo, caɓalɓali, cabalbali, cab'alb'ali, caɓalɓale, cabalbale, cab'alb'ale, cabi, cab'i

1. REDIRECT caɓi

Noun

f / m

1. mutum mai magana ba kan gado ko natsuwa. <> {n.m. or fem.}. One who blurts out whatever strikes him, without regard to politeness. (= da'balo 1(a); cf. gaggauta 2; botso.)
   • Synonyms: caɓo, cacaɓau and cacaɓula
2. raw food or badly made tuwo. <> ɗanyen tuwo.
3. Ill-considered, tactless speech.

Noun

m

1. wasan buga kaifi da kaifi da ake yi da wuƙa ko takobi ko lauke.
2. aukuwar wani abu da ya ɓata wata harka.
   • Synonym: caɓiya
3. {v.intr.3b}. Be in moist, unpleasant condition. e.g. hanya ta/ ca'be, the road is muddy and wet. (= dabilbile.) gyambo ya/ ca'be, thec ulcer is in a horrible, disgusting state. (= cafke.) ido ya/ ca'be, the eye is in a nasty, purulent condition. (= cafke.)

Verb

caɓe | caɓa | caɓo

1. caɓe is the adverbial form of caɓa
   1. wuk'a tana caɓe.
2. {n.m.}. Striking the edge of one sword, knife, &c., against that of another. (= ca'biya.)
3. jagwalgwale, cakalkale/cakwalkwale, cakine, caɓule.

cabe, cab'e, caɓule, cabule, cab'ule

1. REDIRECT caɓe

Noun

m

1. wurin da ya jagwalgwale da ruwa haɗe da turɓaya ko taɓo ko dai wata ƙazanta. <> a muddy area.
2. {n.m.}. Sludge, muddy, slushy, e.g. hanya ta yi caɓi, <> the road was thick with mud (= caɓalɓalo; lakamtsa; cafki.)
3. kalma mai nuna tsananin ƙazancewar wuri ko abu. <> sloppiness, messy. Exclamation exprcssing wonder at...
   1. (a) some one's gorgeous apparel,
   2. (b) muddiness or messiness of place.

Noun

m

1. ragowar tuwon suna. <> the left over food from a naming ceremony of a newborn.

cabu, cab'u

1. REDIRECT caɓu

Noun

m

1. baba da aka tura kafin wucewar damina. <> indigo gathered just prior to the cessation of rainy season, i.e. the best of the crop.
2. (S. & Kats.) clay, mud. (= taɓo.)
3. (Fulani) Smallish chunks of meat cut from any part of an ox killed at a naming celebration.

See also caɓalo

caɓiya

See also caɓe, and cafiya

1. Making blunt, splotchy.
2. Striking the edge of one sword, knife, against that of another. (= caɓe IV.)
3. k'arfan nan yana da caɓiya, this metal has been badly tempered and 'chips' when struck.

cabiya, cab'iya

1. REDIRECT caɓiya

Noun

m

1. {n.m.}. A food made from ground-nuts and sorrel. (= tsamodagi; cako; cakwaf.) <> kwaɗon da ake yi da gyaɗa da rogo ko da dankali ko yakuwa.
   • Synonyms: cako and cakwaf
2. Sandbox1 is another way of spelling cakuɓa-gemu.

Noun

m

1. {n.m.}. Clogs which are merely flat pieces of wood. (=(Had.) fartsa kashi; taka-ca'bi; cf. 'dangarfai.) <> takalma da ake yi da itace maganin caɓi.
   • Synonyms: ɗangalafe and ɗangarfe

cacago

1. zamarƙe.

Noun

m

1. yawan surutu. <> verboseness, talkative.
   • Synonyms: cecekuce and cagade

Noun

f

1. {n.f.}. Hubbub of voices. <> surutai ba kai ba gindi.
   • Synonyms: hayaniya and kacaniya

cacaba

Not to be confused with cacaɓa.

Noun

f

1. ƙaramar riba. <> a small profit.
   • Synonym: korawa
2. {n.f.}. Infinitesimal profit. (= korawa.)

cacaɓa

Not to be confused with cacaba.

Noun

f

1. damadumar budurwa ko dak'walwar kaza.
2. caɓa.

Noun

m

1. yayyafi. <> a drizzle.
   • Synonym: tsattsafi

Verb

caccaka | caccake | caccaki/cacaki

1. sossoka tsini a wani abu. <> strike, pierce, poke.
   • Synonym: tsattsaga
   1. an caccaka dagi a gindin dirka don k'arfafa kafuwarta.

Noun

f

1. matsa wa mutum ko hura masa wuta don ya yi wani abu da sauri.
   • Synonym: hayyata

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1. (a) Intens. of caka.
2. (b) Ram in order to consolidate (earth in hole). (= tsattsaga.)
3. (c) Provoke a p.
4. (d) Dun a p. for payment of debt.
5. (e) Annoy p. by cadging from him.

caccakai

1. ƙoroso.

Noun

m

1. shaƙe wuyan rigar mutum.
   • Synonyms: cakumewa and cukumewa
2. [ca/cukwi/] {n.m.}. Seizing neck of p.'s gown with both hands (e.g. of a thief), e.g. an yi masa c. (= cacukwiya.)

Cadi

Proper noun Cadi

Proper noun Chad

1. Chad

   Tafkin Cadi <> Lake Chad.

See also cadi

Noun

m

1. I. [cadi/] {n.m.}. Teething diarrhea.
2. II. [ca/"di/+] {n.m. or fem.; no pl.}. A sharp, cute person, one hard to beat (the antithesis of dawa).
3. zawo da jinjiri ke yi lokacin da yake fitar da haƙora.
4. marowacin mutum ko mai mammaƙo.