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Noun

m

1. a loquacious person. <> mutum mai suruto.
   • Synonym: cakwaikwaiwa
2. maƙalƙalewa ko nane wa abu.
3. cakulkuli <> tickle, tickling.

cancamno

1. juce

Verb

1. gutsura abu kucin-kucin.
2. Look well after and care for a thing (e.g. a horse).

Noun

m

1. wani irin tsiro mai yaɗo. <> [ca"nca"na" kwa+ni+ka"]. A creeping plant. (= cancan kwanika.)

Noun

m

1. gutsurawa kucin-kucin don kowa ya samu. <> distributing evenly in a fair manner.
2. {n.m.}. Eking out supplies. e.g.
   1. cancane su ke yi. (= janjani.)

Noun

f [ca"nca"nga/+] {n.f.}.

1. Pieces of roasted meat on a skewer. <> tsire.
2. Rice balls served with oil. <> abincin da ake kira a-ci-da-mai.

cancani

1. tsantsani

cancarambe

1. [ca"nca+ra+mbe"] {mainly used in ['dan c.] n.m.; fem. 'yar c.; pl. 'yan c.}. Any one or anything not large but of good appearance. (= caras.) <> kalma mai nuna ƙirar abu mai ƙanƙanta da kyau.
   1. ɗan cancarambe = m
   2. ƴar cancarambe = f
   3. ƴan cancarambe = plural / jam'i.

candal

1. kalma mai nuna cikar abu fal ko maƙil.
   1. Tulun ya cika candal!

Noun

m

1. wani irin ciwon baki wanda yara kan yi saboda rashin wanke baki. <> a mouth sore or infection found in children caused by lack of dental hygiene.
2. Pyorrhoea. (Cf. guɓar kare, kwakkwaɓo.)
3. Contact ulcer.
4. Whooping cough. (= tarin shik'a)
5. An infantile complaint. <> laulayin da jariri kan yi.

candi, cand'i, can'di

1. REDIRECT canɗi

Noun

m

1. coge ko cobe.
2. mutum mai coga ƙafa.

Noun

m

1. daidai wa daida <> Being equally matched. e.g.
   1. mun yi canjaras da ni da shi.
2. Exchanging gowns, without either party paying any money.

Adverb

1. {adv.}. sun tashi canjaras, they are equal (in ability, work, &c.). (Vide gagga; kankankan; rau.) <> daidai wa daida; wato ba kare bin damo a aiki.

Noun

m

1. rashin sanin makama. <> not knowing what the future holds.
   • Synonyms: cangacakare, cangacagare and canga-canga
   1. Aiki ya yi mana cankacakare.

cangacagare

1. Running short of time; falling short of requirements (e.g. material giving out before a piece of work is completed).
2. Being too clever by half and so falling between two stools. e.g. getting rid of a wife because courting another woman who, however, decides to decline one's suit. (cankakare; cakantare; cangasnagas; gintsilmi; tanga-tanga; canga-canga, cankacakare.)

cankaf

1. kalma mai nuna caɓa ado.
   • Synonym: cankas
   1. Ta yi ado cankaf!

cankas

1. REDIRECT cankaf

Noun

m

1. wani irin tarkon kamun kifi.
2. wani irin abin waɗiri ko warware zare.
   • Synonym: yaro

cankwana

1. tsokana <> teasing, provoking.

car in Hausa

1. kalma mai nuna la'ana ga abu.
   • Synonyms: tir and tur
   1. car da aikina!
2. Ana amfani da car wajen koren tsuntsu. <> used when shooing away birds.

Noun

f

1. kukan zakara. <> a rooster's crowing, crow. The crowing of a cock. (= cera; k'ak'arato; k'ik'irik'i; k'ok'arato.)

Verb

1. jefa mashi ko wuƙa. <> throwing a weapon e.g. knife.
2. The red-bellied tree-starling. (=zara III.2.)

caraf

1. kalma mai nuna cafkewar abu ba zato ba tsammani.
   1. Da soma magana, caraf sai ya cafe.

Noun

m

1. wasan jefa tsakuwa sama ana cafewa wana 'yan mata ke yi.
2. Ana carafke da ita. wato tana da masoya da yawa. <> Describes someone who's sexually loose, with many lovers.