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kafi

From HausaDictionary.com | Hausa English Translations

m

  1. wani irin ɗaki na kara da ciyawa da aka yi cikin gaggawa.
  2. shingen da ya kewaye gari. <> a fence surrounding a town.
  3. layu da magunguna da ake binnewa don tsarin gari ko gida ko mace ko wani abu.
  4. kafin alƙalami: kuɗin malami don ya fara maganin da ake so ya yi.
  5. kafin buzu: miƙe fata ɗanya a kere ta don a yi buzu da ita.

kafi

[kafi"] {n.m.}.

1. (a) A town surrounded by a fence of stakes.

(b) Stockade.

2. Fixing and securing the beams with which an arch is made. (= suka.)

3. A charm (generally buried in the ground) to establish the prosperity of a town, market, house &c. (Vide kafe I.2(e),(f).)

4. Act of kafe I.2(c). e.g. ana kafin buzu.

5. na/ sau k., I have been proved wrong, so I give way.