pure

tsarkakke, mai tsafta, mai tsarki

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpjʊə/, SAMPA: /"pjU@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpjʊɚ/, SAMPA: /"pjU@`/

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Adjective

Positive pure

Comparative purer

Superlative purest

1. If something is pure, it is not dirty or covered by anything that makes it unclean. <> tsarkakke, mai tsafta, mai tsarki. tsàbtàtaccē. (genuine, unalloyed) tsantsā, zallā, gangā̀riyā̀.
   1. it is of pure gold <> na zīnārìyā cḕ zallā = na zīnārìyā cḕ gangā̀riyàrtà
   2. he speaks pure Hausa <> yanā̀ màganā̀ dà Hausa gangā̀riyā̀
   3. is this water pure? <> wannàn ruwā mài tsabtā̀ nē?
2. a pure person <> sālìhī.