"wani" meaning in Hausa

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Pronoun

IPA: /wá.ní/, [wə́.nɪ́] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: wata [feminine], wasu [plural]
Head templates: {{head|ha|pronoun|feminine|wata|plural|wasu|alternate plural|waɗansu|g=m|head=wani}} wani m (feminine wata, plural wasu, alternate plural waɗansu)
  1. someone Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wani-ha-pron-KlnVnjgJ
  2. some, a certain, another Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wani-ha-pron-TmajiEyH Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Hausa pronouns Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Hausa pronouns: 27 47 27
  3. (as a demonstrative) a, some Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wani-ha-pron-yAJB2PJ1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wani meaning in Hausa (1.3kB)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "wata",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "wasu",
        "7": "alternate plural",
        "8": "waɗansu",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "wani"
      },
      "expansion": "wani m (feminine wata, plural wasu, alternate plural waɗansu)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-wani-ha-pron-KlnVnjgJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 47 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "some, a certain, another"
      ],
      "id": "en-wani-ha-pron-TmajiEyH",
      "links": [
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain"
        ],
        [
          "another",
          "another"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a, some"
      ],
      "id": "en-wani-ha-pron-yAJB2PJ1",
      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a"
        ],
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(as a demonstrative) a, some"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a demonstrative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wá.ní/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wə́.nɪ́]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wani"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hausa lemmas",
    "Hausa pronouns",
    "Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hausa terms with redundant head parameter"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "wata",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "wasu",
        "7": "alternate plural",
        "8": "waɗansu",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "wani"
      },
      "expansion": "wani m (feminine wata, plural wasu, alternate plural waɗansu)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "some, a certain, another"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain"
        ],
        [
          "another",
          "another"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a, some"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a"
        ],
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(as a demonstrative) a, some"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a demonstrative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wá.ní/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wə́.nɪ́]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wani"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: alternate plural waɗansu",
  "path": [
    "wani"
  ],
  "section": "Hausa",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "wani",
  "trace": ""
}

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