"wanka" meaning in Hausa

See wanka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wán.káː/, [wáŋ.káː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: wankā [canonical, masculine], wankan [possessed-form]
Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|wankā}} wankā m (possessed form wankan)
  1. bathing
    Sense id: en-wanka-ha-noun-uCYuhuC8 Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 61 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /wán.kàː/, [wáŋ.kàː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: wankā̀ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ha|verb|grade 1|head=wankā̀|sort=}} wankā̀ (grade 1), {{ha-verb|1|wankā̀}} wankā̀ (grade 1)
  1. to wash
    Sense id: en-wanka-ha-verb-NX5TZKx8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hausa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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