"kufai" meaning in Hausa

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Noun

IPA: /kú.fái/, [kʷʊ́.ɸéi] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: kufaifai [plural], kufan [possessed-form]
Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|kufai|kufaifai}} kufai m (plural kufaifai, possessed form kufan)
  1. ruin; (site of an) abandoned town Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-kufai-ha-noun-xLcoKyfq Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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    }
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  "senses": [
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ha",
          "name": "Archaeology",
          "orig": "ha:Archaeology",
          "parents": [
            "Anthropology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Zoology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Biology",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "ruin; (site of an) abandoned town"
      ],
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        [
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          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "abandoned",
          "abandoned"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kú.fái/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷʊ́.ɸéi]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kufai"
}
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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    }
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    }
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  "senses": [
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        "Foreign word of the day archive",
        "Foreign words of the day in Hausa",
        "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hausa lemmas",
        "Hausa masculine nouns",
        "Hausa nouns",
        "Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hausa terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ha:Archaeology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ruin; (site of an) abandoned town"
      ],
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        [
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          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "abandoned",
          "abandoned"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kú.fái/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷʊ́.ɸéi]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kufai"
}

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