"kurkuku" meaning in Hausa

See kurkuku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kûr.kú.kùː/, [kʷʊ̂r.kʷʊ́.kʷùː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: kûr̃kukū̀ [canonical, masculine], kûr̃kukùn [possessed-form]
Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|kûr̃kukū̀}} kûr̃kukū̀ m (possessed form kûr̃kukùn)
  1. prison Synonyms: kaso (english: Niger)
    Sense id: en-kurkuku-ha-noun-TVkbdrcX Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kûr̃kukū̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kûr̃kukùn",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "kûr̃kukū̀"
      },
      "expansion": "kûr̃kukū̀ m (possessed form kûr̃kukùn)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prison"
      ],
      "id": "en-kurkuku-ha-noun-TVkbdrcX",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "Niger",
          "word": "kaso"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kûr.kú.kùː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷʊ̂r.kʷʊ́.kʷùː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kurkuku"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kûr̃kukū̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kûr̃kukùn",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "kûr̃kukū̀"
      },
      "expansion": "kûr̃kukū̀ m (possessed form kûr̃kukùn)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hausa lemmas",
        "Hausa masculine nouns",
        "Hausa nouns",
        "Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prison"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "Niger",
          "word": "kaso"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kûr.kú.kùː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʷʊ̂r.kʷʊ́.kʷùː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kurkuku"
}

Download raw JSONL data for kurkuku meaning in Hausa (0.8kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hausa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (0c0c1f1 and 4230888). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.