"sa" meaning in Hausa

See sa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sâː/, [sâː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: sâ [canonical, masculine], sānìyā [feminine], shānū [plural], sân [possessed-form]
Etymology: Generally thought to be from Proto-Chadic (compare Proto-Central Chadic *ɬa, whence Mbuko slā, Uldeme slà, Bana slá, Muyang ɬà, Moloko ɬa, Zulgo-Gemzek sla, Podoko sla, Daba zlà, Lagwan nsla), but Newman dissents and considers it a possible borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|ha|cdc-pro|inherited|sort=}} Proto-Chadic, {{inh-lite|ha|cdc-pro|-}} Proto-Chadic, {{str left|*ɬa|1}} *, {{str len-lite/core|*ɬa||ones}} 3, {{str len-lite|*ɬa}} 3, {{str left|*ɬa|2}} *ɬ, {{str left|*ɬa|1}} *, {{str index-lite/logic|* *ɬ*|*}} ɬ, {{str_index-lite|*ɬa|2}} ɬ, {{str left|*ɬa|3}} *ɬa, {{str left|*ɬa|2}} *ɬ, {{str index-lite/logic|* *ɬa*|*ɬ}} a, {{str_index-lite|*ɬa|3}} a, {{str sub-lite/2|*ɬa|3}} ɬa, {{str sub-lite|*ɬa|2}} ɬa, {{str left|*ɬa|1}} *, {{str len-lite/core|*ɬa||ones}} 3, {{str len-lite|*ɬa}} 3, {{str left|*ɬa|2}} *ɬ, {{str left|*ɬa|1}} *, {{str index-lite/logic|* *ɬ*|*}} ɬ, {{str_index-lite|*ɬa|2}} ɬ, {{str left|*ɬa|3}} *ɬa, {{str left|*ɬa|2}} *ɬ, {{str index-lite/logic|* *ɬa*|*ɬ}} a, {{str_index-lite|*ɬa|3}} a, {{str sub-lite/2|*ɬa|3}} ɬa, {{str sub-lite|*ɬa|2}} ɬa, {{m-lite|cdc-cbm-pro|*ɬa||alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} *ɬa, {{cog-lite|cdc-cbm-pro|*ɬa}} Proto-Central Chadic *ɬa, {{cog|mqb|slā}} Mbuko slā, {{cog|udl|slà}} Uldeme slà, {{cog|bcw|slá}} Bana slá, {{cog|muy|ɬà}} Muyang ɬà, {{cog|mlw|ɬa}} Moloko ɬa, {{cog|gnd|sla}} Zulgo-Gemzek sla, {{cog|pbi|sla}} Podoko sla, {{cog|dbq|zlà}} Daba zlà, {{cog|kot|nsla}} Lagwan nsla Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|sâ|shānū|f=sānìyā}} sâ m (feminine sānìyā, plural shānū, possessed form sân)
  1. bull, ox, cattle Wikipedia link: Proto-Central Chadic language, Proto-Chadic language Categories (lifeform): Mammals

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sa meaning in Hausa (4.9kB)

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sâː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sa"
}

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