"suna" meaning in Hausa

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Noun

IPA: /súː.náː/, [súː.náː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: sūnā [canonical, masculine], sūnā̀yē [plural], sūnànnakī [plural], sūnan [possessed-form]
Etymology: From Proto-Chadic *s₃m, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-. Compare with Proto-Semitic *šim-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ha|cdc-pro|*s₃m}} Proto-Chadic *s₃m, {{inh|ha|afa-pro|*sim-}} Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-, {{cog|sem-pro|*šim-}} Proto-Semitic *šim- Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|sūnā|sūnā̀yē|pl2=sūnànnakī}} sūnā m (plural sūnā̀yē or sūnànnakī, possessed form sūnan)
  1. name
    Sense id: en-suna-ha-noun-gqNTf~Db
  2. naming ceremony
    Sense id: en-suna-ha-noun-7oV9Y-hf
  3. the first price offered in bargaining
    Sense id: en-suna-ha-noun-b8CBikuv Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 6 20 69 6
  4. reputation
    Sense id: en-suna-ha-noun-VW7HSF22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sunan yanka
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sunan yanka"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "lang_code": "yo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "súná"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "cdc-pro",
        "3": "*s₃m"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Chadic *s₃m",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "afa-pro",
        "3": "*sim-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-pro",
        "2": "*šim-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *šim-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Chadic *s₃m, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-. Compare with Proto-Semitic *šim-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sūnā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sūnā̀yē",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sūnànnakī",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sūnan",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "sūnā",
        "3": "sūnā̀yē",
        "pl2": "sūnànnakī"
      },
      "expansion": "sūnā m (plural sūnā̀yē or sūnànnakī, possessed form sūnan)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name"
      ],
      "id": "en-suna-ha-noun-gqNTf~Db",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "naming ceremony"
      ],
      "id": "en-suna-ha-noun-7oV9Y-hf",
      "links": [
        [
          "naming",
          "naming"
        ],
        [
          "ceremony",
          "ceremony"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 20 69 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the first price offered in bargaining"
      ],
      "id": "en-suna-ha-noun-b8CBikuv",
      "links": [
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "bargain",
          "bargain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reputation"
      ],
      "id": "en-suna-ha-noun-VW7HSF22",
      "links": [
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/súː.náː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[súː.náː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suna"
}
{
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    "Hausa lemmas",
    "Hausa masculine nouns",
    "Hausa nouns",
    "Hausa terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "Hausa terms derived from Proto-Chadic",
    "Hausa terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "Hausa terms inherited from Proto-Chadic",
    "Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 17 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sunan yanka"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "lang_code": "yo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "súná"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "cdc-pro",
        "3": "*s₃m"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Chadic *s₃m",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "afa-pro",
        "3": "*sim-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-pro",
        "2": "*šim-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *šim-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Chadic *s₃m, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-. Compare with Proto-Semitic *šim-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sūnā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sūnā̀yē",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sūnànnakī",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sūnan",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "sūnā",
        "3": "sūnā̀yē",
        "pl2": "sūnànnakī"
      },
      "expansion": "sūnā m (plural sūnā̀yē or sūnànnakī, possessed form sūnan)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "naming ceremony"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "naming",
          "naming"
        ],
        [
          "ceremony",
          "ceremony"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the first price offered in bargaining"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "bargain",
          "bargain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reputation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/súː.náː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[súː.náː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suna"
}

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