Glossary entry

Hausa term or phrase:

kawo

English translation:

to bring

Added to glossary by James Gordon
Feb 2, 2004 14:15
20 yrs ago
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Hausa term

kawo

Hausa to English Social Sciences General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
a lady asked me about the meaning and tribal i.d. of this word. it belongs to one of the languages of Ghana.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 to bring
Change log

Apr 4, 2006 02:55: Fabio Descalzi changed "Language pair" from "zzz Other zzz to English" to "Hausa to English" , "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Proposed translations

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to bring

makeri ya kawo yarinya
'The blacksmith brought the girl.'
'The blacksmith will bring the girl.'

This term is in Hausa, one of the major languages of West Africa.

Proverbs | Karin Magana @ HausaVoices.com
... Kada Allah ya kawo ranar yabo. May God not bring the praising days. ... Rashin hakuri shi ya kawo me ya shuka? Does the lack of patience bring what you planted? ...
www.hausavoices.com/proverbs/proverbs.htm

[PDF] State Society Governance Melanesia
... portraying the relationship between missionary and villagers, like that between
kawo and sabu ... The hope was to bring the two exchange partners into a perfect ...
rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia/PDF/barker02-3.pdf

It may be also a proper noun (proper name).
HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree Joseph Monday
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