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kawo

English translation: to bring

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Hausa term or phrase:kawo
English translation:to bring
Entered by: James Gordon

14:15 Feb 2, 2004
Hausa to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Hausa term or phrase: kawo
a lady asked me about the meaning and tribal i.d. of this word. it belongs to one of the languages of Ghana.
James Gordon
Local time: 04:20
to bring
Explanation:
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
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Tehno
Local time: 11:20
Grading comment
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4 +1to bring
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to bring


Explanation:
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


    Reference: http://www.uoregon.edu/~tpayne/lingolym/Hausa.htm
Tehno
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4
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