Linguistic Terminologies and their Hausa Translations

    This post contains some linguistic terminologies and their translations in the Hausa language. They are arranged in alphabetical order for easy navigation. It will be helpful, especially to students and teachers of language and linguistics, particularly those in the field of Hausa language/linguistics.

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     A

    abstract noun                           -        sunan É“oye

    accent                                      -        karin lafazi

    acceptability                             -        karÉ“uwa

    accusative case                         -        sigar karÉ“au

    active voice                              -        kalami nufatau

    acute accent                             -        tsanantaccen lafazi

    Adam’s apple                           -        zakaran wuya

    adjectival complex                   -        sarÆ™aÆ™iyar sifa

    adjective phrase                       -        yankin sifa

    adjective stem                          -        tushen sifa/sifatau

    adjective                                  -        sifa/sifatau

    adjunct                                    -        Æ™awatau

    adjunction                                -        Æ™awatawa

    adverb of degree                       -        bayanau Æ™imau

    adverb of manner                     -        bayanau na yanayi

    adverb of place                         -        bayanau na wuri

    adverb of time                          -        bayanau na lokaci

    adverb phrase                           -        yankin bayanau

    adverb                                     -        bayanau

    adverbial cluster                       -        cunkoson bayanau

    adverbial complex                    -        sarÆ™aƙƙen bayanau

    adverbial compound                 -        harÉ—aÉ—É—en bayanau

    adverbial noun                         -        bayanau na suna

    affirmation                               -        tabbatarwa

    affirmative sentence                 -        tabbatacciyar jumla

    affirmative                               -        tabbatau

    affix                                         -        É—afi

    agential adjective                     -        sifa mai ‘ma’

    agreement suffix                      -        manunin yarjejeniya

    agreement/auxiliary phrase       -        yankin yarjejeniya

    agreement/concord                   -        jituwa/yarjejeniya

    alphabet                                   -        abajadi

    ambiguity                                -        harshen damo

    ambiguous                               -        mai harshen damo

    anaphor                                   -        inuwar wakilin suna

    anaphora                                  -        nanatau

    animism                                   -        maguzanci

    anomalous                               -        shirÉ“atacce

    anomaly                                   -        shirÉ“ace

    antonym                                  -        kishiyar kalma

    aspect                                      -        taÆ™i

    B

    basic                                        -        tushe          

    basic/simple sentence               -        sassauÆ™ar jumla

    bilingual                                  -        mai magana da harsuna biyu

    bilingualism                             -        magana da harsuna biyu

    bisemy                                     -        ma’ana biyu

    branch                                     -        rassa

    branching                                 -        rabuwar rassa

     

    C

    case grammar                           -        nahawun zumunta

    chapter                                    -        babi

    circumflex accent                     -        faÉ—aÉ—É—en karin lafazi

    class                                        -        aji

    classical language                     -        harshen gwaninta

    classification                            -        rarrabewa

    clause                                      -        ganga

    close syllable                           -        rufaffiyar gaÉ“a

    closed class                              -        rufaffen aji

    code-mixing                             -        hargitsa-balle

    code-switching                         -        surki

    collective noun                         -        suna tattarau

    colloquial                                 -        gargaliya

    combination                             -        gamin-gambiza

    common language                    -        harshe gama-gari

    common noun                          -        suna gama-gari

    comparative grammar               -        nahawun kwatance

    comparative linguistics             -        ilimin kimiyyar bambance harsuna

    competence                              -        basira a harshe

    complement                             -        cike

    complementary distribution      -        zaman surukai

    complex sentence                     -        sassarÆ™iyar jumla

    complex                                   -        sarÆ™aƙƙe

    compound noun                       -        harÉ—aÉ—É—en suna

    compound sentence                  -        harÉ—aÉ—É—iyar jumla

    compound                                -        harÉ—aÉ—É—e

    compound-complex sentence    -        harÉ—a-sarÆ™iyar jumla

    concept                                    -        tunani

    concrete noun                          -        sunan fai

    condition                                 -        sharaÉ—i

    conditional                               -        sharÉ—aÉ—É—e

    conditional clause                    -        sharÉ—aÉ—É—iyar ganga

    conjunction                              -        kalmar haÉ—i/É—ori

    consonant                                -        baÆ™i

    constituent                               -        tubali

    constraints                               -        tarnaÆ™i

    construction                             -        gini

    contradiction                            -        saÉ“ani

    contrastive analysis                  -        nazarin bambancin harsuna

    contrastive distribution             -        zaman bamban

    copular/stablizer                       -        dirka

    countable noun                        -        suna Æ™irgau

    creole                                       -        gargaliyanci

    critical analysis                        -        Æ™alailaicewa

    culture                                     -        al’adu

     

    D

    declarative/statement sentence  -        jumla mai sigar jawabi

    declension                                -        rikiÉ—ewar kalma

    deep structure                          -        Æ™irar É“oye

    deletion                                    -        shafewa

    demonstrative proper                -        manuniya

    demonstrative specifier/determiner     -        nunau

    denotation                                -        ma’anar fili

    dependent/subordinate clause   -        Æ™aramar ganga/ganga dogarau

    descriptive grammar                 -        nahawun bayani

    descriptive level of adequacy    -        mataki na bayyanawa

    dialect                                      -        karin harshe

    dialectology                             -        ilimin nazarin karin harshe

    diglossia                                  -        hawa biyu

    diminutive                               -        tsigalau

    diphthong                                -        tagwan wasali

    direct object noun                     -        karÉ“au na kai-tsaye na suna

    direct object pronoun               -        karÉ“au na kai-tsaye na wakilin suna

    direct object                             -        karÉ“au na kai-tsaye

    disjunction                               -        rabau

    disjunctive pronoun                  -        wakilin suna rabau

    disyllabic verb                         -        aikatau mai gaÉ“a biyu

    dynamic noun                          -        sunan-aiki

     

    E

    embedded sentence                  -        goyayyiyar jumla

    embedding                               -        goyon jumla

    emphasis                                  -        Æ™arafafawa

    entailment                                -        goyon ma’ana

    exclamatory sentence               -        jumla mai sigar motsin rai

    explanatory level of adequacy   -        mataki na Æ™alailaicewa

     

    F

    falling tone                               -        karin sauti faÉ—au

    feminine gender                       -        jinsi ta mata

    finite clause                              -        ganga sanau

    first future tense                       -        lokaci mai zuwa na I

    first language acquisition          -        naÆ™altar harshen farko

    first language                           -        harshen farko

    first person                               -        mutum na É—aya

    fluency                                     -        iya harshe

    fluent                                       -        gwanin harshe

    foreign language learning          -        koyon baÆ™on harshe

    foreign language teaching         -        koyar da baÆ™on harshe

    foreign language                      -        baÆ™on harshe

    formal grammar                       -        nahawun Æ™a’idance

    formalism                                -        bi-Æ™a’ida

    formation                                 -        sigantawa/ginawa/zubawa/tsarawa

    functional categories                -        rukunin kalmomi masu aikin nahawu

    future                                       -        mai zuwa

     

    G

    geminate adjective                    -        tagwan sifa

    geminate                                  -        tagwaitawa/shaddantawa         

    gender                                      -        jinsi

    general continuous tense           -        lokaci mai ci yanke

    general past tense                     -        shuÉ—aÉ—É—en lokaci yanke

    generalization                          -        jam’u

    generative grammar                 -        nahawun tsirau

    generative linguist                    -        masani/manazarci nahawun tsirau

    generosity                                -        karimci

    genetival complex                    -        sarÆ™aÆ™iyar nasaba

    genetival link                           -        mahaÉ—in nasaba

    genitive                                    -        nasaba

    grade                                       -        giredi

    grammar                                  -        nahawu

    grammatical analysis                -        bayanin nahawu

    grammatical category               -        rabe-raben nahawu/kalmomi

    grammatical models                 -        ra’o’in nahawu

    grammatical sentence               -        karÉ“aÉ“É“iyar jumla

    grammatical                             -        karÉ“aÉ“É“e

    grammaticality                         -        karÉ“uwa

    grave accent                             -        sassautacciyar alama

     

    H

    habitual tense                           -        sababben lokaci

    habitual tense-aspect                -        sababben lokataÆ™

    Hausa Verbal Grade System               -        Tsarin Giredin Aikatan Hausa

    head/nominal                                     -        jagora

    heavy syllable                                    -        gava nannauya

    high tone                                  -        karin sautin sama

    high vowel                               -        wasalin sama

    hyponym                                 -        ‘yar dangi   

     

    I

    ideograph                                 -        zanen tunani

    ideology                                   -        aqida

    ideophone                                -        amsa-kama

    ill-formed sentence                   -        yasasshiyar jumla

    imperative/command sentence  -        jumla mai sigar umarni

    imperative/subjunctive             -        umartau

    imperfective tense-aspect          -        ragaggen lokataÆ™

    indefinite pronoun                    -        wakilin sunan da ba a fayyace ba

    indefinite specifier/determiner  -        lamirin da ba a fayyace ba

    independent pronoun                -        wakilin suna mai zaman kansa

    independent/main/matrix clause -        ganga tsayayyiya/babbar ganga

    indirect object                          -        karÉ“au na kai-kai-ce

    infix                                         -        É—afa-ciki

    influence                                  -        tasiri

    interjection                              -        motsin rai

    interlanguage                           -        harshe Æ™irÆ™irau

    interrogative pronoun               -        wakilin suna tambayau

    interrogative specifier/determiner-      lamirin tambaya

    interrogative/question sentence -        jumlar tambaya

    intransitive preposition             -        harafi Æ™i-karÉ“au

    intransitive verb                       -        aiktau Æ™i-karÉ“au

    intuition                                   -        ilhami

    irregular verb                           -        aikatau Æ™i-tsarin-giredi

    isolated                                    -        warau

     

    K

    keyword                                  -        fitacciyar kalma             

    kinship term                             -        sunan dangi

     

    L

    labeled bracketing                    -        tsarin baka-biyu

    Language Acquisition Devices (LAD)-         hanyoyin laÆ™antar harshe

    language acquisition                 -        laÆ™antar harshe

    language diversity                    -        bambanci/saÉ“anin harshe

    language learning                     -        koyon harshe

    language planning                    -        tsarin amfani da harshe

    language policy                        -        shirin amfani da harshe

    language variations                  -        bambance-bambancen harshe

    language                                  -        harshe

    levels of grammatical adequacy -        matakan auna nahawu

    lexicography                            -        shirya Æ™amus

    lexicon                                     -        rumbun kalmomin harshe

    lexis                                         -        kalmomin harshe

    light syllable                            -        gaÉ“a sassauÆ™a

    lingua franca                            -        harshen hulÉ—a/zamantakewa

    linguist                                    -        masani/manazarci kimiyyar harshe

    linguistic deviation                   -        saÉ“Æ™a’idar harshe

    linguistic mapping                    -        zanen taswirar kimiyyar harshe

    linguistics                                -        ilimin nazarin kimiyyar harshe

    link element/linker                   -        mahaÉ—i

    literature                                  -        adabi

    loan word                                -        kalmar aro

    location marker                        -        manunin bagire

    long consonant/gemination       -        shadda/tagwaitaccen baÆ™i

    long demonstrative                   -        nunau ta nesa

    long possessive                        -        doguwar mallaka 

    long syllable                             -        doguwar gaÉ“a

    long vowel                               -        dogon wasali

    low tone                                   -        karin sautin Æ™asa

     

    M

    masculine gender                     -        jinsi namiji

    mass/uncountable noun            -        suna Æ™aÆ™ara-Æ™irga

    metalanguage                           -        keÉ“aÉ“É“en harshe

    metathesis                                -        sauyin gurbi/rawar ‘yan mata

    mid-vowel                               -        wasalin tsakiya

    minimal pair                             -        ‘yan biyu

    modern linguistics                    -        kimiyyar harshe na zamani

    modifier                                   -        fayyatau

    monophthong                           -        gwauron wasali

    monosyllabic verb                    -        aiktau mai gaÉ“É—aya

    morpheme                               -        Æ™wayar ma’ana

    morphology                             -        ilimin nazarin Æ™irar kalma/tasrifi

    morphophonology                    -        ilimin nazarin sauti da tasrifi

    morphosyntax                          -        ilimin nazarin Æ™irar kalma da ginin jimla

    mother tongue                          -        harshen uwa

    movement                                -        gushi/gusawa

    multilingual                             -        mai magana da harsuna uku

    multilingualism                        -        magana da harsuna uku

    mutual intelligibility                 -        fahimtar juna                 

     

    N

    native language                        -        harshen asali/tushe/uwa

    native speaker                          -        É—an asalin harshe

    negation particles                     -        kalmomin korewa

    negation phrase                        -        yankin korewa

    negation                                   -        korewa

    negative sentence                     -        jimlar korewa

    neologism                                -        Æ™irÆ™irar kalma

    neutar                                      -        mata-maza

    neutral                                     -        jinsi É—an ba-ruwanmu

    node                                        -        makarya

    nominative case                       -        sigar aikau

    non-dynamic noun                   -        suna-zalla

    non-finite/infinitival clause       -        ganga Æ™i-sanau

    non-functional categories          -        rukunin kalmomi masu gurabu na din-din-din

    non-verbal dynamic noun          -        sunan-aiki maras tushen aikatau

    noun                                        -        suna

    noun/nominal phrase                -        yankin suna

    nucleus/peak                            -        cibiya

    number                                    -        adadi

     

    O

    object pronoun                         -        karÉ“au na wakilin suna

    object                                       -        karÉ“au                 

    observational level of adequacy -        mataki na lura

    official language                      -        harshen hukuma

    open class                                -        buÉ—aÉ—É—en aji

    open syllable                            -        buÉ—aÉ—É—iyar gaÉ“a

    orthography                             -        tsarin rubutun yau da kullum

     

    P

    paraphrase                               -        juya lafazi

    parole                                      -        daÉ“en harshe

    participial adjective                  -        sifa maras ma

    particle                                    -        Æ™wayar kalma

    pedagogical grammar               -        nahawun karantarwa

    perfective tense-aspect             -        cikakken lokataÆ™

    performance                             -        aiwatar da harshe

    permutation                             -        sauyawa

    phone                                       -        gundarin sauti

    phoneme                                  -        Æ™wayar sauti

    phonetic transcription               -        lafazin ainihi

    phonetics                                 -        ilimin nazarin furuci

    phonology                               -        ilimin nazarin tsarin sauti

    phrase marker/tree diagram      -        bishiyar li’irabi

    phrase structure rules                -        dokokin ginin/feÉ—e jimla

    phrase                                      -        yanki

    pidgin                                      -        buroka

    pitch                                        -        amon sauti

    plural                                       -        jam’i

    polyglot                                   -        mai magana da harsuna da yawa

    polysyllabic                             -        mai tarin gaÉ“a

    possessive                                -        mallaka

    post-nominal                            -        bayan/jelar suna

    predicate phrase                       -        yankin bayani

    prefix                                       -        É—afa-goshi

    pre-nominal                             -        gaban/zagin suna 

    preposition                               -        harafi

    prepositional phrase                 -        yankin harafi

    prescriptive grammar               -        nahawun horo-da-hani

    preverbal pronoun                    -        wakilin suna na gabanin aiki

    previous reference marker        -        É—ayantau-koma-baya

    primary grade verbs                 -        aikatau maras gundarin ma’ana

    principal/main/matrix clause     -        babbar ganga       

    pronoun                                   -        wakilin suna

    pronunciation                           -        lafazi/furuci

    proper noun                             -        sunan yanka

    punctuation marks                    -        Æ™a’idojin rubutu

     

    Q

    qualifier                                   -        sifatau

    quantifiable noun                     -        suna Æ™irgau

    quantifier 1                              -        ma’auni Æ™irgau

    quantifier 2                              -        ma’auni Æ™imau

    quantifier 3                              -        ma’auni ninkau

    quantifier phrase                      -        yankin ma’auni

    quantifiers                               -        ma’aunai

     

    R

    reduplicate                               -        ninki/ninkawa                         

    reduplicated adverb                  -        ninkakken bayanau

    referential                                -        madanganci

    regular verb                             -        aikatau bi-giredi

    relative clause                          -        ganga dogarau

    relative continuous tense          -        lokaci mai ci mai dangantaka

    relative imperfective tense-aspect       -        ragaggen lokataÆ™ mai dangantaka

    relative past tense                     -        shuÉ—aÉ—É—en lokaci mai dangantaka

    relative perfective tense-aspect -        cikakken lokataÆ™ mai dangantaka

    relative                                    -        dogarau

    research                                   -        bincike

    rising accent                             -        lafazi tasau

    rising tone                                -        karin sauti tasau

     

    S

    second future tense                   -        lokaci mai zuwa na II

    second language speaker          -        mai amfani da harshe a matsayin na biyu

    second person                          -        mutum na biyu

    secondary grade verbs              -        aikatau mai gundarin ma’ana

    segment                                   -        yanki

    semantics                                 -        ilimin nazarin ma’ana

    sentence analysis                      -        fiÉ—ar jumla

    sentence                                   -        jumla

    set/finite rules                          -        Æ™ayyadaddun  dokoki

    short demonstrative                  -        nunau ta kusa

    short vowel                              -        gajeren wasali

    simple adjective                       -        sassauÆ™ar sifa

    simple sentence                        -        sassauÆ™ar jumla

    singular                                   -        tilo

    specifiers/determiners              -        lamirai

    standard Hausa                         -        daidaditacciyar Hausa

    standard language                    -        daidaitaccen harshe

    strong verbal noun                   -        sunan-aiki na É—aya

    subject agreement                    -        mafayyaciya

    subject pronoun                       -        wakilin suna aikau

    subject                                     -        aikau/ma’aikaci/maf’uli

    subject-verb-object                   -        aikau-aikatau-karÉ“au

    subjunctive tense                      -        lokaci umartau

    subjunctive tense-aspect           -        lokataÆ™ umartau

    substitution                              -        mayewa

    suffix                                       -        É—afa-Æ™eya

    suprasegmentals                       -        maraka yanki

    surface structure                       -        Æ™irar sarari

    syllable                                    -        gaÉ“a

    symbol                                    -        alama

    syntax                                      -        ilimin nazarin ginin jimla

     

    T                

    table/chart                                -        jadawali

    taboo                                       -        haramtaccen lafazi

    tense marker                             -        manunin lokaci

    tense                                        -        lokaci

    tense-aspect marker                  -        manunin lokataÆ™

    tense-aspect                             -        lokataÆ™

    terminology                             -        keÉ“aÉ“É“un kalmomi

    theory/theories                         -        ra’i/ra’o’i

    third person                             -        mutum na uku

    tone bearing unit                      -        gaÉ“ar da ke É—auke da karin sauti

    tone blending/slippage              -        zamewa/karkatawar karin sauti

    tone pattern                              -        tsarin karin sauti

    tone                                         -        karin sauti

    traditional grammar                  -        nahawun gargajiya

    transformation                         -        rikiÉ—a

    transformational generative grammar- nahawun taciya

    transitive preposition                -        harafi so-karÉ“au

    transitive verb                          -        aikatau so-karÉ“au

    translation                                -        fassara

    tree diagram                             -        bishiyar li’irabi

    trisyllabic verb                         -        aikatau mai gaÉ“a uku

     

    U

    understood object                     -        karÉ“au sanau

    unitary adjective                      -        haÉ—aÉ—É—iyar sifa

    unitary adverb                          -        haÉ—aÉ—É—en bayanau

    universal grammar                   -        nahawun bai-É—aya

    universal                                  -        gama-gari/bai-É—aya

    utterance                                  -        zance/furuci

     

    V

    verb phrase                              -        yankin aikatau

    verb stem                                 -        tushen aikatau

    verb                                         -        aikatau/aiki/fi’ili            

    verbal dynamic noun                -        sunan-aiki mai tushen aikatau

    vowel deletion                          -        share/shafe wasali

    vowel ending/termination         -        wasalin Æ™arshe/yanayin Æ™arshe

    vowel length                            -        tsayin/tsawon wasali

    vowel                                       -        wasali

     

    W

    weak verbal noun                     -        sunan-aiki na biyu

    well-formed sentence               -        karÉ“aÉ“É“iyar jumla

    word classes/lexical categories -        azuzuwan kalmomi

    word                                        -        kalma

     

    Z

    zero object                               -        babu karÉ“au

    zero/future tense-aspect            -        lokataÆ™ umartau

    Linguistic Terminologies and their Hausa Translations

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