hausa
IPA: hˈaʊsʌ
Root Word: Hausa
noun
- A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.
- The Chadic language spoken by these people.
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Examples of "hausa" in Sentences
- Gada means bridge in Hausa language.
- He was a member of Hausa ethnic group.
- I'm sure a lot of it is in Hausa, etc.
- Hausa rulers of Kano under Bornu vassalage.
- It is the spiritual home of the Hausa people.
- The people of Yauri speak the Hausa language.
- Its headquarters are in the town of Kafin Hausa.
- The predominant ethnic group in the area are the Hausa.
- Table of Hausa population by country Hausa ethnic flag.
- The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people.
- There was a young guy wearing jeans, t-shirt and a hausa cap at a jaunty angle.
- I have the same experience but this time the person calls and everytime i pick up, he starts speaking hausa.
- In Africa, the hausa potato is sometimes used in the treatment of dysentery and in the treatment of certain eye disorders.
- I told my colleague to tell him in hausa that we were coming back to purchase his medicines since we didn’t have money to buy them now.
- Il change the fact that these hausa/arab marry off young girls at tender age to old men and deprive these girls their right to happiness, luv, education and independence
- The hausa potato is relatively free from pests and diseases though Pycnarmon cribata, Phostria piasusalis and a leaf folder, Hymenia curvalis, have been reported from India as being important.
- Field spacing - in Sri Lanka the hausa potato is usually planted at about 22 cm spacing on ridges 90 cm apart; in India a slightly closer spacing of 15-20 cm along the ridge is sometimes used.
- The hausa potato is believed to have originated in central or east Africa, but was early spread throughout tropical Africa and into South-East Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia, where it is cultivated on a small scale.
- Although formerly of considerable importance as a staple foodstuff in tropical Africa, the hausa potato has been largely replaced by other starchy foodstuffs, such as cassava and potatoes, and production has declined to such an extent that it has almost disappeared in many areas.