Modern Hausa-English dictionary = Sabon kamus na Hausa zuwa Turanci / compiled by Paul Newman and Roxana Ma Newman ; assisted by Ibrahim Yaro Yahaya and Linda Dresel and Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University College, Kano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Paul, 1937-

Contributor:

Newman, Roxana Ma.

Language:

English

Hausa

Subjects (All):

Hausa language--Dictionaries--English.

Hausa language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xii, 151 pages ; 19 cm

Other Title:

Sabon kamus na Hausa zuwa Turanci.

Place of Publication:

Ibadan : Oxford University Press, 1977.

Summary:

Originally published to meet the need for a practical dictionary both for native Hausa speakers and for those wishing to learn or improve their knowledge of the language, the dictionary has remained in demand since publication. Compiled by the Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages in Kano as a concise, compact and readily usable tool, the selection of words has been limited to those likely to occur in everyday conversation, books, newspapers and other mass media. It includes a large number of modern words adopted into Hausa. Main entries give spelling and punctuation, variant spellings and cross-references, and special notations for verbs. Grammatical categories, or parts of speech, give verbs and verbal nouns, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions and ideophones. Guidance is also given on definitions and usage.

Notes:

Added t.p. in Hausa.

ISBN:

0195753038

OCLC:

5829642