màngwai
Sense 1
English: Translation
difficulty; pain
Hausa: Translation
wuya, ciwo
Part of Speech
noun
adjective
conjunction
Noun Class
f
Example Sentence
Kiya riwo waraka kiya ka ɓadi a mangwai!
English: Example Sentence
The “cut” of a lie is more painful than cutting with a knife!
Example Sentence
Dumare yi mangwai wanninki, na ruru na zawa.
English: Example Sentence
As for Dumare, dificulty had overcome him, he was moaning and crying
Example Sentence
bânì naa màngwai
English: Example Sentence
his back hurts
Variant
ngwai
Sense 2
English: Translation
hardly, barely
Part of Speech
noun
adjective
conjunction
Noun Class
f
Example Sentence
mangwai na rina ma dodo a caɗi ma…
English: Example Sentence
hardly had the dodo entered the neighborhood …
Variant
ngwai
Source
schuh-2009p. 85 (PDF p. 7), s.v. “difficulty”; p. 96 (PDF p. 18), s.v. “pain”; p. 50 (PDF p. 68), s.v. “màngwai = ngwai”