men
Sense 1
English: Translation
thing
Hausa: Translation
abu
Part of Speech
noun
Noun Class
m
Example Sentence
Kâi! Kà men gàm à àskwî!
English: Example Sentence
Wow! There are a lot of things in the market!
Example Sentence
meenò, menkò, meenì, mentò, meemù, mem mà òoci
English: Example Sentence
my/your(m)/his/her/our/goat’s
Sense 2
English: Translation
on one’s own, without outside influence
English: Definition
as an anaphor with pronoun reflecting subject
Part of Speech
noun
Noun Class
m
Example Sentence
Sai ada cakesuka tonu tiɗaka mensu a akai.
English: Example Sentence
Then the dog dug them a hole and they just lay down in it
Morphology
Note: mee before pronouns beginning in a nasal.
Source
schuh-2009p. 105 (PDF p. 27), s.v. “thing”; p. 53 (PDF p. 71), s.v. “men”