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kàsu

Sense 1

English: Translation

pour

Hausa: Translation

zuba

Part of Speech

verb

Sense 2

English: Translation

descend upon

Part of Speech

verb

Example Sentence

Rayàn bàaɗù kàsankò à gùnjà. (Kòolàcin bàaɗù kàsankò à làbì (= hnna wàɗa).)

English: Example Sentence

Riddle: Five birds descended upon a termite mound. (Answer: Five fingers descend on the food bowl.)

Sense 3

English: Translation

go in large numbers, move as a crowd

English: Definition

as reflexive

Part of Speech

verb

Example Sentence

min kase kasu ɗii

English: Example Sentence

the people went out in a crowd (poured themselves) dii

Sense 4

English: Translation

put on clothes

Part of Speech

verb

Example Sentence

kumtu karai ma ado, karai ma dinari ka azirfa, kase a zuni

English: Example Sentence

he gathered up fine clothes, and gold and silver jewelery, and he put it on his body

Sense 5

English: Translation

stare in silence

English: Definition

with ìdo as object

Part of Speech

verb

Morphology

Verb class A1. Verbal noun: kàsaa.

Source

schuh-2009p. 98 (PDF p. 20), s.v. “pour”; p. 40 (PDF p. 58), s.v. “kàsu”