ndagài
Sense 1
English: Translation
Allah, God
Hausa: Translation
Allah
Part of Speech
noun
Example Sentence
Yâwâi Ndagài!
English: Example Sentence
Woe is me!
Example Sentence
Ndagai gamatuka ido ka taɗu.
English: Example Sentence
God has joined the eye with sleep
Example Sentence
Ndagai gaɗtike!
English: Example Sentence
May God help you! (salutation to a superior)
Sense 2
English: Translation
sky, heaven, up
Hausa: Translation
sama
Part of Speech
noun
Example Sentence
Ɗayinno na piraka ndagai do ngateneka ’yali ye, taɗeka bai. (Gabaga.)
English: Example Sentence
Riddle: My pot, if I throw it up and it falls to earth, it doesn't shatter. (Answer: Cotton cloth.)
Example Sentence
amu ma ndagai
English: Example Sentence
rain
Example Sentence
jaba ta ndagai
English: Example Sentence
the sky, the firmament
Source
schuh-2009p. 79 (PDF p. 1), s.v. “Allah”; p. 89 (PDF p. 11), s.v. “God”; p. 90 (PDF p. 12), s.v. “heaven”; p. 102 (PDF p. 24), s.v. “sky”; p. 107 (PDF p. 29), s.v. “up”; p. 56 (PDF p. 74), s.v. “ndagài”