IDEOPHONIC VERBS IN HAUSA
IDEOPHONIC VERBS IN HAUSA
IDEOPHONIC VERBS IN HAUSA
Abstract:
Ideophonic verbs in Hausa (Ideophones with syntactic behavior of verb) are verbs whose sounds suggest their meaning. These type of verbs escaped the sight of researchers. The research exposes yet another landmark in the study of Hausa language. Three Hausa dictionaries were studied, where ideophonic verbs were extracted and analyzed. Words like faska “to hit…
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