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HAUSA NAMES FOR PLANTS AND TREES - Roger Blench

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<strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Blench</strong> Hausa plant names – Hausa-Latin Circulation version<br />

Cééɗííyáá pl.<br />

Ficus thonningii<br />

cééɗííyóóyíí<br />

Cééréérííyáá brown bean = tsárárrííyáá<br />

Cíbɗìì<br />

Boswellia dalzielii<br />

Cìcìdóó Dr Cucumis ficifolius; C.<br />

prophetarum<br />

prophet’s<br />

melon<br />

Cìcìwáá S/Kt Maerua angolensis<br />

Cìcùdíí Gl Cucumis ficifolius; C.<br />

prophetarum<br />

prophet’s<br />

melon<br />

Cíí dà gééró Saccharum officinarum sugar-cane – eat the millet<br />

sweet cultivar<br />

Cìì ní dà zúgúú Jatropha curcas physic nut<br />

Cìì zááƙí Carissa edulis eat sweetness<br />

Cííkà dáwàà Hyparrhenia subplumosa point of guineacorn<br />

seed<br />

Cíkà dáájìì Hyparrhenia subplumosa fill the bush<br />

Cíkà fágéé Vernonia kotschyana fill the open space<br />

Cíkà gídáá S Ricinus communis castor fill the house<br />

Cìkà sàuráá<br />

Crotalaria sp.& Leonotis<br />

nepetifolia<br />

rattlebox<br />

Cíkóókóó Kt Borassus aethiopum late, kernelless<br />

fruit of the fanpalm<br />

Cíkwíí Gossypium hirsutum cotton<br />

Ciriº G Vitellaria paradoxa shea tree<br />

Cììríírìì S Combretum kerstingii<br />

fill the disused<br />

farm<br />

Ciraº<br />

Catunaregam nilotica<br />

Cìttáá Aframomum melegueta Malagueta < Arabic<br />

pepper<br />

Cìttáá Capsicum annuum chili pepper < Arabic<br />

Cìttáá kúmfáá Aframomum melegueta Malagueta frothy pepper<br />

pepper cv.<br />

Cìttáá mài ƙwààyáá Zingiber officinale ginger single tuber<br />

pepper<br />

Cìttáá mài yáátsàa Zingiber officinale ginger finger pepper<br />

Cìttár̃ Àhò Zingiber officinale ginger Malagueta pepper<br />

of Eloyi people<br />

Cìttár̃ Jábà Zingiber officinale ginger Malagueta pepper<br />

of Hyam people<br />

Cììwóó<br />

Landolphia owariensis; Saba rubber vine<br />

florida<br />

Cizgiriº S Hyphaene thebaica dum palm<br />

Cizoº D Cyperus esculentus tiger nut<br />

Cùùcún káryá Indigofera nummulariifolia whore’s disease<br />

Cùùwóó<br />

Landolphia owariensis; Saba<br />

florida<br />

rubber vine<br />

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