zuwa

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• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡suˑβɐ/

zuwa

1. here (direction towards the speaker)

   Kum zuwa då! ― Come here!

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to German hin), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to German her).

• zuwe
• zuwi

• IPA^(key): /zú.wàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [zʊ́.wàː]

zuwā̀ m (possessed form zuwàn)

1. arrival

zuwā̀

1. to, towards
2. to, into
3. as far as, up to, until

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 234.