Hausa · Common Words · Level 3

How to say “donkey” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
donkey
Hausa translation
Jaki

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Jaki na tafiya a hankali.

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Examples

Yana da jaki mai launin ruwan-ƙasa.

He has a brown horse.

Mahaifina zai yi min bulala kamar ya sami jaki.

My dad is going to whip me just like a donkey.

Duk manomin da yake da jaki sai ya doke shi.

Every farmer who owns a donkey beats it.

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