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How to say “slave” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
slave
Hausa translation
Bawa

Examples

Yaron yana bawa birin ayaba.

The child was feeding the monkey with the banana.

Daga karshe an baiwa bawa 'yanci.

The slave was finally given his freedom.

Ya bawa kowa laifi ban da kanshi.

He blamed everybody except himself.

These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.

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