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Suhu

Dagbani · Dagomba (Dagbon), Northern Region · Everyday word

The Dagbani Dictionary glosses the noun suhu (plural suhiri) as 'heart'. Many compounds are built on it, such as suhusaɣiŋgu, 'sadness, unhappiness'. A separate verb suhu means 'to be lying down; to be in a place (of something flat)'.

Many Dagbani words for feelings are built on suhu, 'heart'.

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