kurtu.
I. [ku"rtu/+] {n.m.; pl. kurtuna"}.
1.
(a) A water vessel consisting of a spheroidal gourd from which the pulp has been removed.
(b) kurtun tawada, an ink-pot.
2. kan da ba idanu kurtu ne, a head which has no eyes in it is nothing better than a water-gourd (an offensive remark made to a blind person). 3. kurtun ciki, pot-belly. (= kurcici.) 4. [a"bi+n na^n shi/+ ka"'da+i ne/^ a" wu+r+i+na+, r+a>ina+ ku"rtu/+], this is the only one I have of the kind and I cannot possibly part with it. 5. (N.) The grass gu'degu'de q.v.
II. [kurtu/] {n,m.}. A line of demarcation. (Vide kurta.)
III. [kurtu"] {n.m.; pl. kura/"ta/+}. (Eng.) Recruit; novice.
kurtu.
I. [ku"rtu/+] {n.m.; pl. kurtuna"}.
1.
(a) A water vessel consisting of a spheroidal gourd from which the pulp has been removed.
(b) kurtun tawada, an ink-pot.
2. kan da ba idanu kurtu ne, a head which has no eyes in it is nothing better than a water-gourd (an offensive remark made to a blind person). 3. kurtun ciki, pot-belly. (= kurcici.) 4. [a"bi+n na^n shi/+ ka"'da+i ne/^ a" wu+r+i+na+, r+a>ina+ ku"rtu/+], this is the only one I have of the kind and I cannot possibly part with it. 5. (N.) The grass gu'degu'de q.v.
II. [kurtu/] {n,m.}. A line of demarcation. (Vide kurta.)
III. [kurtu"] {n.m.; pl. kura/"ta/+}. (Eng.) Recruit; novice.