gujiya (Kano &c.), Voandzeia subterranea, Thouars. (Leguminosæ); a kind of ground-bean; the so-called “Bambarra Ground Nut.” Syn. [kwaruru], q.v. N.B. In Sokoto and some other districts gujiya is also used for geḍa (Arachis hypogæa)—kwaruru or Voandzeia subterranea being distinguished as g. dukkus (Sok. and West), etym. from the dwarf habit—; similarly g. ḳwarasḳwaras (Sok. and Kano); g. tsugunne (Kano)—etym. tsugunna = to squat—gujiya al kuluga, and g. maikwokwo (from the resemblance of the pods to the smallest calabash) are names in East Hausa; g. kolanche (Sok.) = a long variety of Arachis or [geḍa], q.v. bidi = one of the varieties of gujiya with spotted and mottled seeds.
gujiyar awaki, vide [geḍar awaki].
gujiyar dawaki (Zanfara), Polygala arenaria, Willd. vide [sa hankaki dako].
gujiyar hankaka (Katagum), Indigofera echinata, Willd. (Leguminosæ); a weed with small prickly pods, eaten by goats, &c. Syn. kwankwan dafi (Sok. and Kats.); also chuchun kariya or gaton kariya.
gumba, vide under [gero].
gumbi, loosely applied to several plants which form thorny thickets; e.g. in Sokoto gumbi generally = Mimosa asperata, a thorny shrub very abundant on river-banks. vide [ḳaidaji] and cf. [dufuwa] and [ḳumchi].
gumi = rice boiled and dried (in which form it is commonly sold); ḍanyen gumi = husked but still unboiled rice. vide under [shinkafa].
guna, Citrullus vulgaris, Schrad. (Cucurbitaceæ). The “Water-Melon” (a very variable species). gunar mutane or kankana = the edible or garden water-melon, with red pulp and black or red seeds; gunar shanu = the common half wild and cultivated var. with deeply cut leaves, and spherical fruit with green variegated stripes when unripe; fari (Kano and East) = a large water-melon, usually white-fleshed; kwokiya = a smaller sweet melon; tamna geḍa = a small melon like kwokiya, but only eaten cooked (= garangarma, East Hausa); bambus = a variety known in the north; agushi (Yoruba egushi) = seeds of water-melon, sold for various uses—chewing, medicine, oil, and food.
gunar jima, vide [gojin jima].
gunar kura, Cucumis Figarei, Del. (Cucurbitaceæ); a wild prostrate gourd with ovoid slightly prickly fruit; better known as [tsuwawun zaki], q.v.; also called maḳaimi.