Menene kwatanci? Wannan kalmar sananne ne ga mutum tun daga makaranta. Koyaya, saboda yanayi daban-daban, mutane da yawa sun sami damar manta da ma'anar wannan kalmar. Kuma wasu, ta amfani da wannan ra'ayi, ba su fahimci abin da ake nufi da shi ba.
A cikin wannan labarin za mu gaya muku abin da ake nufi da kwatanci kuma a cikin wane nau'i ne zai iya bayyana kansa.
Me ake nufi da kwatanci?
Metaphor fasaha ce ta adabi wacce ke baka damar yin rubutu mai wadata da kuma motsa rai. Ta hanyar kwatanci ana nufin ɓoyayyen kwatancen abu ɗaya ko wani abu tare da wani bisa kamanninsu.
Misali, ana kiran wata da "cuku na sama" saboda cuku yana da zagaye, rawaya, kuma an rufe shi da ramuka kamar na rami. Don haka, ta hanyar maganganu, zai zama mai yiwuwa a canja kaddarorin abu ɗaya ko aiki zuwa wani.
Kari kan hakan, amfani da kalmomin na taimakawa wajen karfafa jimlar da sanya shi haske. Musamman galibi ana amfani dasu cikin waƙoƙi da almara. Misali shine layin aya mai zuwa: "Karamar rafin azurfa tana gudana, tana gudana."
A bayyane yake cewa ruwan ba azurfa ba ne, kuma kuma ba zai iya "guduwa" ba. Irin wannan kwatancin kwatancin kwatancin yana ba mai karatu damar fahimtar cewa ruwan yana da tsafta sosai kuma rafin yana gudana da sauri.
Nau'in kalma
Duk kalmomin lafazi sun kasu kashi iri:
- Kaifi Yawancin lokaci wannan kawai wasu kalmomin biyu ne masu ma'ana a cikin: magana mai zafi, fuskar dutse.
- An goge Wani nau'ikan maganganu waɗanda suke da tushe a cikin kamus ɗin, sakamakon abin da mutum ya daina mai da hankali ga mahimmancin ma'anar su: ƙafafun tebur, gandun daji na hannu.
- Tsarin dabara. Ofaya daga cikin nau'ikan kwatancen da aka goge, wanda ba zai yuwu a sake yin fassarar in ba haka ba: tsutsa na shakka, kamar aikin agogo.
- Ara magana. Kwatancen ta inda akwai karin gishiri da gangan game da wani abu, abin mamaki ko abin da ya faru: "Na riga na maimaita shi sau miliyan", "Ina da tabbas dubu bisa ɗari."
Kalmar lafazi suna inganta maganarmu kuma suna ba mu damar bayyana wani abu da kyau. Idan ba haka ba, to da jawabinmu zai zama "bushe" kuma ba mai bayyanawa ba.
