abase

kunyata

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) abase

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) abases

Past tense (ya wuce) abased

Past participle (ya wuce) abased

Present participle (ana cikin yi) abasing

1. If you abase someone or something, then you are trying to lower its status. Typically, you abase by insulting, degrading, or lowering worth. <> kunyatawa, wulaƙantarwa, ka kunyata mutum.
   1. He felt that his moral principles were abased after the deal was done.
   2. I was abased yesterday because of what happened. <> Na kunyata akan abin da ya faru jiya.