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fire

From HausaDictionary.com | Hausa English Translations

Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)

Noun

Singular
fire

Plural
fires

Tilo
wuta

Jam'i
wutoci or wutace

A match on fire - wutar ashana
  1. (uncountable) A fire is a chemical reaction that makes heat and flames. <> yadda ake kiran wuta da hausa - wata halitta ko iska mai zafi wadda ake ƙona/gasa/dafa abu da ita.
  2. (countable) Something that has made or can make this chemical reaction, such as a campfire. <> abin wuta, makamashi.
    We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.
  3. (countable) The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place which leads to its full or partial destruction. <> gobara.
    There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.


Verb

Plain form (yanzu)
fire

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi)
fires

Past tense (ya wuce)
fired

Past participle (ya wuce)
fired

Present participle (ana cikin yi)
firing

  1. (transitive) To set something on fire. <> tada wuta.
  2. (transitive) To shoot (a gun, cannon or a similar weapon). <> harbi (kamar harbin bindiga).
    We will fire our guns at the enemy. <> Za mu harbi bindigogin mu ga maƙiyan mu
  3. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon or a similar weapon.
    Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
  4. To end the employment of an employee because of something they did wrong. <> sallama/sallami daga aiki.
    She should fire the employee that stole from the company. <> Ya kamata ta sallami wannan ma'aikacin da ya yi sata daga kamfanin.


Google translation of fire

Wuta.

  1. (noun) wuta <> fire; gobara <> fire;