phone

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈfoʊn/
• SAMPA: /"foUn/

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Noun

Singular phone

Plural phones

Tilo waya

Jam'i wayoyi

1. A phone is a tool for speaking to people who are far away. <> waya: na'ura ce da ake amfani da ita don a yi magana da kira da mutanen da ke nesa.

   Can I borrow your phone? I need to call my friend.

   The phone's ringing. Can you answer it?

   "Goodbye!" she said, and put the phone down.

2. A phone is a smartphone. <> wayar tafi da gidanka. wayar hannu (mobile phone).

   This classroom does not allow students to use their phones during class.

   Kasuwar duniya dake kira wayar tafi da gidan ka samfarin smartphone ta sauka kasa... [1]

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  A rotary dial phone
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  A multi-line business phone
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  A cordless phone
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  A pay phone
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  A pay phone
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  Cell phones

Synonyms

• telephone (tarho)

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) phone

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) phones

Past tense (ya wuce) phoned

Past participle (ya wuce) phoned

Present participle (ana cikin yi) phoning

1. If you contact somebody using a phone, you phone them. <> yin waya.

   Hey, I'll phone you tonight and we can decide what to do.

   I phoned up my friend and asked her to come over at 8:00.