replace

maya, maye gurbi

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) replace

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) replaces

Past tense (ya wuce) replaced

Past participle (ya wuce) replaced

Present participle (ana cikin yi) replacing

1. (transitive) If X replaces Y or if you replace Y with X, X now does what Y used to do. <> maya, maye gurbi.

   Smith will replace the injured Jones for England who are leading 2 to 0.

2. (transitive) If you replace something, you give somebody a new one because you have broken, lost, or used the old one.

   I'm sorry, don't know how I'm going to replace your stolen bike.

3. (transitive) If you replace something, you put it back where it was. <> maida.

   After looking at the ring for a while, he carefully replaced it and left the shop.