sum

Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)

Homophones

• some

Noun

Singular sum

Plural sums

1. A sum is an amount of money, usually a large amount. <> tulin kuɗi.

   The company had been spending large sums on publicity and advertising.

   It allows the corporation to pay its workers a lump sum of up to £37,000 on leaving.

2. The sum is the total of adding or subtracting several numbers or amounts. <> tattali, adadi, jimla
   • Synonym: total

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) sum

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) sums

Past tense (ya wuce) summed

Past participle (ya wuce) summed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) summing

1. If you sum up, you conclude or bring together the main points. <> taƙaita labari.

   She sums up the situation by saying that the new family is never the same as the biological family.

Synonyms

• summarise/summarize
• in summary <> a taƙaice dai

Translation of sum (by Oxford University Press)

1. adàdī

   their sum is ten <> adàdinsù gōmà nē

2. a large sum of money <> jimlàr kuɗī mài yawā̀
3. sum up <> taƙàitā; to sum it up… <> à tàƙàice…

Google translation of sum

Suman, Naira Miliyan Xari.

1. (noun) jimla <> sum, amount;