venerate

bauta wa, girmama

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛnəreɪt/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) venerate

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) venerates

Past tense (ya wuce) venerated

Past participle (ya wuce) venerated

Present participle (ana cikin yi) venerating

1. (transitive) To treat with great respect and deference. <> girmamawa.

   They wanted to venerate the spirit of the great man.

2. (transitive) To revere or hold in high value, esteem, awe. <> yabawa, mutunta.

   He came to venerate the memory of the significant or holy event.

   The children were taught to venerate their parents and grandparents.

3. bauta wa

   In parts of Africa, people venerate carvings of wood or stone in which a god or the spirit of a god is thought to dwell. <> A wasu ɓangarorin ƙasar Afirka, mutane sukan bauta wa itace ko kuma dutse da suka gaskata cewa alla ko kuma ruhun alla yana zaune a cikinta. [1]

Related words

• revere
• venerable
• veneration
• venerative

Gallery

The altar at home was a place to venerate the ancestors

This wooden figure from Papua New Guinea is used to venerate the ancestors during tribal ceremonies