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# A '''riddle''' is something that is [[puzzle|puzzling]], hard to [[solve]], or [[difficult]] to [[definition|define]]. <> [[kacici-kacici]] / [[kacinci-kacinci]]. | # A '''riddle''' is something that is [[puzzle|puzzling]], hard to [[solve]], or [[difficult]] to [[definition|define]]. <> [[kacici-kacici]] / [[kacinci-kacinci]]. | ||
#: ''That question is quite a '''riddle'''. <> Wannan tambayar '''kacici-kacici''' ce.'' | #: ''That question is quite a '''riddle'''. <> Wannan tambayar '''kacici-kacici''' ce.''<br><br> | ||
#: The '''riddle''' concludes with the promise that ‘Jehovah will transplant a tender twig upon a high mountain.’''<br>'''Ka'''-'''cici-ka-cicin''' ya kammala da alkawarin cewa ‘Jehobah zai dasa reshe mai taushi bisa wani dutse mai-tsawo.’<br><br> | |||
#:''An eagle-vine '''riddle''' shows the bitter consequences of Jerusalem’s turning to Egypt for help.''<br>Wasan ka-cici-'''ka-cici''' na gaggafa da inabi ya nuna mugun sakamakon taimakon da Urushalima ta nema wurin Masar. | |||
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#: '''''Riddle''' me this....'', meaning ''Answer the following question.'' | #: '''''Riddle''' me this....'', meaning ''Answer the following question.'' | ||
# To put something through a [[sieve]]. | # To put something through a [[sieve]]. | ||
#: ''You have to '''riddle''' the gravel before you lay it on the road.'' | #: ''You have to '''riddle''' the gravel before you lay it on the road.'' [[Category:English lemmas]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:00, 31 August 2021
Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)
Noun
- A riddle is something that is puzzling, hard to solve, or difficult to define. <> kacici-kacici / kacinci-kacinci.
- That question is quite a riddle. <> Wannan tambayar kacici-kacici ce.
- The riddle concludes with the promise that ‘Jehovah will transplant a tender twig upon a high mountain.’
Ka-cici-ka-cicin ya kammala da alkawarin cewa ‘Jehobah zai dasa reshe mai taushi bisa wani dutse mai-tsawo.’ - An eagle-vine riddle shows the bitter consequences of Jerusalem’s turning to Egypt for help.
Wasan ka-cici-ka-cici na gaggafa da inabi ya nuna mugun sakamakon taimakon da Urushalima ta nema wurin Masar.
- That question is quite a riddle. <> Wannan tambayar kacici-kacici ce.
Verb
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Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- To fill with holes.
- The shots from his gun began to riddle the target.
- To be filled with.
- Your argument is riddled with errors.
- To solve or answer a riddle or question.
- Riddle me this...., meaning Answer the following question.
- To put something through a sieve.
- You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.