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Tarin abu, tsibi, tuli
<big>Tarin abu, [[tsibi]], [[tuli]]</big>
===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|hēp}}, {{IPA|/hiːp/}}
* {{audio|en-us-heap.ogg|Audio (US)}}
 
==Noun==
{{noun}}
# A '''heap''' is a big [[pile]] of things, usually thrown in the pile and not in any [[order]]. <> [[tari|Tarin]] abu.
#: ''When we moved into our new house, the old owners had left a '''heap''' of [[garbage]] inside for us to deal with.''
#: ''I dumped all of my things into a '''heap''' on my bed so I could start organizing them.''
# {{idiom}} A '''heap''' is a lot of something. <> [[tuli]].
#: ''If that dog eats my [[shoe]]s again, he will be in a '''heap''' of trouble.''
#: ''She earned '''heaps''' of money when she was 20 and now she doesn't have to work for the rest of her life.''
 
==Verb==
{{verb}}
#{{transitive}}  If you '''heap''' something, you pile it up high. <> [[tattara]] kaya har su yi tsawo.
#: ''{{lc|Pudding}} is my [[favorite]] [[dessert]].  I '''heaped''' it so high on my [[plate]] that it looked like a little [[mountain]].''
# {{transitive}} If you '''heap''' something, you give a lot of it. <> badawa da yawa.
#: ''The [[police]] '''heaped''' the children with [[praise]] after they would not get in a car with someone they did not know.''
#: ''Her [[boss]] [[surprise]]d her by '''heaping''' the [[blame]] for the [[project]] onto her, when really, the problems were his own [[fault]].''
 
== Translation of [[heap]] (by [[:Category:Oxford|Oxford University Press]]) [[Category:Oxford]]==
{{cx|noun}}
# garbage, rubbish heap <> tārī̀, tulī̀, tsibī̀, jūjī
#:''there was a heap of corn on the floor <> àkwai tārìn hatsī à dàɓīn
# of tied bundles of grain in field <> būshiyā, bāgā̀
{{cx|verb}}
# heap something on <> tulā̀ wà, labtā̀ wà
#:''she '''[[heaped]]''' the food on his plate <> tā tulā̀ masà àbinci
# heap abuse on someone <> danƙàrā wà X zāgī̀
# make a heap <> tārā̀
 
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