coddle

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) coddle

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) coddles

Past tense (ya wuce) coddled

Past participle (ya wuce) coddled

Present participle (ana cikin yi) coddling

1. (transitive) To treat gently or with great care. <> yi wa lele. [1]
2. (transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
3. (transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect. <> shagwaɓa, karewa dayawa. [2]