lift

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) lift

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) lifts

Past tense (ya wuce) lifted

Past participle (ya wuce) lifted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) lifting

1. Someone lifts something when they use their hands to make the thing go up. To raise. <> ɗauki, ɗaga.

   and those that lift and bear away heavy weights; <> Sa'an nan da girãgizai mãsu ɗaukar nauyi (na ruwa). = Sa'an nan da giragizai masu daukan ruwa. --Qur'an 51:2

2. to lift or carry or push something heavy. <> cicciɓi, sunguma.

   Would you help me lift this? <> Ko za ku taya ni mu cicciɓi wannan akwatin?

3. yi sama da <> lift up
4. bankaɗa

   She lifted the edge of the carpet to sweeep under it <> ta bankaɗa darduma don ta yi shara.

Noun

Singular lift

Plural lifts

1. elevator <> lif, abu mai ɗaukar mutane sama.
2. ride <> ɗani, hawan mota.

• 
  A strong man lifting a very heavy weight.
• 
  A lift (elevator)

Google translation of lift

Tashi, daga.

1. (noun) injin hawa benaye <> lift;
2. (verb) ɗaga <> lift, defer, raise;