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#: ''Against the dollar, the '''pound''' fell by half a cent to $ 1.73.'' | #: ''Against the dollar, the '''pound''' fell by half a cent to $ 1.73.'' | ||
#: ''As of Jan 12, 2019, 1 '''Pound''' sterling equals <> 469 Nigerian '''[[Naira]]''' | #: ''As of Jan 12, 2019, 1 '''Pound''' sterling equals <> 469 Nigerian '''[[Naira]]''' | ||
# {{countable}} A '''pound''' is a unit of [[weight]] equal to 16 [[ounce]]s or 0.454 [[kilogram]]s. <> [[laba]], [[waya]]. | # {{countable}} A '''pound''' is a unit of [[weight]] equal to 16 [[ounce]]s or 0.454 [[kilogram]]s. <> [[laba]], [[waya]]. {{syn|lbs}} | ||
#: ''Since he stopped smoking, he has gained 20 '''pounds'''. <> Ya ƙaru da '''[[laba]]''' uku tunda ya daina shan taba.'' | #: ''Since he stopped smoking, he has gained 20 '''pounds'''. <> Ya ƙaru da '''[[laba]]''' uku tunda ya daina shan taba.'' | ||
# [[ | # A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter. <> gidan tsare ɓatattun [[dabbobi]]. | ||
#: '' I found this nice tomcat at the '''pound'''. <> Na samu wani kyakkyawan muzuru a '''gidan tsare ɓatattun dabbobi'''. | |||
== Verb == | == Verb == | ||
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# to pound something moist in mortar <> [[ƙirɓa]]. | # to pound something moist in mortar <> [[ƙirɓa]]. | ||
#: ''Yams are '''pounded''' to make pounded yams <> Ana '''kirɓa''' doya ta zama sakwara. | #: ''Yams are '''pounded''' to make pounded yams <> Ana '''kirɓa''' doya ta zama sakwara. | ||
# [[pounding]], as in hard squeezing <> [[lugude]] / [[laguda]] - [[mulmula]] ko [[matsa]] wani abu. | |||
#: ''Zancen kuka '''laguda''' [https://twitter.com/Hausa_zalla/status/896322728000618496] | |||
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[[Category:Units of measurement]] | [[Category:Units of measurement]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 4 March 2019
Pronunciation
Noun
- (countable) A pound is a unit of currency used in Britain. <> (UK) fam.
- Against the dollar, the pound fell by half a cent to $ 1.73.
- As of Jan 12, 2019, 1 Pound sterling equals <> 469 Nigerian Naira
- (countable) A pound is a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces or 0.454 kilograms. <> laba, waya.
- Synonym: lbs
- Since he stopped smoking, he has gained 20 pounds. <> Ya ƙaru da laba uku tunda ya daina shan taba.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter. <> gidan tsare ɓatattun dabbobi.
- I found this nice tomcat at the pound. <> Na samu wani kyakkyawan muzuru a gidan tsare ɓatattun dabbobi.
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) |
- (transitive & intransitive) If you pound something, you hit it hard. <> duka / daka / daki.
- Grace pounded on the door. "Come out of there!"
- He pounded his hand against the desk and jumped up.
- (intransitive) If your head or heart is pounding, you can feel the blood moving through it. <> bugawa / buga.
- I ran and ran until my heart was pounding in my chest. <> Nai ta gudu har sai da zuciya ta tai ta buga a ƙirji na.
- After the party, my head was pounding and I had to lie down.
- to remove <> surfa / surfe, casa.
- to pound something moist in mortar <> ƙirɓa.
- Yams are pounded to make pounded yams <> Ana kirɓa doya ta zama sakwara.
- pounding, as in hard squeezing <> lugude / laguda - mulmula ko matsa wani abu.
- Zancen kuka laguda [1]
