tire

English Noun

Singular tire

Plural tires

Tilo taya

Jam'i tayoyi

An antique tyre

1. taya
2. Tire is another way of spelling tyre. tyre is the UK spelling.

Hausa Noun

Etymology

Borrowing from English tray. tìr̃ê m (possessed form tìr̃ên)

1. tray

   Ɗan’uwa Russell ya ce: “Ba ma yawo da tire don karɓan kuɗi.” <> “We never take up a collection tray,” explained Brother Russell. [1]

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) tire

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) tires

Past tense (ya wuce) tired

Past participle (ya wuce) tired

Present participle (ana cikin yi) tiring

1. To become tired. <> gaji.

Related words

• tired

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