stone

Noun

Singular stone

Plural stones

Tilo dutse

Jam'i dutsuna or duwatsu

1. (countable) A stone is a hard, solid piece of earth. <> dunƙulallen abu mai tauri da ƙarfi da ake samu a ƙasa.

   I do not have a hammer but I will use a stone to hammer the nail. <> Ban da guduma amma dai na yi amfani da dutse na daki ƙusar.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) stone

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) stones

Past tense (ya wuce) stoned

Past participle (ya wuce) stoned

Present participle (ana cikin yi) stoning

1. kashe mutum ta hanyar jefa dutse <> kill by throwing stones at
   • Synonym: lapidate
2. remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches
   • Synonym: pit