worry

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwʌri/
• (US) IPA: /ˈwɜːri/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) worry

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) worries

Past tense (ya wuce) worried

Past participle (ya wuce) worried

Present participle (ana cikin yi) worrying

A girl who is worrying about something

1. To have many thoughts, with some fear, but not good thoughts. To use much time with thoughts about something but no decisions about it and no actions about it. <> damu, damuwa.
   • Synonym: bother

   While she cooked the food, she worried about her son who was writing an important test at school.

Noun

Singular worry

Plural worries

1. abin damu, matsi.

   Don't worry. <> Kada ki damu.