stone

Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)

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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; jifa/jefe/jefi da dutse. <> kill by throwing stones at
   • Synonym: lapidate

   if they come to know of you, they will stone you or return you to their religion. <> idan suka san da zaman ku to zasu jefe ku, ko kuma su mai dã ku cikin addininsu Quran 18:20

2. remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches
   • Synonym: pit

Google translation of stone

Dutse.

1. (noun) dutse <> mountain, stone, rock, boulder, cliff;
2. (adjective) na dutse <> stone;