slave

Pronunciation

• enPR: slāv
• IPA: /sleɪv/
• SAMPA: /sleIv/

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Noun

Singular slave

Plural slaves

Tilo bawa

Jam'i bayi

1. A slave is a person who is owned by a master and who works for that master, but receives no—or almost no—money. <> bawa (male slave), baiwa (the female slave): mutumin da aka kama wajen yaƙi ko aka saya don bauta.

Related words

• slavery

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) slave

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) slaves

Past tense (ya wuce) slaved

Past participle (ya wuce) slaved

Present participle (ana cikin yi) slaving

1. (intransitive) To work very hard.

   I've been slaving in the kitchen all day cooking food for Christmas dinner.