previous

na baya

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Positive previous

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If something happened at a previous time, it happened before a particular time. <> na baya, da ya gabata.
   1. Last year, we lived in Seoul, but the previous year we were in Moscow.
      
      
   2. He was arrested the previous day for growing cannabis at the Union Buildings, the seat of government.
      An kama shi kwana guda gabanin bikin al'ada na yawo da ganye a ginin Union Building na gwamnati. --bbchausa verticals/pics

Preposition

Preposition previous

1. (sometimes after the noun) You use previous to refer to a time before something else. <> da suka wuce, na bara, na baya.

   The history of this site previous to the seventeenth century is unknown.

   Four years previous, he had been sick for a month.

Synonyms

• prior