fine

Adjective

1. mai kyau

   Fine ladies <> Mata masu kyau.

2. (soft texture) mai taushi

Adverb

1. (well) lafiya

   I am fine <> Ina nan lafiya.

2. (small) ƙanana

   she chopped up the okra into fine pieces <> ta yayyanka kuɓewa sun zama ƙanana.

Noun

Singular fine

Plural fines

1. A fine is money that you pay for breaking a rule or the law. <> tara

   There is a $500 fine for smoking inside.

   a stiff fine <> tara mai tsanani

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) fine

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) fines

Past tense (ya wuce) fined

Past participle (ya wuce) fined

Present participle (ana cikin yi) fining

1. (transitive) If you fine someone, you make them pay money for breaking a rule or the law. <> ci (pronoun) tara

   the judge fined him 100 naira <> alƙali ya ci shi tara naira goma.

   He was fined $500 for smoking inside.

2. (transitive & intransitive) To make something finer in quality or size.

   The wine will fine with time.