float

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) float

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) floats

Past tense (ya wuce) floated

Past participle (ya wuce) floated

Present participle (ana cikin yi) floating

1. (intransitive) When you float, it means that your density is lower than the density of the liquid you are in, which makes you be at the surface of the liquid. <> kwanta a kan ruwa (ba nutsewa).

   Due to my light body, I always float when I go swimming. <> Saboda ban da nauyin jiki, ina iya kwanciya a kan ruwa duk sanda na je iyo.

Noun

Singular float

Plural floats

1. Something which stays on or near the surface of water or another liquid. <> abunda ke iya zama a kan ruwa.
2. A buoyant used to help balance in water or another liquid.

   Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.

3. A nicely decorated vehicle, to show in a parade or pageant. <> motar da aka yi wa ado.

   That float covered in roses is very pretty.

4. (of a corpse) bambaro.