control

(n.) iko, (v.) mallaki

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kənˈtrəʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"tr@Ul/
• (US) IPA: /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"t(S)roUl/

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Noun

Singular control

Plural controls

Tilo iko

Jam'i babu (none)

1. (uncountable) If you have control over someone or something, you can make it do what you want. <> iko.
   • Synonym: power

   I don't have control over my life. <> Ban da iko da rayuwata.

2. (countable) A control is a button, switch, dial, etc. that lets you make a machine do what you want. <> na'urar sarrafa abu kamar maɓalli.

   If you turn off your TV with the remote control, it continues to use a quarter of normal power. <> macanjin tasha [1]

   She touched the volume control and the sound dropped.

Related words

• controller

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) control

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) controls

Past tense (ya wuce) controlled

Past participle (ya wuce) controlled

Present participle (ana cikin yi) controlling

game controllers

1. (transitive) If you control something, you make it do what you want. <> mallaka, sarrafa.
   • Synonyms: limit, check and monitor

   The company is controlled by a New York businessman. <> Wani ɗan kasuwan New York ne yake mallakar kamfanin.

2. (transitive) If you control something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much. <> sarrafa iyakar adadin abu.
   • Synonyms: limit, check and monitor

   The new plan should control inflation.

3. akala, ja akala <> to govern, to control [2]

Related words

• controlling