paint

shafa launi, fenti

Pronunciation

• IPA: /peɪnt/

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Noun

Singular paint

Plural paints

A bucket of green paint.

1. a liquid used to colour something <> fenti - wani ruwan launi da ake shafawa a bango ko wani abu.

   There were all sorts of paints at the shop - green, red, and blue.

   Sarah used pink paint to decorate the wall.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) paint

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) paints

Past tense (ya wuce) painted

Past participle (ya wuce) painted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) painting

1. to use paint to colour something <> shafawa abu fenti.

   John painted the wall brown.

2. to use paint to make a picture.

   The child painted a picture of a flower.

Translation of paint (by Oxford University Press)

1. wet paint, fresh paint <> sābon fentī̀ = ɗanyen fentī̀
2. shā̀fē, fentī̀, fàntîr
3. yi wà X fentī̀

   paint the door green
   yi wà ƙōfā̀ fentī̀ kōrḕ

4. illustrate <> zānā̀, yi zā̀ne-zā̀ne