shoe

takalmi

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃuː/

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• Homophones: shoo, shew

Noun

Singular shoe

Plural shoes

Tilo takalmi

Jam'i takalma or takalmai

A shoe

1. Two shoes are two things that someone wears on their feet. Shoes have a hard, flat bottom.

   In Hausa, the word for "shoe, boot, sandal" is tà:kàlmí [1]

Verb

Plain form shoe

Third person singular shoes

Simple past shod

Past participle shod

Present participle shoeing

Plain form shoe

Third person singular shoes

Simple past shod

Past participle shodden

Present participle shoeing

Plain form (yanzu) shoe

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) shoes

Past tense (ya wuce) shoed

Past participle (ya wuce) shoed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) shoeing

1. (intransitive) If you shoe, you put shoes on your feet. We usually use this verb as a past participle: We say say someone is shod if they have shoes on their feet.

   He was dressed and shod, ready to go out.

2. (transitive) If you shoe a horse, you put horseshoes on the horse.
3. (transitive) To put protection on something so that it does not get worn down.

   Let's shoe that cane before you get a splinter in your hand!