slave

Pronunciation

• enPR: slāv
• IPA: /sleɪv/
• SAMPA: /sleIv/

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Noun

Singular slave

Plural slaves

Tilo bawa

Jam'i bayi

1. A slave is a person who is owned by a master and who works for that master, but receives no—or almost no—money. <> bawa (male slave), baiwa (the female slave): mutumin da aka kama wajen yaƙi ko aka saya don bauta.

Related words

• slavery
• servant

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) slave

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) slaves

Past tense (ya wuce) slaved

Past participle (ya wuce) slaved

Present participle (ana cikin yi) slaving

1. (intransitive) To work very hard. <> ƙoƙarta aiki da wahala.

   I've been slaving in the kitchen all day cooking food for Christmas dinner.