smoke

hayaƙi, shan taba

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: smōk, IPA: /sməʊk/
• (US) enPR: smōk, IPA: /smoʊk/

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Noun

Singular smoke

Plural smokes

A fire with a lot of smoke

1. (uncountable) Smoke is the gray or black substance that goes up into the air when something burns. <> hayaƙi.
2. (slang); (countable) A cigarette. <> taba, sigari.
3. (uncountable) A light grey colour tinted with blue.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) smoke

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) smokes

Past tense (ya wuce) smoked

Past participle (ya wuce) smoked

Present participle (ana cikin yi) smoking

A man smoking a cigarette.

1. (transitive & intransitive) If somebody is smoking, they are breathing in smoke, usually from a cigarette. <> shan taba.

   Excuse me, you can't smoke in the restaurant.

2. (intransitive) If something is smoking, it is making smoke. <> yin hayaƙi.

   The fire's still smoking. You'd better put some more water on it.

Related words

• smoker

Google translation of smoke

Hayaki.

1. (noun) shan taba <> smoke;
2. (verb) sha taba <> smoke, inhale;