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<big>[[kunyata]]</big> | <big>[[kunyata]]</big> | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
* {{audio|en-us-abase.ogg|Audio (GA)}} | * {{audio|en-us-abase.ogg|Audio (GA)}} | ||
* {{audio|en-au-abase.ogg|Audio (AU)}} | * {{audio|en-au-abase.ogg|Audio (AU)}} | ||
* How to say '''abase''' in Hausa: <html><script type="text/javascript" src="https://forvo.com/_ext/ext-prons.js?id=7278221"></script></html> | |||
== Verb == | == Verb == | ||
{{verb|abas|e}} | {{verb|abas|e}} | ||
#If you '''abase''' someone or something, then you are trying to lower its [[status]]. Typically, you abase by [[insult]]ing, degrading, or lowering worth. <> [[kunyatawa]], [[wulaƙanta]]rwa, [[ | #If you '''abase''' someone or something, then you are trying to lower its [[status]]. Typically, you abase by [[insult]]ing, degrading, or lowering worth. <> [[kunyatawa]], [[wulaƙanta]]rwa, [[ka]] [[kunyata]] mutum. | ||
# | ##''He felt that his [[moral]] [[principle]]s were '''abased''' after the deal was done.'' | ||
##''I was '''[[abased]]''' yesterday because of what happened.'' <> Na '''[[kunyata]]''' akan abin da ya faru jiya. | |||
Latest revision as of 23:24, 20 August 2020
Pronunciation
Verb
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Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- If you abase someone or something, then you are trying to lower its status. Typically, you abase by insulting, degrading, or lowering worth. <> kunyatawa, wulaƙantarwa, ka kunyata mutum.
- He felt that his moral principles were abased after the deal was done.
- I was abased yesterday because of what happened. <> Na kunyata akan abin da ya faru jiya.