reckon: Difference between revisions

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Plain form (yanzu)
reckon

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi)
reckons

Past tense (ya wuce)
reckoned

Past participle (ya wuce)
reckoned

Present participle (ana cikin yi)
reckoning

(estimate) kintata <> (transitive) If you reckon a number, cost, etc., you guess or calculate the value.
- Synonym: result
He reckoned that it would cost 100 naira <> ya kintaci kud'insa naira d'ari.
day of reckoning <> ranar hisabi. [1]
(intransitive) If you reckon on something, you expect it. <> tsammani, zato.
- Synonyms: imagine and expect
And provide for them from sources they could never reckon. <> Kuma Ya arzũta shi daga inda bã ya zato. --Quran/65/3

Oh dear, we didn't reckon on so many people.

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+<big>[[kintata]], yi [[hisabi]], [[tsammani]]</big>
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{IPA|/ˈrɛkən/}}
+* {{audio|en-us-reckon.ogg|Audio (US)}}
 ==Verb==
 {{verb}}
-# {{cx|estimate}} [[kintata]] {{syn|result}}
+# {{cx|estimate}} [[kintata]] <> {{transitive}} If you '''reckon''' a number, cost, etc., you guess or [[calculate]] the value. {{syn|result}}
 #: ''He '''[[reckoned]]''' that it would cost 100 naira <> ya '''[[kintaci]]''' kud'insa naira d'ari.
 # day of [[reckoning]] <> ranar [[hisabi]]. [https://archive.org/details/englishhausadict00newm/page/218]
+# {{intransitive}} If you '''reckon''' on something, you expect it. <> [[tsammani]], [[zato]]. {{syn|imagine|expect}}
+#:''And provide for them from sources they could never '''reckon'''.'' <> Kuma Ya arzũta shi daga inda bã ya '''[[zato]]'''.  <small>--[[Quran/65/3]]</small>
+#: ''Oh dear, we didn't '''reckon''' on so many people.''
+[[Category:English lemmas]]