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#: ''The zoo has been having trouble getting a '''mate''' for the panda.'' | #: ''The zoo has been having trouble getting a '''mate''' for the panda.'' | ||
# {{countable}} A '''mate''' is a person's husband or wife. <> [[miji]] ko [[mata]]r wani. | # {{countable}} A '''mate''' is a person's husband or wife. <> [[miji]] ko [[mata]]r wani. | ||
#: ''[[and|And]] [[of]] [[all]] [[things]] [[We]] [[created]] [[two]] [[mates]]; [[perhaps]] [[you]] [[will]] [[remember]]. <> [[kuma|Kuma]] [[daga]] [[kome|kõme]] [[mu|Mun]] [[halitta]] '''[[nau'i]] [[biyu]]''', [[watakila]] [[za|zã]] [[ku]] yi [[tunani|tunãni]]. = Kuma muka [[halitta]] [[kome]] '''[[nau'i]] [[biyu]] (na [[miji]] da [[mace]])''', [[la'alla]] [[ku]] yi [[tunani]].'' --[[Qur'an]] [[Quran/51#Ayat_49|51:49]] | #: ''[[and|And]] [[of]] [[all]] [[things]] [[We]] [[created]] [[two]] '''[[mates]]'''; [[perhaps]] [[you]] [[will]] [[remember]]. <> [[kuma|Kuma]] [[daga]] [[kome|kõme]] [[mu|Mun]] [[halitta]] '''[[nau'i]] [[biyu]]''', [[watakila]] [[za|zã]] [[ku]] yi [[tunani|tunãni]]. = Kuma muka [[halitta]] [[kome]] '''[[nau'i]] [[biyu]] (na [[miji]] da [[mace]])''', [[la'alla]] [[ku]] yi [[tunani]].'' --[[Qur'an]] [[Quran/51#Ayat_49|51:49]] | ||
# {{countable}} A '''mate''' is the other [[member]] of a [[match]]ed [[pair]] of objects. | # {{countable}} A '''mate''' is the other [[member]] of a [[match]]ed [[pair]] of objects. | ||
# {{countable}} A [[drink]] made from [[yerba mate]]. | # {{countable}} A [[drink]] made from [[yerba mate]]. | ||
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==Verb== | ==Verb== | ||
{{verb|mat|e}} | {{verb|mat|e}} | ||
# {{intransitive}} In [[animal]]s, to have [[sex]]. | # {{intransitive}} In [[animal]]s, to have [[sex]]. <> [[saduwa]], yin [[aure]]. | ||
#:''The monkeys were going to '''mate'''.'' | #:''The monkeys were going to '''mate'''. <> Birayen za su '''[[sadu]]'''.'' | ||
#: ''The birds are '''mating'''. <> Tsuntsayen suna '''aure'''.'' | |||
#: ''The female shows she's ready to '''mate''' by showing her red bottom to the male.'' | #: ''The female shows she's ready to '''mate''' by showing her red bottom to the male.'' | ||
# {{transitive}} To [[match]] two things together. | # {{transitive}} To [[match]] two things together. | ||
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===Related words=== | ===Related words=== | ||
*[[mating]] | *[[mating]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:04, 4 March 2019
Noun
- (countable) A mate is someone you do something with. <> abokin aiki, sa'a.
- Synonym: colleague
- Nils, my tent mate, was from the same elementary school in the city.
- (countable); (colloquial); (UK, Australian) A mate is a friend, usually male. <> aboki.
- I'm meeting my mates later, after work.
- The two of them are best mates.
- What can I do for you, mate?
- (countable) A mate is an animal's sexual partner. <> abokin saduwa, abokiyar saduwa.
- The zoo has been having trouble getting a mate for the panda.
- (countable) A mate is a person's husband or wife. <> miji ko matar wani.
- (countable) A mate is the other member of a matched pair of objects.
- (countable) A drink made from yerba mate.
Related words
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) |
- (intransitive) In animals, to have sex. <> saduwa, yin aure.
- The monkeys were going to mate. <> Birayen za su sadu.
- The birds are mating. <> Tsuntsayen suna aure.
- The female shows she's ready to mate by showing her red bottom to the male.
- (transitive) To match two things together.
- That morning when they tried to mate her with our bull, she had no idea what to do.