fire

Noun

Singular fire

Plural fires

Tilo wuta

Jam'i wutoci or wutace

A match on fire - wutar ashana

1. (uncountable) A fire is a chemical reaction that makes heat and flames. <> yadda ake kiran wuta da hausa - wata halitta ko iska mai zafi wadda ake ƙona/gasa/dafa abu da ita.
2. (countable) Something that has made or can make this chemical reaction, such as a campfire. <> abin wuta, makamashi.

   We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.

3. (countable) The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place which leads to its full or partial destruction. <> gobara.

   There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) fire

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) fires

Past tense (ya wuce) fired

Past participle (ya wuce) fired

Present participle (ana cikin yi) firing

1. (transitive) To set something on fire. <> tada wuta.
2. (transitive) To shoot (a gun, cannon or a similar weapon). <> harbi (kamar harbin bindiga).

   We will fire our guns at the enemy. <> Za mu harbi bindigogin mu ga maƙiyan mu

3. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon or a similar weapon.

   Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

4. To end the employment of an employee because of something they did wrong. <> sallama/sallami daga aiki.

   She should fire the employee that stole from the company. <> Ya kamata ta sallami wannan ma'aikacin da ya yi sata daga kamfanin.