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# {{transitive verb}} If you '''control''' something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much. <> sarrafa [[iyaka]]r [[adadi]]n abu. {{synonyms|limit|check|monitor}} | # {{transitive verb}} If you '''control''' something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much. <> sarrafa [[iyaka]]r [[adadi]]n abu. {{synonyms|limit|check|monitor}} | ||
#: ''The new plan should '''control''' [[inflation]].'' | #: ''The new plan should '''control''' [[inflation]].'' | ||
# [[akala]], ja akala <> to control [https://archive.org/details/hausaenglishengl00awde/page/22/mode/2up?q=control] | # [[akala]], ja akala <> to [[govern]], to control [https://archive.org/details/hausaenglishengl00awde/page/22/mode/2up?q=control] | ||
===Related words=== | ===Related words=== | ||
*[[controlling]] | *[[controlling]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:40, 8 September 2020
Pronunciation
Noun
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Jam'i |
- (uncountable) If you have control over someone or something, you can make it do what you want. <> iko.
- Synonym: power
- I don't have control over my life. <> Ban da iko da rayuwata.
- (countable) A control is a button, switch, dial, etc. that lets you make a machine do what you want. <> na'urar sarrafa abu kamar maɓalli.
- If you turn off your TV with the remote control, it continues to use a quarter of normal power. <> macanjin tasha [1]
- She touched the volume control and the sound dropped.
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) |
- (transitive) If you control something, you make it do what you want. <> mallaka, sarrafa.
- The company is controlled by a New York businessman. <> Wani ɗan kasuwan New York ne yake mallakar kamfanin.
- (transitive) If you control something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much. <> sarrafa iyakar adadin abu.
- The new plan should control inflation.
- akala, ja akala <> to govern, to control [2]