install

saka manhaja

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈstɔːl/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧stall

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) install

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) installs

Past tense (ya wuce) installed

Past participle (ya wuce) installed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) installing

1. (transitive) If you install a piece of hardware or software, you connect, set up or prepare it to be used. <> girka, saka manhaja ko dasa sabon na'ura.

   install a phone <> sâ wayàr tàrhō

   install a refrigerator <> girkà firjī̀

   I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.

2. (transitive) If you install someone in an office, rank or position, you officially place them there. <> naɗa.

   the emir will be installed next month <> zā à naɗà sarkī watā̀ mài zuwā̀

   He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

3. (transitive) If you install yourself somewhere, you establish yourself there or settle in. <> girka, ajiye.

Related words

• installment
• installation