swallow

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) swallow

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) swallows

Past tense (ya wuce) swallowed

Past participle (ya wuce) swallowed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) swallowing

1. haɗiye, haɗiyewa, sha <> (transitive & intransitive) If you swallow something you make it go through your mouth into your body (down your esophagus to your stomach).

   We swallow food and drinks.

   Young children put small toys in their mouths and sometimes swallow them.

See also

• drink (sha)
• eat
• take

Noun

Singular swallow

Plural swallows

swallow bird-tsuntsun kabdodo ko alallaka

1. A swallow is a kind of small bird. <> tsuntsun kabdodo ko alallaka.
2. A swallow is the amount of food or liquid that goes down the throat at one time. <> loma
3. A swallow is the act of swallowing. <> haɗiya, ɗaukar loma

   He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.