tuu
Sense 1
English: Translation
conquer, win (in a contest or battle)
Part of Speech
verb
Example Sentence
Dagaɗu tanka jagai a tuwa.
English: Example Sentence
He found that the town had been conquered in battle
Sense 2
English: Translation
eat (esp. tuwo)
Hausa: Translation
ci (tuwo)
Part of Speech
verb
Example Sentence
Hnna wano bai.
English: Example Sentence
Eating isn’t working. (Just because someone eats a lot doesn’t mean he’ll work hard.)
Sense 3
English: Translation
experience, undergo
Part of Speech
verb
Example Sentence
Ba haɗu simeri ye tu jojo.
English: Example Sentence
One who eats a hare has “eaten” running. (note that ‘eat hare’ uses the root hàɗu)
Morphology
Verb class C. Verbal noun: hnnàa, tinàa.
Source
schuh-2009p. 83 (PDF p. 5), s.v. “conquer”; p. 86 (PDF p. 8), s.v. “eat”; p. 86 (PDF p. 8), s.v. “experience (undergo)”; p. 71 (PDF p. 89), s.v. “tū”