noun

singular: akafunda

plural: Tufunda

MEANING 1.

A small package.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Aka kafunda takafinine. MEANING This small package is not heavy.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS:

Augmentative - cifunda’.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

Wasala akafunda ka mfwa, washa akafunda ka buumi. MEANING You have chosen the small package of death and leave the one of life.  

ETYMOLOGY: According to local  folklore, Lesa (God) gave to man the choice between two small parcels, one well made up and the other roughly tied up.  Trusting the appearance, man selected the nice bundle which contained death and despised the ugly one in which life was.