noun

Plural – amatukuto

MEANING

Effort or attempts.

Example of use

Aliibomfya amatukuto ayengi pakuti ope ulya mwanakashi, MEANING: He put in a lot of  effort to marry that woman.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE: - Tukuta.

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

Ukukwata amatukuto ya cimpampa Literal translation. To make efforts like those of the cimpampa tree which has a lot of flowers but no fruit MEANING to do things without any tangible results