Verb Intransitive.

MEANING 1

To bounce, rebound, glance off

Exampleof use

Natindime pakapama, ulukasu lwatanuka – I tried of hoeingthe hard ground but my hoe glanced off

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

tunsauka, tanauka

MEANING 2

To perchhere and there without stopping

Example of Use

Ifyuni filatanuka ku miti MEANING birds perch to trees here and there without stopping

 

MEANING 3

Glanceat an object

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Tanuna

MEANING 4

Tanukako,to remove eyes from an object

Example of use

Tanukako meenso ku mukashaanaMEANING remove eyes from that girl

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Fumyakoameenso, tanuna

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Derivative: Ntanukila

Applicative – Tanukila

1. Pebwe epo lukasu lwandi lwatanukila MEANING my hoe rebounded on a stone

2. Atala alanda ku mulandu umo, kabili atanukilakuli umbi. MEANING He started to talk of something then suddenly skipped to another subject

 

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

Tanukapa mulandu, pakulanda–to pass suddenly from one subject to another.

 

PROVERBS

Apatanukaameenshi ni pebwe

Literaltranslation

Where the water is ruffled there is a stone.

Meaning

When a person skips from one subject to anotherthere is a reason (he wants to conceal something)

Bembameaning

Pakulubulula, ngamwamona umuntu aleshintunka pali fimo ninshi kuti mwatunganya ukuti pali icoalefwaya ukufisa.

 

Similarproverb

Apashintukaameenshi, pali i?wena