Verb transitive causative of telemuka

MEANING.

To cause to slip, to slidedown

Example of use

Umulumendo ewatelemuna amatafwali, MEANING the boy has caused thebricks to slip down

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Telemusha

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

 

Passive: -telemunwa

Applicative: Telemwina(passive: -telemwinwa)

Intensive: -telemwisha

 

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

Uwatelemunwa mu maano nga kaice, MEANING he thinks like achild/he is like a child in thinking

 

Bakulu mukufyalwa, nomba balitelemunwa mu maano, MEANING he is an adult, but he thinks like a child