Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To be kind, meek, gentle

 

Example of use

 

Aaba uwatembekanya, MEANING  he is a kind person

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Uwamutembo,petama, fuuka, tembelekanya

 

MEANING 2

Verbtransitive. To cause to be kind, meek, gentle

 

Mune,tembekanya ishiwi MEANING Myfriend, speak gently

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

 

Passive tembekanishiwa

 

Applicative: tembekanisha

 

 

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION