Verb transitive, causative of Tembuka

MEANING 1

 

To be exhaustedfrom hunger

 

Example of use

 

Ninsalayamutembula MEANING Its hunger that has exhausted him

 

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

 

Passive tembulwa (tembwile

Applied tembwila

 

 

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

 

To subdue, tame, entice, make one yield.

Example of use

Ba IMF batembulakateeka, MEANING The IMF madethe president yield; brought him to his senses