Verb intensive of tempa

MEANING 1

Pump someone for information with persistence

Example of use

 

Atempeshefye nshila yonse MEANING  hehas been interrogating me with persistence the whole way

 

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Passive: Tempeshiwa

Applicative:Tempesesha

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

Atempeshe imfwa, MEANING he exposed himself to death without reason

 

SYNONYM

Pempe mfwa, itemene imfwa