Verb Intransitive.

MEANING.

To sneeze.

Example of use.

Tesemuna ulutesu or ulupasu, MEANING to sneeze asneeze.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-tesula.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

The sneezewas regarded as a good omen. When a sick person sneezes he would soon bewell. When the chairman of the gathering sneezes, all the elders would saluteby clapping, and say twatuukilwa, wehave vomited the poison of the ordeal, i.e. everything would turn out well.

Applicative: -tesemwina

passive: temwinwa