Verb Transitive

MEANING

 To blunt.

Example of use

Naufuufya ulukasu pantu wacilakomamumabwe MEANING:You have made the hoe blunt by hitting stones in the ground.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

–Fuufutalika.

RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Passiveextension. –fufishiwa, rare. Appliedextension. –fuufisha.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Todiscourage: to still one’s eagerness.

Example of use

Kale uyu acincile saana, ni wewaisa mufuufya Literaltranslation That man was formerly very active; you are the one who hasblunted him Meaning That man was formerly very active; you are the onewho disheartened him.

PROVERBS

Nil.