Verb applicative of -tinika

MEANING.

To protract,prolong.

Example of use.

-tinikila ulwendo, MEANING to protract,prolong a journey by too many stops.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-tiibikila ulwendo,  

MEANING 2.

To giggle,repress a boisterous laugh.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-tiibikila, titikila

MEANING 3.

Verbintransitive of state, to be pressed, squeezed.

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

Passive: -tinikilwa.

Example of use.

Uluseko lwatinikilwa MEANING the laughter was suppressed

Applicative: -tinikila.