Verb Intransitive

MEANING 1

To come from, come out

Example of use

1.    -Baalemona uko aalefuma ku kulima, MEANING: They saw him come from cultivating his field

2.        Wafumakwi? MEANING: Where do you come from? Or where are you from?

5.    Amale yafuma, yalifilimi, MEANING: The millet heads came out and are starting to seed.

MEANING 2

 To palpitate (heart).

Example of use

1.     Mutima ulefuma (or ulemfuma), pali uwanumbula, MEANING: My heart flutters, someone must have talked about me. Palpitations of the heart presage a misfortune.

2.     Nyina uko eele umutima wamufuma, MEANING:  His/her mother felt sudden palpitations.

MEANING 3

To be fibrous (of tubers).

Example of use

Ifyumbu nafifuma, MEANING: The tubers are fibrous.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

–Foomoka.

MEANING 4

To be trustworthy, sincere.

Example of use

1.    Fuma icumi, MEANING: To be trustworthy, sincere.

2.    Ulyaalifuma icumi, MEANING: That person is trustful.

RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE:Mufuma Cumi.

APPLICATIVE:–Fumina.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

 Fuma insakwe, MEANING: To go out and live in the temporary huts during the sowing season, etc.

Fumapo, MEANING: Get out of there.