Verb Transitive

MEANING

Tucking a shirt into a trousers.

Exampleof use

Afuungileilaya lyakwe mwitoloshi, MEANING:He tucked his shirt into his trousers.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Fukilisha.

 

MEANING2

To jail.

Exampleof use

Abamulandu, Kapingula abafuungila pamo,MEANING: The judge treated in a similar manner allthose who took part in the case.

MEANING3

To send soldiers or messengers to sieze someone.

Exampleof use

Fungilapoifita,MEANING: To send soldiers or messengers to seize someone.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Nil.

MEANING4

To board or furnish with meals; to give food or tokeep.

Exampleof use

1.    Lelo mfuungile abaana abashili baana bandi?MEANING: How can I feed children that are not mine?

2.    –Fuungila umuntu lwa meenso,MEANING: To keep a strict watchon someone.

Fuungila imbwa, MEANING: To keep orfeed a bitch so as to 

1.     have a share in the second litter (The first litter belongs to theowner).

2.    Iimbwa wafuungila ya kwani?MEANING: Who is the owner ofthe bitch you are keeping?

3.    Fuungila imbwa ubufubo, MEANING: To give a dog itsfood.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Nil.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Nil

PROVERBS

Nil.