Verb Intransitive.

MEANING 1

To be placed or perched high up

Example of use

Atongama ku muti, MEANING he is perched high up on the tree

 Imfumu yatongama pa cipuna icitali, MEANING the chief is sitting on a very high stool

 

MEANING 2

To be tall, long legged

 

Example of use

Alitongama (or aba uwatongama), MEANING he is very tall, long- legged

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

lonsama

 

MEANING 3

To grow straight up

 

Example of use

Imbalala shalitongama tashayanda, MEANING the groundnuts are straight up and do not spread on the ground (therefore they will not yield)

 

MEANING 4

To be squatting, hunched up

 

Example of use

Ulya atongeme palya MEANING That’s him hunched up over there

 

SYNONYM

Sunsama

 

MEANING 5

 

Example of Use

Tongama, ulubilo MEANING to run away at full speed

SYNONYM

Butuka, fulumuka, tonkola ulubilo (town Bemba), balala (town Bemba)

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Applicative: Tongamina