Verb reciprocative of tunka

MEANING 1

To incite one another to bad action

Example of use

Batunkana kukulwisha ubuteko MEANING They incited one another to fight the government

MEANING 2

Verb intransitive. To crouch, to be drawn up,

Example of use

Icinungi catunkana MEANING The porcupine draws(rolls) itself up into a ball

MEANING 3

Adjective: to be fat and squat

Example of use

Untu atunkana MEANING he’s thickset man

Umukoshi uwatuntukana MEANING a short, thick neck

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

cisela

MEANING 4

To be drawn in, to shrink

Example of use

Ingala sha mbwilis hilatunkana MEANING the claws of a leopard can be drawn in.

Iyi nsalu ngawa ibika mu meenshi ikatunkana MEANING this cloth will shrink if you put in water

MEANING 5

Adjective: To be blunt edged, of a tool

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

fuufuutala, fumfunkana

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Applicative: Tunkanina

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

Aikala shilili, natunkana nokutunkana, MEANING he sits without saying a word, he is shut up like an oyster