Verb Transitive, causative of tunkana

MEANING 1

To draw together, cause to shrink

Example of use

Tunkanika amaboko namoolu MEANING To cross the arms and legs

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

fokobalika,fokomanika,

Iyi sopo tayababwino. Ilatunkanika amalaya MEANING this soap is not good. It makes clothes shrink

 

MEANING 2

To round off mounds of earth

Example of use

Tunkanika imputa MEANING to round offmounds of soil when making elevated beds for planting

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Applicative: Tunkanikila

Passive:Tunkanikilwa

Example of use

Natunkanikilwa i?anda, MEANING my house was madetoo small, too narrow

 

 

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

Tunkanika umubili wa muntu uufwile, MEANING to fold arms andlegs of person ready to be buried.

Tunkanika umuntu, MEANING to shut someone up

Intunkanika minwe MEANING Ubwali. Refers to folding the fingerswhen eating ubwali