Verb transitive, causative of tunkumana.

MEANING1.

To cause to become fat, squat, puffed up, blown out.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Bulwele bwa mutunkumanika ulufumo Meaning: Sickness puffed up his abdomen.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

tuntumanika, tunkumanya, tuntumika, tukubika, tukubalika, tunkumanya

OTHERRELATED WORD/USES/FUNCTIONS

Passive: tunkumanikwa

 Example of use

Ukuulu kwatunkumanikwa ku bulwele MEANING his leg was swollen by sickness.

Applicative: tunkumanikila.