Verb transitive, same as tunkumanika.

MEANING1.

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

EXAMPLE OF USE

Bulwelebwa mutunkumanya amasaya. Meaning: Sickness puffed up his checks.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

tuntumanika, tuntumika,tukubalika, tukubika, tunkumanika

 

OTHERRELATED WORD/USES/FUNCTIONS

Passive: tunkumanishiwa

Example of use

Ifumo lyatunkumanishiwa ku bulwele MEANING hisabdomen was swollen by sickness.

Applicative: tunkumanishisha.