fumbafumba (-fumbyefumbye)

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Meaning

v.i. Sc tr. redup. play at cooking (as children); cook in an indifferent/desultory way. fumba Emmere yamala gafumbafumba. She just threw the food together.

fumbafumba (-fumbyefumbye) v.i. Sc tr. redup. play at cooking (as children); cook in an indifferent/desultory way. fumba Emmere yamala gafumbafumba. She just threw the food together.

Related Words

fumba (-fumbye) v.tr. cook; boil; fig. devise ‘cook up.' okufumba omutwe, to think, okufumba ku mutwe, to bother one's head. Tewali n'omu afumbye ku mutwe. There is no one who fumbeetera (-fumbeetedde) v.i. also fuubeetera be or become blunt/dull; fig. be blocked/ frustrated; be at one's wits' end reach a dead end. fumbika (-fumbise) also fumbeka (-fumbese) v.i. be jammed/stuffed in; be full/crowded to capacity. fumbiriganya (-fumbiriganyizza) v.tr. appl. recip. caus. cause to marry; join in marriage. cf. -fumba ^obufumbo, effumbiro, kifumba- mutuku (under mutuku), olufumbirwa, olu- fumbofumbo, mufumbakafu, ^omufumbi, omufumbiro, omufumbo, fumbirira (-fumbiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 keep cooking; cook all the time okufumbirira omugole, to wait on a bride (a series of functions traditionally performed by the paternal aunt and sister-in-law of fumbirwa (-fumbiddwa) v.i. appl. pass. marry; be married (to) (of a woman only disp aragingly of a man). fumbukula (-Fumbukudde) v.i. & tr. pour out; empty out. ne mpulira abantu nga bafumbukudde amaloboozi and I heard people talking, lit. pouring forth voices. fumbiikiriza (-fumbiikirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. stuff cram in; sweep, push (e.g., rubbish into a corner); corner (e. g., a criminal, a rat); solve, get to the heart of (a crime, a prob fumbikira fumbekera (-fumbikidde, -fumbe- kedde) v.i. appl. Twasanze ekkanisa efumbikidde (or efumbekedde). fumbira (-fumbidde) v.tr. appl. cook for/in etc. okufumbira omuntu omutwe, to outsmart/ outwit somebody. fumbiriganwa (-fumbiriganiddwa) v.i. appl. recip. pass get married, be joined in marriage. fumbiza (-fumbizza or -fumbizizza) v. tr. appl. caus. have cook cause to cook; cause to marry, marry off fa woman).