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fumbiikiriza (-fumbiikirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. stuff

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Meaning

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 problem). cf. effumbiko.

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 problem). cf. effumbiko.

Related Words
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). fumble okuwammanta, okuyanza engalo. fumbuka (-fumbuse) fumbukuka (-fumbukuse), fumbulukuka (-fumbulukuse) v.i. (conv. in form) be poured out/emptied out; come out (of the contents of a fumbya (-fumbizza) fumbisa (-fumbisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 make cook, cause to cook; cook with/using. Afumbya masannya- laze/nku. She cooks with ele 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 fumbafumba (-fumbyefumbye) v.i. Sc tr. redup. play at cooking (as children); cook in an indifferent/desultory way. fumba Emmere yamala gafumbafumba. She just 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,