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tumbuka (-tumbuse)

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Meaning

v.i. swell; spread; expand.

tumbuka (-tumbuse) v.i. swell; spread; expand.

Related Words
tumbiikanya (-tumbiikanyizza) v.tr. recip. caus. cause to quarrel/fight. cf. omutumbiikano. tumbula (-tumbudde) v.i. & tr. swell; spread; disseminate; develop promote; popularize, okutumbula ku ddoboozi, to raise the voice, okutumbula ebbeeyi y'emmwanyi, to raise the price of coffee, ebin tumbiikana (-tumbiikanye) v.i. recip. quarrel fight; be furious. tumbiira (-tumbidde) v.i. go very high rise to a great height; be swollen, swell up (e.g., the stomach, a body of water); fig. become angry. tumbiiza (-tumbiizizza) v.tr. caus. cause to rise up/swell etc. tumbika (-tumbise) v.i. -etumbika (-etumbise) v.i. refl. become swollen; swell up with pride, become presumptuous. cf. entumbi; tumbiira. tumble n., ekigwo. tumble v., okugwa, okugalanjuka. tumbler (glass) ekirawuli.