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tunguka (-tunguse) v.i. conv. become unsewn; become detached/unstuck; come apart; slip off; protrude

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Meaning

okutunguka ku magumba, to lose weight, become all skin and bones.

tunguka (-tunguse) v.i. conv. become unsewn; become detached/unstuck; come apart; slip off; protrude, okutunguka ku magumba, to lose weight, become all skin and bones.

Related Words
tunga (-tunze) v.tr. sew; thread on a string thread (e.g., beads); pin, attach; put (on a spit, skewer). Twatungwa emimwa. Our lips were sealed. We were not permitted to speak tungatunga adv. at close grips; close together. tungirira (-tungiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 keep sewing; sew all the time; sew hurriedly/ hastily. tungula (-tungudde) v.tr. conv. undo; unstring (beads old-fashioned holed money, etc.); detach (e.g., meat from a skewer). tungulikana (-tungulikanye) v.i. be soft and fragile. tungulula (-tunguludde) v.tr. conv. 2 un- sew; unstring; unpick. tungira (-tungidde) v.tr. appl. sew for/at etc. tungujja (-tunguzze) v.i. be overwhelmed with sorrow be grief-stricken. tunguliita (-tunguliise) v.i. be ripe (e.g. of fruit); be on the point of bursting (of a boil); be inflamed; look nice, have a glowing look (of a person). tungulukuka (-tungulukuse) v.i. conv. 2 become unsewn/unstitched etc. cf. ^omutunzi, entungiro. tunguutana (-tunguutanye) v.i. shine glow (of the skin, particularly of a pregnant woman). tunguza (-tunguzizza) v.tr. conv. caus. cause to undo etc.; undo with/using, kutunguza nsimbi mannyo, to bring out one's money in a hurry (to pay a fine, to make a desired purchase).