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vumba (-vumbye) v.tr. rub; massage; seize

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Meaning

grasp; eat ravenously, okukwata amavumba- vumba, to hold tightly, okuvumba ekiwundu, to dress a wound.

vumba (-vumbye) v.tr. rub; massage; seize, grasp; eat ravenously, okukwata amavumba- vumba, to hold tightly, okuvumba ekiwundu, to dress a wound.

Related Words
vumbagira (-vumbagidde) v.tr. grab; grip; hug; embrace. vumbatira (-vumbatidde) v.tr. grip; grasp. vumbeera (-vumbedde) v.i. become dim/indistinct (of a light); smolder (of a fire); be muffled (of a noise); be stuffed up/clogged up (of the nose, ears vumbeeza (-vumbeezezza) v.tr. caus. make dim/obscure; cause to smoulder okuvumbeeza obulago, to lower/muffle the voice, okuvumbeeza ku ddoboozi, to lower the voice somewhat. vumbula (-vumbudde) v.tr. find; find out; discover; invent; take (from under the ashes or embers). cf. omuvumbuzi; vumbika. vumbagiza (-vumbagizizza) v.tr. caus. cause to grab etc. kuvumbagiza lyanyi, to grab forcefully, seize by force. vumbika (-vumbise) v.tr. put under warm ashes (e.g. food, to be kept for later use); put under cover; hide. vumbuka (-vumbuse) v.i. be found turn up, appear; be discovered; come to light, be revealed, amaloboozi ne gavumbukako waggulu, and the voices grew louder. Omuntu vumbukira (-vumbukidde) v.i appl. be found in, etc. v.tr. come out at; charge (as an animal).