cf. mugunya.

chew; eat; ruminate, cf. olumenku.

chew, champ on.

chew quietly and slowly with the mouth shut.

okugaaya, okumeketa.

munch on; chew on.

munch on, chew.

nibble on; eat out of the palm of the hand.

munch; pound, cf. akabebenu, ekibebenu.

chew on with the lips closed. Teyemugunya ntama. He does not just kid around. He means what he says. cf. kimugunyu; munkunya.