kuchambua

How to say it

Meaning

To look at something closely and pick it apart to understand it, such as a report or a match; originally to sort or clean by picking out, as with rice or cotton.

Good to know

Takes a direct object: kuchambua taarifa, to analyze a report; kuchambua pamba, to gin cotton. Mchambuzi is an analyst or pundit and uchambuzi analysis.

Examples

• Wataalamu wanachambua matokeo ya utafiti.Experts are analyzing the research findings.
• Mama alichambua mchele kabla ya kupika.Mother sorted the rice before cooking.
• Kiwanda hiki kinachambua pamba ya wakulima.This factory gins the farmers' cotton.

Forms

chambua