kufunga

koo-FOO-ngah

How to say it

Swahilikufungakoo-FOO-ngahsoon

Frenchfermer ; attacher ; marquer (un but)soon

Meaning

To close something such as a door, a shop or a meeting, or to tie and fasten it; in football, to score a goal; also to fast or to lock someone up.

Good to know

Kufunga mlango, to shut the door; kufunga bao, to score a goal; kufunga ndoa, to get married; kufunga Ramadhani, to fast. The passive kufungwa also means to be jailed.

Examples

Funga dirisha, kuna baridi sana.Close the window, it is very cold.
Samatta alifunga bao la ushindi.Samatta scored the winning goal.
Walifunga ndoa kanisani mwezi uliopita.They got married in church last month.

The same word in

Kirundigufungagoo-FOO-ngah Kinyarwandagufungagoo-FOON-gah

Forms

funga, fungwa, kufungwa (passive of kufunga, to close)

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