kutema
koo-TEH-mah
How to say it
Swahilikutemakoo-TEH-mah
Meaning
To force something out of the mouth, such as saliva or food, or to cut with a heavy blow, as in chopping wood or felling trees. Sports news uses it for a club letting players go.
Good to know
Kutema mate is to spit; kutema kuni is to chop firewood; kutema cheche is to spit sparks, to speak fiercely. In football news: klabu imewatema wachezaji watano, the club has dropped five players.
Examples
- Ni kosa kutema mate barabarani.It is wrong to spit in the street.
- Babu alitema kuni kwa shoka asubuhi.Grandfather chopped firewood with an axe in the morning.
- Kocha amewatema wachezaji watatu kikosini.The coach has dropped three players from the squad.
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