kutumbukiza
koo-too-mboo-KEE-zah
How to say it
Swahilikutumbukizakoo-too-mboo-KEE-zah
Meaning
To put or push something down into a hole, water or a container, and figuratively to drag a person or a country into trouble.
Good to know
Usually with kwenye or katika and the place: kutumbukiza mpira wavuni, to put the ball into the net. The passive kutumbukizwa is to be plunged or dragged into something.
Examples
- Alitumbukiza simu yake kwenye maji kwa bahati mbaya.He accidentally dropped his phone into the water.
- Mshambuliaji aliutumbukiza mpira wavuni dakika ya kumi.The striker put the ball into the net in the tenth minute.
- Viongozi hao wanataka kutumbukiza nchi katika vita.Those leaders want to plunge the country into war.
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