kutunga
koo-TOO-ngah
How to say it
Swahilikutungakoo-TOO-ngahsoon
Meaning
To create a song, a poem, a story or a book, or to draw up a law, a policy or rules.
Good to know
What is made is the object: kutunga wimbo, to compose a song; kutunga sheria, to make a law. Mtunzi is a composer or author; kutunga mimba is to conceive.
Examples
- Alitunga wimbo huo akiwa na miaka kumi na tano.He composed that song when he was fifteen.
- Bunge lina jukumu la kutunga sheria.Parliament has the duty of making laws.
- Wanafunzi walitunga mashairi kuhusu mazingira.The students wrote poems about the environment.
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