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TEH-kwah

How to say it

SwahilitekwaTEH-kwah
Frenchêtre enlevé, être capturé

to be kidnapped, to be captured, to be hijacked

Form of kuteka (to capture, to seize, to hijack; to draw (water))

passive of kuteka, to capture or kidnap

Examples

  • Mwandishi huyo alitekwa na watu wasiojulikana.That journalist was kidnapped by unknown people.

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