umuka

How to say it

Meaning

to swell up or ferment, as dough rising.

Good to know

take/steal away, deprive of; confis- cate; cause fermentation, put yeast in bread flour; inv. of umika; swell up, ferment; inv

Examples

• Unga uliumuka baada ya masaa mawili.The dough had risen after two hours.
• Mkate hautaumuka bila hamira.The bread will not rise without yeast.
• Je, uji huu umeanza kuumuka?Has this porridge started to ferment?
• Donge la unga liliumuka jikoni.The lump of dough swelled up in the kitchen.

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