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nyuka

verb

LanguageBangi (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Meaning
  1. to rub (clothes)
  2. The act of scrubbing or rubbing fabric during the cleaning process. This is often done when washing by hand.
Examples

Asengeli konyuka bilamba ya pɛtɛlɛ.

He must rub the dirty clothes.

Part of speechverb

Usage noteSpecifically refers to the physical action of scrubbing clothes during washing.

Status: Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

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Source: adapted from English Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors) via kaikki.org (Wiktextract), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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