unga mkono

Swahili

Etymology

    From -unga + mkono[1], literally “to join a hand”.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

    -unga mkono (infinitive kuunga mkono)

    1. (idiomatic) to support, to lend a hand

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of -unga mkono: see -unga.

    References

    1. ^ Kraska-Szlenk, Iwona (2023), “Kiswahili Research in Cognitive and Cultural Linguistics”, in Swahili Forum‎[1], volume 30, →ISSN, page 205 of 196-214: “Similar measures show that the Kiswahili mkono ‘hand/arm’ is strongly associated with ‘giving’ and abstract extensions from it, such as ‘helping’ and ‘supporting’, cf. the frequent expressions as kuunga mkono ‘to support’ lit. ‘to join a hand’, ku(m)pa (mtu) mkono ‘to give a hand’.”
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