tuvyakulya

Tumbuka

Alternative forms

  • tuvyakurya

Etymology

From tu- (“Class 13 noun prefix, diminutive prefix”) +‎ vyakulya (“food”).

Noun

tuvyakulya class 13

  1. diminutive of vyakulya
  2. plural of kacakulya
    • (Can we date this quote?), Baibolo Likusintha Umoyo wa Ŵanthu:
      Para adada aŵa ŵandaloŵere, nyengo zinyake ŵakatigulirangako tuvyakurya nangauli ivi vikacitikanga kaŵirikaŵiri yayi.
      When my stepfather was sober —which was not very often— he would buy my brother and me something to eat.
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