chenga

cheng.a

1 kt [ele] 1 cut into small pieces. 2 cut, trim, lop trees (for building or for making fire). (tde) chengea; (tdk) chengeka; (tds) chengesha; (tdw) chengwa.

cheng.a

2 kt [ele] dodge, avoid by trickery, evade. (tde) chengea; (tdk) chengeka; (tdn) chengana; (tds) chengesha; (tdw) chengwa.

chenga

3 nm [i-/zi-] dodging; act of evading/avoiding: Piga ~ dodge, avoid; Nilimwona anakuja nikampiga ~ I saw him/ her coming and I dodged him/her.

chenga

4 nm [i-/zi-] morsel, chips, crumps: Unga wenye ~ nyingi flour which has not been well ground.