"fua dafu" meaning in Swahili

See fua dafu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: -fua dafu [canonical], kufua dafu [infinitive]
Head templates: {{sw-verb}} -fua dafu (infinitive kufua dafu) Inflection templates: {{sw-conj-see|fua}}
  1. to be able, to succeed
    Sense id: en-fua_dafu-sw-verb-e3fXwZpf Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
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          "ref": "2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Mara ya tatu na ya mwisho, Liti kutokana na kusalitiwa na mmoja wa washirika wake, hakufua dafu tena kwa Wajerumani ambao walimkamata yeye na mume wake, Nyalandu Mtinangi, wakauawa.",
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