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Usages of kuungua
Balbu ya chumbani imeungua; tafadhali weka balbu mpya.
The bulb in the room has burned out; please put in a new bulb.
Tazama dari; balbu moja imeungua tena.
Look at the ceiling; one bulb has burned out again.
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