Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "tamfa" ita ce hana iskar oxygen ko hana numfashi ta hanyar rufewa gaba ɗaya. Hakanan yana iya nufin rufewa ko rufe wani abu gaba ɗaya, ko kuma kashe wuta ta hanyar hana shi iskar oxygen. A ma’ana ta ma’ana, “cikakke” na iya nufin murkushewa, datsewa ko mamaye wani abu ko wani, kamar motsin rai ko tunani.
And women smothered their babies