Verb intransitive and verb transitive. Intensive of –baba

MEANING 1

To itch intensely.

Example of use

Aumfwa ku moolu kulebabilila, MEANING:  He or she felt his or her legs itching intensely.

MEANING 2

To make a fireguard by burning the grass around the fence of a garden, etc.

Example of use

Babilila mumbali yebala, MEANING:  Make a fireguard around the garden.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: –babililwa

Example of use

Napababililwa, MEANING:  The grass is burnt (or a firebreak is made) around that place.