Verb Transitive (Intensive of -pala)

MEANING
To scrape ground very carefully, as in search of tubers; figuratively, to scrape up the bit of life left in one who is dying.

Example of use
Mweo wakwe waba wa kupalapala fye, MEANING: The bit of life left in him is to be scraped up carefully.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES
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FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS
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PROVERBS
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