Verb Transitive and Intransitive.

MEANING 1

to peck, pick up food, as fowls; to tear with beak.

Example of use

1.     amakubi yasompa inama, MEANING: the vultures tore the meat with their beaks.

2.     twasompelwa amale ku nkoko, MEANING: our millet was picked up by the chickens.

MEANING 2

to be sharp, pointed.

Example of use

alisompa umutwe, MEANING: he has a pointed head.

 

DERIVATIVE: lisompanama.

PASSIVE:  sompwa,(sompelwa). MEANING: to be pecked, torn with beak.

APPLICATIVE:  sompela.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

ala tulya utwa kusompasompa, MEANING: we only eat what we can get, and live from hand to mouth.