Verb Transitive

MEANING

to grab, seize, snatch and carry off (of animals or vultures); to filch.

Example of use

1.    inkalamo yasompola umuntu, MEANING: the lion seized a man.

2.     asompola ulukasu, afulumuka nokufulumuka, MEANING: he filched a hoe and ran away with it.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

kumpula, cimuna.

MEANING 2

to sum up.

Example of use

asompolafye umulandu, MEANING: he only summed up the case.

MEANING 3

to work for a short time

Example of use

umulimo wali wakusompolafye, MEANING: he only worked for a short time.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

iba.

PASSIVE:  sompolwa.

Example of use:

inkonko yasompolwa ku lukoshi, MEANING: the chicken was snatched by the hawk

APPLICATIVE : - sompwela

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIALUSE/EXPRESSIONS

amusompwela icisungu, MEANING: he had sex with her before marriage.