Verb Transitive

MEANING

to goad, poke, prick.

Example of use

1.     sonkola umuntu icimuti, MEANING: to prick someone with a sharp stick.

2.      amusonkola umunwe mulinso, MEANING: he poked him in the eye with his finger.

MEANING 2

To convince, silence another in an argument.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE:  sonkolwa.

APPLICATVE : sonkwele

REFLEXIVE :  isonkola.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIALUSE/EXPRESSIONS

 1. Sonkola apo lwapya, MEANING: to come opportunely, to hit the right spot.

2.Wasonkola apo lwapya, or apo lupile kale, MEANING: You come at the right moment, you ask me to do just what I was dying to (LIT. You pricked the abscess just when it was ripe).