Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To throw, to scatter, to sow broadcast

EXAMPLE OF USE

Ulekuba umushili ulingaane, MEANING throw some soil there to make it level.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRASTS:

Linganya,Sansa

MEANING 2

To be finished; to stop yielding

Example of use

Ifipushi fyalikuba, MEANING the pumpkins are finished (the season is over)

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE: Kubila

PASSIVE: Kubwa

INTENSIVE: Kubisha

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

1.    1. Kuba ubunga pa citumbi,MEANING to throw flour on the corpse before carrying it to the grave; also during the journey and in the grave.  It is a kind of sacrifice offered to the spirit of the departed.

2.     2. Alikuba amaano,MEANING he has no more brain left (he has grown childish).