Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To cut with a single stroke

EXAMPLE OF USE

Nkwa! Ndeya kwampa matete uku, MEANING I am going there to cut reeds

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-sempa

MEANING 2

To grasp, seize roughly

EXAMPLE OF USE

Akwampe fumo, aya no kuya, MEANING he grasped his spear and went away

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE: -kwampila