Verb transitive

MEANING

To wind, bind, twist round and round with cord, etc.

Example of use

1.     Abuula mala, amupomba mu mukoshi, MEANING he took the intestines and wound them round his neck(folktale)

2.     Insoka yapombe mfumu mu mukoshi, MEANING the snake wound itself round the chief’s neck

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS/USES

PASSIVE–pombwa

APPLICATIVE –pombela

INTENSIVE-pombesha