nunsha
Verb transitive and intransitive
MEANING
To smell, sniff, to stink (both nice and offensive smell)
Example of use
1. Inkalamo yati inunshe, yaumfwa ubwema bwatula ku muti, MEANING: When the lion sniffed he realized that the scent came from the tree
2. Talukako witununsha, MEANING: Go away do not stink us out
OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS
APPLICATIVE: Nunshisha
FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION
Nunsha ipula, MEANING: To have a presentiment.
Example of use
1. Ku mulandu wamfwa, tapali wakunusha ipula, MEANING: In reference to death, there is no
2. Amununsha ilya (ikofi) ku mununsha, MEANING: He made him smell his fist; He thrashed him hard.