Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To trample

Example of use

Nyanyantila isabi, MEANING:  Trample in the mud so as to make the fish come up.

MEANING 2

To appease, soothe.

EXAMPEL OF USE

Abula umunankwe ukumunyanyantila nga pali ulubuli MEANING: If his companion had been there to soothe him, they would have fought.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Cincintila

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/ SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

REFLEXIVE: inyanyantila, MEANING: to keep step. Also: to stamp with rage.

PASSIVE: nyanyantilwa MEANING: to be appeased, soothed

FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS/SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USES

Ukunyanyantila, MEANING: To outgrow someone.