Verb Intransitive.

MEANING

To growl, grunt.

Example of use

Naumfwa inkalamo ile?onta, MEANING: I heard the lion growling.

.  SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

?wi?wintika, ?winta

MEANING 2

To snore.

 SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Fooma

MEANING 3

To groan as dying person or animal.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

?winta, fooma

MEANING 4

To crack, produce a cracking sound

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE: ?ontela.

PASSIVE: ?ontelwa.

AS IN: Twa?ontelwa na inkalamo. We have been growled at by the lion.)