Colloquial in idiom akobosha mpuku

MEANING.

Offensive talking

EXAMPLE OF USE

Asosa akobosha mpuku. MEANING He has talked offensively.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST:

Sosa musalula-musalula, insosombi, iponya itumba:s

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

ETYMOLOGY:

The expression alludes to a well-known tale of local  folklore: A disrespectful son addressed his father by the name “mune” (My friend). One day the father killed a number of rats but threw them away and let them rot instead of bringing them home, just to punish the disrespectful son; hence, to talk to someone ‘kabosha mpuku’ means: (which causes the rat to rot)