noun

Singular:Akacitantaala

Plural - utufitantaala

MEANING 1.

Medicinal charm to heal impotence.  It consists of a lump of mud taken from the foundations (citantaala) of the ruined hut where the impotent person was born and where his umbilical cord was buried.  This limp of mud acts as a charm (chishimba) and is mixed with the remedies which are given to the patients.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Mupeele kacitantaala. MEANING Give him medicine to cure the impotence.

MEANING 2

Foundation of the ruined house.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Imba iloba pakacitantaala. MEANING Dig the mud from the old foundation.