noun

MEANING 1.

A small corpse.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRASTS: -

Katumbi, citumbi.

MEANING 2.

A small finger nail or claw.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Kangala, Lwala

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

Baba boonse babili kala na umunwe, MEANING they all are inseparable like nail and finger ( figurative: we are from same father and mother.)