Ofya
verb transitive.

MEANING

To surround or encircle.

Exampleof use.

Bakapokola baofyeshe umushi onse pakwikata abapuupu. Meaning: The police surrounded the entire village in order to arrest the thieves.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRASTS

Shinga

MEANING 2.

To compel someone to change his line of thinking.

Example of use.

Bawishi baofeshe umulumendo ukusuula umukashina ukubwelela ku sukulu. MEANING: The father compelled his son to leave his wife and go back to school.

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES /SOURCES / FUNCTIONS.

APPLICATIVE: ofesesha

PASSIVE: ofeshiwa


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