sampa
verb transitive and intransitive
MEANING 1
Tograb, snatch, scramble for.
Exampleof use
Bacisampefyakulya, MEANING: They scrambled forfood.
SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST
Naana.
MEANING 2
Tobe sour, bitter, as lemon, etc.; to be brackish, briny; to be flat, as beer,etc.
Example of use
1. Icicintu calisampa mu kanwa, MEANING: This thing tastes sour (inthe mouth).
2. Ubwalwabafushamo ameenshi, nabusampa, MEANING: They put toomuch water in the beer, it is flat.
OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES
PASSIVE: sampwa.
APPLICATIVE: sampila.