Adjective/Verb intransitive.

MEANING

MEANING 1

To be thin.

Example of use

Naonda, ukonda ashala nga pa munwe MEANING: She is thin indeed, as thin as a finger

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Pampauka, palauka, ondoloka

 OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE – kaonde

INTENSIVE – ondesha

APPLICATIVE – ondela

CAUSATIVE – onsha

 

PROVERBS

Ukonda muleele.

LITERAL TRANSLATION: 

To be thin is being lazy.

MEANING: If you want to be fat, you have to be eating

BEMBA MEANING

Umuntu alinga ukuposa amaano kukulya nangula ifilyo tafiwamiishe.