noun

Plural –amakumbi

 MEANING 1.

A cloud.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Ikumbi lyateka MEANING a threatening cloud is setting over.

MEANING 2.   

A shower of rain.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Imfula yaisa fye ikumbi limo MEANING Only one shower(cloud)came.

Imfula yalokele amakumbi yatatu MEANING we had three showers of rain

SYNONYM: Nil

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION.

Diminutive – akalikumbi

Augmentative - icilikumbi

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

Enda nga ikumbi lya mfula MEANING to go or walk as quick as a rain cloud.