Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To imagine, invent, devise.

Example of use

1. Fya kwelenganyafye MEANING: Things of mere imagination

2. Elenganya umuntu MEANING: To imagine what a man is like.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Tunganya.

MEANING 2

To render impotent, sterile.

Example of use

Bapanda umuti wa kwelenganya Chabu MEANING: They prepared a ‘medicine’ to render Chabu impotent.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

kompesha umuntu.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: -Elenganishiwa       

APPLICATIVE: –Elenganisha