noun

Plural - amalongwe

MEANING.

The house where a person died.

Example of use

Bashingula mwilongwe or bashingula ilongwe, MEANING: they have plastered the hut where person died.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Nil

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION.

A member of the munungwe clan does the plastering after the removal of the corpse.

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

Nil

PROVERBS.

Nil