Verb transitive and intransitive, applicative of inama

MEANING.

To bend over.

Example of use.

Inama pa meenshi, MEANING: To stoop down over water, i.e. to drink without the help of cup or vessel.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Fulamina.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

PASSIVE: -Inaminwa.

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

EXPRESSIONS: Inamina umulwele, MEANING: To take care of a sick person (i.e. to bend over him).

Inamina pa bwalwa, MEANING: To drink heavily (i.e. to bend over a jug of beer).

PROVERBS.

Nil.