ubula
Verb transitive causative of ubuka

MEANING 1

To excoriate, to remove scab, or skin, 

Example of use

1.      Ubula icilonda MEANING: Remove the scab from the sore.

2.      SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRASTS

      Sotola, Totobola 

      MEANING 2 

     to strip bark, to peel 

     Example of use 

Ubula amapaapa ya muti, MEANING: Strip the bark from the tree.

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE: ubwila.  INTENSIVE: ubwisha. PASSIVE: ubwilwa.

REFLEXIVE: yubula MEANING To shed off skin, like snakes; to undergo metamorphosis like caterpillar's

 Example of use 

Insoka cila mwaka ilayubula MEANING without fail snakes shed off old skins every year.


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