Verb transitive

MEANING

To remove from water, as in cassava which was left to soak.

Example of use

1.     Kabule kalundwe, MEANING: Go and take the cassava out of the water.

2.     -Abule imyono, MEANING: Remove the fish traps.

3.     -Abula inama mu bucinga, MEANING: To take an animal out of a game pit.

4.     –Abula ubwato, MEANING: To take a sunken boat out of water.

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

abulula

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE –Abulwa

APPLICATIVE: –Abwila. PASSIVE: –abwilwa.

Example of use

1.Eko wayabwile amatete, MEANING: It is there that you took the reeds out of water.

2.Twayabwilwa kalundwe. Twaibwa, MEANING: Our cassava was taken from the water. We have been robbed.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

-Abulo muntu mu mulandu, MEANING To rescue someone from trouble.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-aususha.