angalila
Verb transitive

MEANING

MEANING1

To superintend, look after, watch (workers).

Exampleof use

Akwangalilabanobe, MEANING: Look afteryour friends.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

londa

MEANING2

Applicative of –angala.

Exampleof use

1.      Efyotwaleangalilamo ku bwaice,MEANING: That is what we played in when we were children.

2.      Cinshimuleangalila mu lukungu?MEANING: Why are you playing on the verandah?

MEANING3

To draw attention (used as interjection).

Exampleof use

Angalila!MEANING: Look out!

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

cenjela!

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

REFLEXIVE –Iangalila

Example of use

Umwana wakwe tashupa; alaiangalila, MEANING: Her child is not a problem, he plays on his own.

PASSIVE –Angalilwa.

Example of use

Twangalilwa na bosele Phiri, MEANING: we are superintended by our boss Phiri.


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