angula
Verb transitive and intensive.

MEANING

MEANING1

To shout, make noise (to scare away birds from garden).

Exampleof use

Baleangulaamale, MEANING:   They are scaring birds from the milletfield.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Punda,bolokota, sasuka, auka, bangalika, wowota, otoka, kuta, kafya

MEANING2

To underate

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

angusha

MEANING3

To strip a branch or reed of its leaves or thorns or removethe threads from a vegetable.

Exampleof use

1. Takulimyunga ku cimuti, nabaangula,MEANING:  There are no thorns on the tree,they have removed them.

2. Angula cibwabwa elyo usashile MEANING Remove the threads from the pumpkin leaves and cook themwith groundnuts

 MEANING 4

To pluck off.

Exampleof use

1.       Angula makanta, MEANING:   To pluckof wings of locusts before roasting them.

2.      Baleangulambalala, MEANING:   They are removing groundnuts from the plant.

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: –Angulwa.

APPLICATIVE: –Angwila or–angwilila

 

Example of use

1. Kabiye ulenyangwilila inama, MEANING:   Go andshout to scare away the animals.

2. Nayangwila inama ku munandi, MEANING:   Theanimals were driven away by my friend.

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