Baba
Verb transitive and intensive
MEANING 1
To itch, irritate, smart.
Example of use
1. Icilonda cilebaba, MEANING:The sore is itching.
2. Chanda ku Chingola aikelekofye imwaka itatu, kwababa, aya kuLuanshya, MEANING: Chanda stayed three yearsin Chingola, became restless, and he went to settle in Luanshya.
MEANING 2
To singe, as fowl, etc.; to roast; to do poker work
Example of use
Chilufya, babaimbalala, MEANING: Chilufya roast thegroundnuts.
SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST
-Babula.
OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS
DERIVATIVE: –kabafi.
COMPARE: –cibabe.
PASSIVE: –babwa.
Example of use
Nababwa umubili onse, MEANING:He or she is feeling the itch the whole body.
FIGURATIVE SPEECH
Akebo kalababa,