Verb transitive

MEANING 1

To singe, roast slightly.

Example of use

Nababula fye nama, MEANING: He or she has roasted the meat slightly.

MEANING 2

Babula isembe, to dip a red-hot axe in water. ONOMAT, it goesbabu! Babu!

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-shimye mfubu.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: –babulwa

DERIVATIVE: mbabu

APPLICATIVE: -babwila