Noun

Plural: Banakaoma.

MEANING. 

An evil spirit, a ghost, phantom.

Example of use.

Tumwene   nakaoma kwifwe MEANING: We have seen a ghost by the river.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Ciwa, cibanda, mulungulwa, mwelesa, cimwenekwa

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

Nil 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS. 

Nil.

PROVERBS.

Nil.