Plural: Banakapelele.
MEANING.
Winged ants which come out of the ground during the rainy season. Their wings soon fall off. Normally not eaten, unlike the bigger winged ants called inswa .
Example of use.
Shimyeni amalaiti ukucingilila nakapelele, MEANING: Switch off the lights to avoid the nakapelele.
SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.
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OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.
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FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.
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