Verb transitive, causative of talama

MEANING1

To make stiff, to paralyse

 

EXAMPLEOF USE

Bulwele bwa mutalamika iminwe MEANING Sicknessparalysed his fingers

 

MEANING2

 

To cause to fix eyes upon

 

EXAMPLEOF USE

Ico amwene ca mutalamikaameenso MEANING What she sawmade her fix her eyes upon it

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

besha ameenso

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

 

To cause to be stubbornrefractory.

Banankwe ba mutalamika MEANING Her friendsmade her stubborn

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE:Talamikila

PASSIVE:Talamikilwa