transitive and verb intransitive – intensive of - tana

MEANING1

To jump (or to fly) from tree to tree.

EXAMPLESOF USE

Kolweatanauka ku miti. Meaning: The monkey jumps from one treeto another.

I?uniilatanauka Meaning: The honey guide flies from branch tobranch.

Imbwiliyaya iletanauka abantu bonse pa mitwe Meaning: The Leopardwent jumping on the people from one head to another.

MEANING2

To bounce (rubber ball), to leap as torrent overstones

MEANING3

To spread, as contagious disease.

EXAMPLEOF USE

Utuswendetwatanauka muli (or kuli) bonse. MEANING Syphilis spread from one to another.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Tanuka

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES

Applicative: tanaukila

Intensive: tanaukisha

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

Ukutanaukapa kulanda Meaning: To jump from one subject to another.