Verb applicative of tangala

MEANING

(SPECIAL)

EXAMPLEOF USE

Tangalilaumuti mu matanta. Meaning: To straddle a tree.

Umwanaatangalila banyina panuma.Meaning: The child is astride on his mother’s back

Tangalilakubili. Meaning: To stretch legs for apart.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Derivative: Shimantanga,

Derivative: tangalalo

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

Tangalilaifilyo, ubwalwaMEANING to take all the food/beer without sharing

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Tatila, fuumina, ?a?ina

PROVERBS

Cimbwiafwile intangalalo

Literaltranslation

Stretching its legs between two roads killed the hyena.

Meaning:

In the fable, the hyena, wanting to follow the scenton two different roads, pulled itself to pieces. Said to a polygamist who wantsto please too many wives and falls between two stools.

Bembameaning

Ngaukwete amaato ayasuma saana yabili, bushe kuti wayanina pamuku umo? Awe. Limocilayana ukusalapo icintu cimo mpo, cimbi wacisha, nga ulufwaya ukupusuka.

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