Verb Transitive

MEANING 1

Tobe black. Different shades of black.

Example of use

1.    -Fiitanga matipa, MEANING:  To be blacklike potclay (blue-black);

2.    Fiitanga mabuula,MEANING: To be black like leaves (green);

3.    -Fiitanga ulufungo, To be black like a lufungoberry (dark purple);

4.    Fiitanga umukobe (or muna?u),MEANING:  To be black like an otter (or like a bigblack ant);

5.     -Fiita fititi, MEANING:  To be very black

1.     –Abafiita, MEANING:  Black men,

MEANING 2

Tobe dark:

Example of use

1.    Napafiita,MEANING:  It is dark

2.    –Namufiita,MEANING:  It is very dark (inside the hut).

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

–Fitilila.

RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVES:-bufiishi, kafiifi, mfiifi, mfiita, mufiishi.

APPLICATIVE:–Fiitila. 

INTENSIVE:–Fiitisha.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

1. Ku mutima kwafiita fititi,Literal translation My heart is very dark Meaning: I am ill at ease; I am angry; I am very dissatisfied

2.  Kumukoshi, nakufiita Literaltranslation My throat is dark Meaning:  I am suffering from heartburn; I feel sick

3.Mu mpanga na mufiita:  Literaltranslation The forest is dark Meaning, we have killed nothing.