Verb Transitive

MEANING

Tograb a handiful.

Example of use

1.     Imbalala nashifokotolwa,MEANING: Handifuls of peanuts were taken.

2.     -Fokotola kuboko kumo, MEANING: To takeone handiful.

3.     Fokotola maboko yabili,MEANING: To take with both hands.

4.     –Nasanga alelya imbalala, nafokotolamo, MEANING:I found him eating peanuts; he had taken handifuls of them.

MEANING 2

Toleave an impression, a track on the ground.

Example of use

Apo inkalamo ifokotwele, pashala icifokotolo,MEANING: Wherethe lion dug in its paw left its footprints.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Sakatula.

RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE:–Fokotolwa.

APPLICATIVE:–Fokotwela.

INTENSIVE:–Fokotwesha.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

Nil.

PROVERBS

Nil.