Verb Transitive

MEANING

Tobeat fibrous plant for thread.

Example of use

Alefuubula icikwa cakufundila ulushishi,MEANING: He isbeating the bark of a tree to produce fibre.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

 –Ubula, -Sotola.Fuubaula.

MEANING

Totear off pieces of meat; to scrape skin; to ravel piece of cloth or bark rope.

Example of use

1.     Alefuubula umukupo wanama,MEANING:She is tearing off pieces of meat to scrape the skin.

2.     Insoka yaifuubula,MEANING: To slough or shed skin, as snake.

RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: –Fuubulwa .APPLICATIVE: –Fuubwila.

INTENSIVE:–Fuubwisha.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Nil.

PROVERBS

Nil.