Verb Transitive

MEANING 1

Tograb, snatch, take by force.

Example of use

1.     Alimufumpula icisote,MEANING:He/she snatched a cap.

2.     Nafumpwilwa ubutanda,MEANING: My mat was snatched away from me.

MEANING 2

Tocause to faint.

Example of use

1.     Fumpula umutima,MEANING: To cause to faint.

2.     Bulwele bwa mufumpula umutima,bwamutoba napanshi, MEANING: Sickness caused him to swoonand threw him to the ground.

3.     Fumpulwa no bulwele, MEANING:To be taken sick suddenly.

MEANING 3

Totake unaware.

Example of use

Alimfumpula fye ukuya kumushi, MEANING: He took me to thevillage unaware.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

–Pumikisha.

RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE:–Fumpulwa ;to be grabbed. 

APPLICATIVE:–Fumpwila.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Nil.

PROVERBS

Nil.