verb

MEANING

To talk, chat.

To discuss (to talk about).

To disown a relative.

Example of use

1.      Uulanda na abantu ewishiiba amano,MEANING: He who talks with people is the one who learns.

2.      Wilalanda cilandelande, MEANING: Do not talk for talkings’s sake.

3.      Bacilalanda ilyashi, MEANING:They werechatting.

4.      Alelandaci nyimya, MEANING: He is talking against one’s thoughts.

5.      Akulandeni mu cibemba, MEANING: Can you talk in cimbemba.

6.      Alelandana kampanda, MEANING: She is talk with so and so.

7.     Alalanda na muka bene,MEANING: He talks with another man’s wife.

8.     Ine mwandi nshikwete fya kulanda, ndemu pashafye, MEANING:As for me I have nothing special to say I came to greet you only.

9.     Balelanda umulandu wa kupyana, MEANING: They are discussing a question of inheritance.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Sosa, voka (slang)

 

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE: Nandilo.

INTENSIVE: Landisha.

PASSIVE: landwa.

APPLICATIVE: Landila.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

Nil.

PROVERBS

Nil.