Adjective.

MEANING

Bone without meat.

Example of use

Lifupafye lya mengele

MEANING:  This is a bone with hardly any meat on it.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASE

We muntu we, uli lya mengele,

MEANING: You are a dry bone; a stubborn fellow.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

kosa mu kanwa.