Verb Intransitive.

MEANING

To ache, hurt with stabbing pains.

Example of use

Cilementa mu mutwe, mu musana, mulubafu

MEANING:  It hurts with sharp pains in the head, the back and the sides.

MEANING 2

To graze scantly grass, to pick up scantly crops.

Example of use

1.     Imbushi ilementa umulemfwe,

MEANING:   The goat is grazing the scanty young shoots of grass.

2.     Beele kukumenta musaalu upuukile,

They have gone to gather the scanty shoots of vegetables.

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTION

INTENSIVE: mentesha. 

MEANING: To ache greatly