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Kukesesa

verbtransitiveReviewedpage 196

Definitions

1
To cause to nibble; to corrode.
PT Fazer mordiscar; corroer.·FR Faire mordiller ; corroder.

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Motion & travel

Kukesula — To cut, to gnaw little by little.
Kuselelesa — To cause to descend, to droop.
Kuhondola — To cause to surround; to encircle; to envelop.
Kusandesa — To cause to scratch, to search thoroughly, to scatter (the e
Kubamuna — To splinter; to knock down; to split.
Kulalésa — To cause to spread, to aggravate.
Kubungulula — To sway; to wiggle; to sashay.
Kúbalesa — To cause to collapse, to bring down, to fell.
Kubatesa — To second; to follow (someone or something).
Kulombolola — To regurgitate; to throw up; to cast from the mouth.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 196 (right)

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