kusomba
koo-SOH-mbah
How to say it
Swahilikusombakoo-SOH-mbah
Frenchtransporter (par charges); emporter
Meaning
To carry things in many loads from one place to another, such as crops, sand or water; said of a flood, to sweep away houses or roads.
Good to know
Used for goods moved trip after trip: kusomba mchanga, kusomba korosho. With mafuriko or mvua as subject it means to sweep away; the passive is kusombwa.
Examples
- Malori yanasomba mchanga kutoka mtoni.Trucks are carrying sand from the river.
- Mafuriko yalisomba nyumba kumi kijijini.The floods swept away ten houses in the village.
- Wanawake walisomba maji kwa ndoo siku nzima.The women carried water in buckets all day.
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