Igama · root entry nº 58
jama
verb
Stare; look at something or someone staringly
Iinguqu · transformations of the root
uku + jama →
ukujama
noun (class 15)
To stare
jama + ela →
jamela
verb (applicative)
Stare at someone or something
Wajemela umninawa wakho, kwenze njani? 'Why are you staring at your younger bother, what is the matter?'
ukujamela + iwa →
ukujanyelwa
verb (passive)
To be stared at
Ndithe ndisangena ndabe ndijanyelwa ngabo. 'Just as I walked in, I was stared at by them.'
jamela + ana →
jamelana
verb (reciprocal)
Be engaged in staring at each other with someone; To face someone or something (head on)
Baye bajamela unomphelo. 'They stared at each other for a long time.'
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