Verb Transitive and Intransitive(of State).

MEANING

to be husked, shelled.

Example of use

cilemba asokweleka amapaapa, MEANING: the beans have been shelled.

MEANING 2

to eat (said of white ants)

Example of use

ububenshi bwasokweleka amapaapa ya mbalala, MEANING: the white ants ate away the shells of the groundnuts.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE:  sokwelekwa.

APPLICATIVE: sokwelekela.