Verb Transitive

MEANING

to insert, stick in.

Example of use

asomeka ingala mu cisumpa, MEANING: he stuck a feather in his tuft of hair.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

soma.

MEANING 2

to spit, put on a spit, to impale something on a spit.

Example of use

omeka umunofu wa nama ku cimuti, MEANING: to spit a piece of meat on a stick.

MEANING 3

to fix.

Example of use

someka umulonda, MEANING: to fix a stem to a pipe.

SYNONYM

lembeka.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

PASSIVE: somekelwa, somekwa, ­MEANING to be inserted, stuck-in (feather).

.APPLICATIVE:  Somekela