Verb Intransitive and Transitive

Meaning 1: 

To wonder at, marvel, be astonished, lost in admiration.
Example of use: apapa no kupapa MEANING: “He is lost in admiration.”
Expression: fya kupapa – “Wonderful things.”

Meaning 2: 

To be deflated (as tyre); to abate (swelling); to subside (flooded river); to shrink (calabash, bark).

Meaning 3: 

To admire.
Example of use: mpapeni MEANING: “Admire me.”
Expression: Papo mwine, wipape fumo – “Admire the person and not his spear” (meaning: value the user, not the tool).

Passive: -papwa (papilwe) MEANING to be admired.
Applicative: -papila (passive -papilwa)
Cross-reference: lupi (-papila ku lupi)