Verb transitive

MEANING

To have, to possess, to own

EXAMPLE OF USE

Tawakwata maka, MEANING you have no strength

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

ba na

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE:  fikwatwa

PASSIVE:  -kwatwa

APPLICATIVE: -kwatila

INTENSIVE: -kwatisha

PROVERBS

Mwashima kwata alabifya.

LITERAL TRANSLATION: It is wrong to borrow something and then treat it as your own property.

BEMBA MEANING: Nga wayashime citabo ca mubiyo atemwa icintu cimbi ufwile ukubwesha bwangu. Ukwashima kwakuti wacicita kwati cobe kwena kubiifya.