Verb transitive and intransitive

MEANING

To drink

Example of use

1 Nanwa umwafi, MEANING: She drank the ordeal poison

2 Alanwa ubwalwa ku biolo, MEANING He drinks beer in bars.

3 Ulenwa ubwalwa cilinga nda, MEANING: You should drink beer, moderately.

4 Mpeniko ameenshi inwe, MEANING: Give me some water so that I may drink.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Kwenkwemena, kankaila

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVIATIVE: -kanwa

PASSIVE: -nwenka 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

Nwa ameenshi yakwa kampanda, MEANING: To go through the ceremony in which the attributes of the deceased are bestowed upon a child pending the kupyana ceremony.