Verb Transitive. Causative of -nwa

MEANING 1

To cause to drink

Example of use

 1 nwesho mwaice musunga, MEANING: to give gruel to a child to drink.

2 Banwesha umuntu umwafi, MEANING: They administered the ordeal by poison.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-nwesha.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE: bunwenshi, munwenshi.

PASSIVE: -nwenshiwa.

MEANING 2

Verb transitive,

To drown someone.

Example of Use

Nikampanda uwamunwensha, MEANING: It is so and so who drowned him.

MEANING 3

Verb intensive of -nwa

To drink heavily.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-nwesha.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE:  Nwensesha. MEANING: to be drinking heavily

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

Nil

PROVERBS

Nil