Verb, transitive (Causative of wa)

MEANING 1

To cause to fall, to throw or knock down

Example of use

Amuwisha panshi MEANING: He/she threw him to the ground

Umwela ewawisha isukulu MEANING It's the wind that knocked down the school

MEANING 2

To destroy or wipe out a family

MEANING 3

Wisha icisungu MEANING To cause the first menstrual bleeding

Example of Use

Umwenso ewamuwisha icisungu Fear caused her to have her first menstruation

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

PASSIVE: Wishiwa,

APPLICATIVE: Wishisha

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

1 Wisha akasuba MEANING:  All day long until sunset           

Example of Use

Abomba akasuba konse, asuka awisha akasuba  MEANING: He worked all day long until sunset

2 Wisha umuntu mu mulandu MEANING: To implicate a person in a law suit

3 Wisha icalo  MEANING: To destroy a country

4. Amukobekele acili umwaice, e wamuwisha icisungu: LITERAL TRANSLATION He betrothed her when she was still a child, He caused her menstruations MEANING He was engaged to her before she matured as a woman