Verb Intransitive.

MEANING 1

To refuse

Example of use

1. Amale yakaana ukumena. MEANING The millet refuses to grow

2. Imfuti yakaanaMEANING The gun misfired (refused to go)

3. Kaana kwi tolo MEANING To refuse absolutely without a reasonable cause.

 

MEANING 2

Verb-Transitive

To refuse, reject

Example of use

AmukaanaMEANING She rejected him (also to refuse conjugal duties to

MEANING 3

Used as auxiliary verb followed by a verb either in infinitive(without the particle ku) or by the indicative or subjunctive mood

Example of Use

1. Nkaana ishiba or nkaane or ndeishiba, nkaane njishibe neumwene na meenso pa kukaana fwaMEANING How should I not know when I have seen with my own eyes so as not to die or

2. Pakukaana bifya or pakukaana kulabiifya,MEANING so as not to do wrong

 

3. Ababeela Lesa ebakapusuka, nakaana fye abaasula amashiwi yakwe been baluba kale. MEANING Those who obey God will be saved as for those who despise his words they are lost for ever.

4. Akaana kampanda kunsoselela ku mfumu nga tabangumine saana, MEANING Had it not been so and so who spoke to the chief against me, they would not have beaten me so severly

Abakaana ba imwe, nga baliiipayaMEANING Had it not been for you, they would have killed me.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

DERIVATIVE - Bukaani, mukaani

INTENSIVE – Kanisha

PASSIVE – Kanwa

APPLICATIVE – Kanina

RECIPROCATIVE - Kanishanya

COMPLETIVE - Kaninina

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

1. Icakaana cipooswa MEANING That which refuses to live (a corpse) is thrown away OR Anything dead if it is uneatable is thrown away

2. Nakaana ifyakeene imbwa ukufwala MEANING I refuse as stubbornly as a dog refused to dress Or to refuse absolutely.

3.  Akaana aitilapo na ameenshi MEANING He refused obstinately

4.  Kaana musebaanya MEANING To refuse openly an order

5. Kaana na mutima ko. MEANING To refuse something from pride (though the heart desires it)

6. Ukaana na cimo nukumbata. MEANING You refuse without giving us the reason

7. Eco mubiifyako pa kukaana ukulatwebakaMEANING That is why you do wrong by refusing to inform us about what is going on (The infinitive kula conveys a sense of continuity)