Verb transitive and intransitive

MEANING

To make a rough shelter, as with boughs.

Example of use

abalunshi naba sake nsakwe mu mpanga, MEANING: Hunters have made a rough shelter in the bush.

MEANING 2

To mark out or bar path, as with leaves, so as to guide those who follow.

Example of use

nabasake nshila, MEANING:They have marked out the path as a guide.

MEANING 3

To push someone into a thorny bush.

Example of use

acisako mubiye mu myunga, MEANING: He or she pushed his or her friend into a thorny bush. FIGURATIVE he or she landed his or her friend in trouble.

MEANING 4

To cover an army with advance and rear guards.

Example of use

sake fita, MEANING: cover an army with advance and rear guards.

MEANING 5

To spit

Example of use

amusaka mate pa meenso, MEANING: He or she spat in his or her face.

MEANING 6

To be full (breasts).

Example of use

ibeele nali saka, MEANING: the breast is full.

MEANING 7

To be dangerous, full of wild animals (forest).

Example of use

impanga iyi yali saka, MEANING: This forest is dangerous.

MEANING 8

To be tabooed by death.

Example of use

ng'anda yali saka, MEANING: The house is tabooed by death.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES

PASSIVE: sakwa, sakilwe

APPLICATIVE: -sakila