Verb transitive and intransitive.

MEANING 1.

To tie, tie up (wrap up).

EXAMPLE OF USE

Kaka po.

MEANING Tie that.

Kaka manenekela.

MEANING To tie loosely.

MEANING 2

1. Kaka inkaama

MEANING: keep a secret.

 

MEANING 3

Blindfold, hoodwink, mislead.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Kaka umuntu ku meenso. MEANING To keep a strict watch on a man with the intentions of arresting him

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST:

fiimbo muntu kapaapa.

MEANING 4

To frown.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Kaka nkanshi. MEANING to frown.

MEANING 5

To despise.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Kaka pa meenso, MEANING To despise public opinion.

OTHER RELATED WORD/USES/FUNCTIONS:

PASSIVE: kakwa - To be tied, bound, fastened.  

APPLICATIVE: -  kakila.  

INTENSIVE: - kakisha.  

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

1. Ukake mubuta, alesaala MEANING To keep on cross-examining some one, until he admit his guilt.

2. Kaka ilamba MEANING To gird one’s loins, to put on a belt, tie one’s belt.

3. Kaka umuntu mu lya nkonde. MEANING To blindfold, hoodwink, mislead

PROVERBS:

Munkake amaboko, amolu nshale ndeenda.

  LITERAL TRANSLATION: Tie my arms, but leave my legs so that I can walk.

MEANING: By all means punish me and fine one, but do not put me in jail.

  BEMBA MEANING: Apo namunsanga na umulandu mpinguleni fye elyo mundekeleko pakuti ndeendauka mukufwaya amafuto