VERB intransitive.

MEANING.

MEANING 1.

To escape from danger.

Example of use.

Aokoka, kwempe nga bamulya akanama kabishi. MEANING he escaped by the skin of his teeth otherwise he would have been killed.

Naokokafye! Meaning It was a close shave!

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Pusuka

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Mwaokokeni! A greeting to someone who has escaped danger

MISSING WORD

okola

DESIGNATION

verb causative of okoka

Meaning 1

To save from danger

Example of use

Ni Chali ewamookwela nga afwa Meaning It's Chali who saved him otherwise he would have died

Meaning 2

To burn, singe

Example of use

Akasuba kangokola Meaning The sun burnt me

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

oca

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Passive: okolwa

Applicative: okwela

intensive: okwesha