Verb transitive

MEANING

Tolight up, make light

Exampleof use

1.    Sanikakandulo,MEANING: They have lit a candle.

2.    Imbwili isanika meenso ubushiku, MEANING: A leopard lights up its eyes during thenight.

MEANING2

To foresee

Exampleof use

Nsanikakongashaileko, MEANING: Had Iforeseen, I would have not gone there.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES

APPLICATIVE: sanikila.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH

Elesanikanga apafitile, MEANING: He or sheshines as if it were dark