Verb Intransitive

MEANING 1

To be worn out, frayed, as cloth, mat, basket, etc.

Example of use

Itoloshi lyandi nalisapuka, MEANING: My pair of trousers is worn out.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES

SYNONYM futuutuka

FIGURATIVE: 

Example of use:

'mukowa wa pa nsaka (or wamu bwalwa) kape; kalasapuka.' MEANING: family ties that depend on the public hut (or the beer 'pub') are like a small basket; they soon wear out.

MEANING 2

sapuko mutima, same as -sampuko mutima,

APPLICATIVE : sapukila

INTENSIVE : sapukisha