Verb transitive

MEANING 1

Towear out, fray, as clothes, mats, baskets. Also, to be dressed in rags.

Exampleof use

Sapula insalu, MEANING: To tear one’s clothes.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Lepula.

MEANING 2

Toreveal, let out a secret.

Example of use

Wisapule nkaama, MEANING:Do not reveal a secret.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Kakula nkaama

SPECIAL MEANING

Ameenshi yasapwila mu nika, yacitemisapa, MEANING: The water spread out in the meadow, and leftlagoons.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES

APPLICATIVE: sapwila.

INTENSIVE: sapwisha.