Verb transitive and intransitive

MEANING 1

Tolaugh, smile, to be merry, to jest.

Exampleof use

Muleesekanga cawama, MEANING: Youshould smile when something good happens.

MEANING2

To laugh at, jeer, scoff.

Exampleof use

Tukamona uobakaseka, MEANING: We shall see whois going to be laughed at.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES

PASSIVE:sekwa.

APPLICATIVE: sekela.

EXPRESSIONS

1.     Seka icisekeseke, MEANING:To laugh at nothing, without reason.

2.     Twaseka na meeno yasuka yauma, MEANING:We laughed so much that our teeth became dry.

3.     Aseka, apwililila, MEANING:He or she laughed heartily.

4.     Seka ulwalali, MEANING:To burst out laughing, to roar with laughter.

5.     Seka kacene, MEANING:To force to laugh.

FIELD 6.0 PROVERBS

Cangabaseka uwacelwa

Literaltranslation

They laugh at the little lemur that waslate.

Meaning

When a respectable person is in troubleeven the fool and the scoundrel laugh at him. Take no notice of them they arenot better than you are.

Bembameaning

Umuntu nga apelelwa kuti asekwa na kucipuba, calaimona icacenjela ukucila pali ulya muntu ico aponenwafye neshamo.Ipinda aliti wisakamana bantu nga bakuseka, efyo baaba, abantu baseka uwashama,tabakucilile iyoo