Verb Transitive and Intransitive

MEANING

To nibble (of rats); to eat continually (often refers to those who eat during the night like rats).

Example of use

Basekete bushiku boonse, MEANING: They ate during the whole night.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES

PASSIVE: seketwa.

Example of use: amale yaseketwa ku mpuku MEANING the millet was eaten by the rats.

APPLICATIVE: seketela.

Example of use: alebaseketela fye ifilyo MEANING he continuously eats the food of others (he is a sponger).

PASSIVE: seketelwa.

Example of use: twaseketelwe filyo MEANING our food was eaten.

INTENSIVE:seketesha