noun

Plural: amapaki

MEANING 1.

A sacrifice.

Example of use.

• Ipaki lyakupakisha imfumu, MEANING: A sacrifice satiate (placate) a chief.

• Baipaya abantu bakupakisha imfumu, imfumu yaya na ipaki, MEANING: They killed people to satiate the chief and he went satiated (placated).

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Cipupaalo, Lilambo.

MEANING 2.

Last meal.

Example of use.

-Lya ipaki, MEANING:  To eat one’s last meal as condemned man or dying person.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

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FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

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PROVERBS.

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