Verb transitive

MEANING.

To shut someone up inside.

Example of use.

Asha amwisalila mu ?anda, MEANING: Before leaving, he shut him up in the house.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

PASSIVE: -isalilwa To be locked up, shut in.  APPLICATIVE: -Isali

FIGURATIVE

• Campesha amaano no mutima waisalila MEANING: That amazed me and made me very angry.

• Ulya mwana amaano yalisalilwa MEANING: That child is mentally deficient.