Verb transitive

MEANING 1.   

To call.

Example of use.

-Ita inkuuta or cita inkuuta, MEANING: To call from afar, or to call for help.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Nil.

MEANING 2.

To entice.

Example of use.

-Ita umwanakashi, MEANING: To entice a woman.

MEANING 3.

To finish.

Example of use.

• -Ita ulwimbo, MEANING: To finish a song.

• –Ita ishiwi, MEANING: To stop talking.

• –Ita pamo, MEANING: To sing in unison, in harmony.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

-Imbila pamo.

MEANING 4.

To join, flow into, as tributary into river.

Example of use.

Kafue aita mu Luangwa, MEANING: The Kafue River flows into Luangwa River.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

REFLEXIVE: -Iita: aiita fye umwine, He came without being called. He called himself.

 Passive: -itwa (itilwe), to be called; to be enticed or to yield to enticement.

APPLICATIVE: -Itila.

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

• -Ita umuntu umunwe wamubili or ita umuntu umwita mbwa,

MEANING: To call without reason.

• –Ita ameenshi panshi, MEANING: To give birth to a child.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Fyala, Paapa.