akaasha
Verb transitive and intransitive
MEANING
To cause to suffer, to be hard, difficult, troublesome
Often used in the reflexive, iakaasha.
Example of use
1. Ukupela Mulenga indalama kuiakaasha, MEANING: You will lose your time and money giving Mulenga money.
SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST
cuusha, shupa
OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS
APPLICATIVE: Akaashisha.
PROVERBS
Ukuufunda ishilu, kuiakaasha.
Literal translation
To teach a fool is to make one self suffer and waste time.
Meaning
You cannot teach someone who is used to doing wrong things, you will just be troubling yourself and wasting your time, a mad person cannot get advice.
Bemba Meaning