Transitive and verb intransitive

MEANING 1

Eat glutonously,swallow without chewing

Example of use

Acitabika ubwali kwati talya pa nshiku shitatu- MEANING He ate nshima as if he hasbeen starved for three days

 

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

cibaula

 

MEANING 2

Repeat a story over and over, talk endlessly

 

Example of use

Awe watabika ilyashi MEANING Your story is monotonous

Atabika cimo cine MEANING He is always repeating the samestory

 

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Tabauka, kosha cimo, kobeka cimo ciine, fupika mulicimo

 

MEANING 3

To travel a long way without rest, or to workwithout rest

 

Example of use

Twalitabika ulwendobushiku bonse MEANING Wetravelled all night without rest

Tabika ukubomba MEANING to work withoiut rest

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Causative:

Applicative:Tabikila

Passive: