Verb transitive, causative of takanina Also applicative of takanya

MEANING 1

Cause to decay,putrefy, neglect perishables to go bad

Example of use

Witakanisha yembe mwisaka MEANING Don’t let the mangoesrot in the sack

 

Naba takanisha icitumbi MEANING They have let thecorpse putrefy

 

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Bosha, sasha

 

 

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

 

Passive: Takanishiwa

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/EXPRESSION

Ukutakanisha impuku mwi funda MEANING To deliberately letsomething undesirable happen