Adjective.

MEANING 1

Be slow in doingsomething, waste time needlessly, inertia

Example of use

Walitakataka pakulanda- MEANING You like beatingabout the bush

 

Iwe ukutakataka pakwenda. Walasuka kawe MEANING You are so slow itsgetting late.

 

SYNONYM

Shishita, fubalila, futafuta, tubatuba

 

MEANING 2

To be undecided, not to know what to do or say

 

MEANING 3

To be in disarray

Exampleof use

Abalwele bacifulisha.Ifintu kucipatala fyacibafye takataka MEANING There were too many patients at thehospital. Things were in disaaray.

 

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

lakalaka

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Applicative:Takatakila

Passive: