Verb Transitive

MEANING 1

to exhaust

Example of use

Ubulwele bwasuka bwa munasha, MEANING:  The sickness completely exhausted him

MEANING 2

soften  

Example of use 

Nasha insalu mu meenshi MEANING Soften the cloth in the water

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIVE: Nashisha.

FIGURATIVESPECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Bwesha umutima, nenunako, tontotola

PROVERBS

Nshiku shanashishe impapa.

LITERALTRANSLATION:  Time softens the skin.

MEANING:  

When one becomes older, one becomes tractable

BEMBA MEANING: 

ubucushi nga bwakokola pa muntu alafilwa ukushipikisha. Alanenuka na ukucita ifyo ashali nakucita