Verb transitive, applicative of tapa

MEANING 1

To get water for someone

MEANING 2

To take by force

Example of use

Busheeuyu muntu batapile fyuma? MEANING Is itthat person whose goods were plundered?

MEANING 3

To be unlucky

 

Example of use

Watapila! MEANING This is used as a curse on someone

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Shama

 

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Passive – Tapilwa

Example of use

Natapilwa imbushi!MEANING my goats have beenstolen!

 

FIGURATIVESPEECH

Watapilaameenshi mu museke. Yalapwa ukusuuma MEANING You have drawnwater in a basket. It will all leak out. Translation:to be in a very bad position, in a tight corner