Transitive and verb intransitive

MEANING 1

To praise – give thanks, honour, admire,congratulate, talk well of

Example of use

Bamutashishenganshi pakwipaya inkalamo iyaipeye umuntu MEANING Theypraised him a lot when he killed a lion which had killed a person

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Lumbanya,tootela, tanka, santika, takisha

MEANING 2

Verbtransitive, causative of tasa. To make big, large, thick or bulky

Example of use

Imfula yapakulekelesha eyatasha ifipushi MEANING The last rains made the pumpkins large

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Passive –tashiwa

Applicative – Tashisha

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

 

PROVERBS

Umwanaashenda atasha nyina ukunaya

Literaltranslation

The child who does not travel prasies the nshimathat the mother makes for him

MEANING

It is difficult for one to know how things are inother places if he/she does not visit travel.

 

Bembameaning

Umuntunga atambafye ba Mufulira Blackpool naba Kitwe United, kuti apapa nga amonaifyo ba Real Madrid na ba Arsenal bacaya umupila.