Verb transitive – applicative of tebeta

MEANING 1

To prepare food for

Example of use

Wiseuntebeteleko ndi mu minwe, MEANING comeand prepare food for me I am unclean (woman during her period)

Bamutebetelekwa banafyala MEANING theyprepared him food by his mother in law house

 

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Pekanishisha, teanishisha

OTHERRELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

 

Passive – tebetelwa

Akatebetelwa ku mwaice wakwe MEANING The food will be prepared for him at his yong brother’s house

 

 

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION