Verb Intransitive and transitive

MEANING 1.

To understand.

Example of use.

Tesha ifyo ndekweba MEANING Understand what I am telling you.

Nutesha? MEANING Have you understood?

MEANING 2.

To be docile, to obey.

Example of use.

Uyu alatesha, MEANING This one is docile

Ulya tatesha MEANING That one does not obey.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-umfwa.

MEANING 3.

To hear, tolisten, pay attention to.

Example of use.

Nteseshe ukuti Chishimba aliya MEANING I have heard that Chishimba has gone.

Aletesha ifilesosa cibusa wakwe MEANING He is listening to what his friend is saying.

MEANING 4.

To feel, to taste, to smell (to detect by taste or smell).

Example of use.

Atesha amakasa yakalipa MEANING He felt his feet aching.

Atesha calowa mu masaya MEANING He tasted (detected by taste) that it was sweet.

Atesha inama ilenunka MEANING He detected that the meat had a smell.

MEANING 5.

Verb transitive causative of –tela.

To displace, remove.

Example of use.

Teshako ici MEANING Remove that thing from there.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

-sesha.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

Reflexive: itesha

Example of use.

Naitesha ulutungu, MEANING I have just dislocated a leg.

Passive: -teshiwa. Applicative: -teshesha.