Verb transitive

MEANING.

To cause to eat.

Example of use.

Nabaliisha ing'anu ku fyuni, MEANING: They let the birds eat the wheat.

MEANING 2.

To defile.

Example of use.

Liisha umulume mbiipa, MEANING: To defile or poison one’s husband. Said of a woman who prepares food for her husband after having committed adultery, and therefore exposes him to all the consequences of the broken taboo.

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

kowesha.

MEANING 3.

To eat a great deal.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Lilikisha.

MEANING 4.

To wind a watch (slang)

Example of use.

Liisha inkoloko MEANING Wind the watch

OTHER RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

APPLICATIVE: Liishisha.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

Nil