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yitaayita (-yiseeyise) v.i. redup. move around

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Meaning

pass around. Atannayitaayita y'atenda nnyina okufumba. (prov.) He who has not traveled around praises his own mother's cooking. Okuyitaayita kulaba. (prov.) To travel around is to see. Live and learn.

yitaayita (-yiseeyise) v.i. redup. move around, pass around. Atannayitaayita y'atenda nnyina okufumba. (prov.) He who has not traveled around praises his own mother's cooking. Okuyitaayita kulaba. (prov.) To travel around is to see. Live and learn.

Related Words
yita (-yise mpiso) v.tr. coll, call to; call, name; describe as; invite. Mwana ggwe nzija kukukuba oyite ne nnyoko. I am going to give you suc yita (-yise njise) v.i. pass (in time, through space), kuyita ku muntu kkuutwe, to pass a person without greeting him. kuyita mu mannyo ga mpi yitaba (-yitabye njitabye) v.i. answer (when called); answer, respond (to a need). yitagana yitiŋŋana, yitaŋŋana (-anye) v.i. recip. call each other, call to each other. cf. -yite. yitaayita (-yiseeyise) v.tr. redup. call repeatedly. yitabagana (-yitabaganye) v.i. recip. answer each other. cf. ekyeyitabya. yitagana (-yitaganye) v.i. recip. also yisiŋŋanya (-yisiŋŋanyizza) v.i. & tr. recip. caus. pass each other; grip each other fin wrestling); become inter yitana (-yitanye) v.i. recip. intertwine; crisscross each other. Nsanze emisiwa gimuyitanye. I found him in a furious state of mind lit, his veins were intertwined. yitanya (-yitanyizza) v.tr. caus. cause to intertwine; make two turns of (string rope). cf. -yitirivu, akayisanyo, ekiyitirirwa, amayisa, amayitire, empisa, empisiiyisi, empitambi, empitanya, empitiro, omuyise.