n., akamwenyumwenyu.

v., okumwenya, okumwega; s. at, okusekera.

etc. (See kala.) okukalira mu muntu, to stand up to a person, take a firm attitude towards a person (e.g., one who has overcharged you or imposed on you). Enseko zankalira ku matama. The smile disappeared from my face (on hearing something unpleasant), lit. the laughter dried on the cheeks. Yamusindirira n'akalirawo. He fired at him and he died instantly/on the spot.

a- (ka/bu) continual/constant smile, cf. mwenya.

cause to smile. cf. akamwenyumwenyu.

move aside; clear away; push back, kusendula matama, to smile, grin.

v.i. smile; have a lively/attractive/healthy appearance (esp. of young girls and brides).

v.i. smile slightly; grin; laugh (of a baby) cf. kimwege.

smile (at). Bwe yandaba n'ansekera. When he saw me he smiled at me. kusekera mu kikonde, lit. to laugh in one's fist, to try vainly to suppress one's laughter (esp. after having beaten somebody at something), kusekera mu ttabi lya ngalo, lit. laugh in the spaces between the fingers = the foregoing.

v.tr. caus. make laugh; cause to smile.

v.i. smile.

v.i. & tr. appl. smile at.