betha
verb
Beat; Strike; Hit
The reduplicated form of betha is bethabetha; to hit repeatedly or to beat down. To crush with repeated strikes. This form is also found in the hieroglyphic script (An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, 1920) transliterated as petpet but translated correctly as "to bruise; to beat down; etc."
Affixes:
aba (Class 2 Noun) isi (Class 7 Noun) izi (Class 8 Noun) uku- (Class 15 Noun) -isa (Causative, Verb form) -isisa (Intensive, Verb form) -ani (Directive, Verb form) -ela (Applicative, Verb form) -wa (Passive, Verb form) um (Class 1 Noun) -ana (Reciprocal, Verb form) -eka (Neuter-passive, Verb form)
ababethi
noun (class 2) | aba + betha + i | ababethi
Beaters
Context:
Plural of um-bethi
isibetho
noun (class 7) | isi + betha + o | isibetho
Pestilential disease; Epidemic
izibetho
noun (class 8) | izi + betha + o | izibetho
Pestilential diseases
Context:
Plural of isibetho
ukubetha
noun (class 15) | uku + betha | ukubetha
To beat; to strike; to hit
bethisa
verb (causative) | betha + isa | bethisa
To cause to be beaten
bethisisa
verb (intensive) | betha + isisa | bethisisa
To hit, beat, strike thoroughly
bethani
verb (directive) | betha + ani | bethani
Beat; Strike; Hit
Context:
Plural of betha; instructing or requesting several people to hit
bethela
verb | betha + ela | bethela
To hit or beat for (a reason or purpose); To hit or beat at (a place/location)
bethwa
verb (passive) | betha + iwa | bethwa
Be beaten; receive a beating; Be hit
umbethi
noun (class 1) | um + betha + i | um-bethi
A beater; A batterer
Example:
Baye bamohlwaya umbethi. They punished the batterer.
ukubethana
noun (class 15) | ukubetha + ana (reciprocal suffix)
To hit or beat each other
Example:
Baye babethana. 'They hit each other.'
betheka
verb (neuter-passive) | betha + eka (neuter-passive) | betheka
1. Knock or run into something or someone; Bump into someone or something; Collide with something 2. Have capacity or possibility to be beaten; Be beatable.
Example:
Betheka kaloku nawe. Be beatable as well.
