Igama · root entry nº 150
betha
verb · /betha/
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."
um + betha + i →
umbethi
noun (class 1)
A beater; A batterer
Baye bamohlwaya umbethi. They punished the batterer.
aba + betha + i →
ababethi
noun (class 2)
Beaters
isi + betha + o →
isibetho
noun (class 7)
Pestilential disease; Epidemic
izi + betha + o →
izibetho
noun (class 8)
Pestilential diseases
uku + betha →
ukubetha
noun (class 15)
To beat; to strike; to hit
betha + isa →
bethisa
verb (causative)
To cause to be beaten
betha + isisa →
bethisisa
verb (intensive)
To hit, beat, strike thoroughly
betha + ani →
bethani
verb (directive)
Beat; Strike; Hit
betha + eka (neuter-passive) →
betheka
verb (neuter-passive)
- 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.
Betheka kaloku nawe. Be beatable as well.
betha + ela →
bethela
verb
To hit or beat for (a reason or purpose); To hit or beat at (a place/location)
betha + iwa →
bethwa
verb (passive)
Be beaten; receive a beating; Be hit
ukubetha + ana (reciprocal suffix) →
ukubethana
noun (class 15)
To hit or beat each other
Baye babethana. 'They hit each other.'