kalika

How to say it

Meaning

to set up house and live together with a woman, as in a domestic or marital relationship.

Good to know

the related noun makalika means 'household utensils, household goods', and -a kalika means 'domestic, of the household'.

Examples

• Walikalika miaka mitano kabla ya kufunga ndoa.They lived together for five years before marrying.
• Baba alimwambia mwanawe akalike kwa heshima.The father told his son to keep house respectably.
• Je, mnakalika pamoja sasa?Are you living together now?
• Vitu vya kalika vilijazwa kwenye kabati.The household utensils were packed into the cupboard.