Translation of -chitheka in English:
-chitheka
be thrown away
verb
1
be thrown awaybe spilledbe discardedbe wastedbe scattered‘UDambuza ashayeke etafuleni, ingilazi iwele phansi ife, kuchitheke ugavini ophakathi’ — Then Dambuza falls on the table, and the glass falls on the floor and breaks, and the alcoholic drink inside gets spilled2
be spent‘Kodwa sekuqala ukucaca ukuthi kunengozi yokuthi kuchitheke ezinye izimali’ — But it now started to become clear that there is a danger that other money will have to be spent