Noun

MEANING 1

A red powder from the mukula tree, used in ointments on certain occasions.

EXAMPLE OF USE

Nkula ya musa, MEANING: Red wood powder not yet made up in balls.

FIGURATIVESPECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

1. Iwe wenda ne nkula mu meenso MEANING: You go with red powder in your  eyes, you are a brazen-faced fellows

2. Balya  basuba inkula mukanwa, MEANING: These men have rubbed their mouth with red powder set on avenging themselves.